The Sinful Side: Enemies to Lovers Dark Romance (The Dark Side Book 1) by Ash Coley

Author:Ash Coley [Coley, Ash]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: 2023-06-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Amadeus

Ezra grunted, sweat running down his temples as his feet pounded against the track of the treadmill. He pumped his arms, aggressively running, trying to outrun the thoughts thrumming through his mind. I knew how he felt. How often had I come in here, working myself out to the point of exhaustion just so I could have some rest from the shit in my mind?

Too many damn times to count—that was how many.

“Bro, you okay?” I asked, smacking my hand on the cool-down button. He glared at me for interrupting his workout, but I just held out his towel. With a growl, he snatched it from me and began to wipe the sweat from his face.

“I’m fine,” he grunted as soon as his breathing was somewhat regulated. “Just dealing with shit. You know how it is.” I nodded. I did know. And it fucking sucked. “How’s Lillian? You haven’t said much about her lately.”

I shrugged. “It’s complicated,” I told him honestly. And it fucking was. Honestly, it was a hell of a lot more complicated than it was ever meant to be. Now my feelings were tied up in this shit. “This has all stopped being a game to me. I don’t know what exactly I want with her, but I want her safe. And I care about her.”

Ezra’s lips quirked up into a small, knowing smile before he shook his head, and the smile dropped from his face. “Knew you couldn’t hate her guts forever. She’s innocent in this, as much as you didn’t want her to be, Amadeus. Just look out for her, yeah?” I grunted, looking away from him for a moment. “Her dad was pretty pissed on Sunday when you took her out of the church.”

I clenched my jaw. I hadn’t had a chance to reach out to her yet. I hated that she didn’t have a goddamn phone, and while I wanted to at least get her a prepaid flip phone so I could check in on her, I was worried about what would happen to her if she got caught with it. She wasn’t exactly sneaky, and before me, I wasn’t sure if she’d ever lied before in her life. She was horrible at it.

What the fuck would her father do to her if he caught her with a phone when she sure as hell wasn’t supposed to have one?

I grimaced. I didn’t even want to think about it. I’d probably land jail time, and Lillian would suffer trauma—PTSD. Well, more than she already was. Fuck. I didn’t want that for her.

So, no matter how badly I wanted to go to every length I could to protect her, I had to rein in that side of me as much as I could. And I was doing my best to do so. It sure as fuck wasn’t easy.

“What was wrong with her?” Ezra asked me as the treadmill stopped. I silently handed him the spray and a paper towel so he could wipe down his machine.

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