Unbroken: A Novella (Loveless, Texas) by Jay Crownover

Author:Jay Crownover [Crownover, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-05-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Crew

There was a beautiful woman in my hotel room. She was watching me with a mixture of fear and anticipation. It wasn’t anything new. I’d been here many times before—it should be familiar, practiced; it should be easy. But nothing about this situation, or the woman who kept surprising me at every turn, was easy.

My hands were shaky. There was a trickle of cold sweat rolling down my spine, and there was a buzz under my skin that I was having a difficult time ignoring. I tried to convince myself it was because of the sweet-smelling blonde who had been on my mind nonstop since she invaded my life. Sadly, I was self-aware enough to know the reason I was so on edge was because of the money that might as well be burning a hole in my pocket. For being such a thin piece of paper, the damn thing felt like it was made of lead, weighing me down with every step, and the worst part was, I knew if I wasn’t careful, one slip could drag Della down with me. She was the best thing that had happened to me in a long time. I liked the man she inspired me to be. I appreciated that I had to be at the top of my game in order to be even slightly worthy of her time and attention. I wasn’t sure I’d ever worked as hard at anything as I had at trying to show her she could count on me this last week.

I flicked the lights on as I moved deeper into the room. I took my hat off and tossed it carelessly onto the big bed. I was back in my regular clothes, face and hair scrubbed down. I was back to being me in every way. My hands found my hair and pulled. However, the tiny sting of pain did little to distract me from the temptation of either the woman behind me or the paycheck and bad choices that were calling my name.

“Would you like me to order room service? Or we can raid the minibar.” I glanced over my shoulder in Della’s direction, expecting her to look nervous or apprehensive, but instead, her head was tilted to the side, curiosity alight in her multihued gaze.

“I’m fine.” Since she’d been in the room several times before, she stepped around me and made herself at home on the settee. It was my favorite place in the room, even more so now that Della was draped over it, looking like a spread in one of the magazines she was determined to get my face in. At no point in my life did I ever think I deserved to have someone like her looking out for me, caring about what happened to me. She was so out of my league, so above the dirt and dust I always seemed to find myself rolling around in. I knew if I put my hands on her I was going to get her dirty in a way that wouldn’t simply wash off.

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