Westside Series Box Set by Monica Alexander

Author:Monica Alexander [Alexander, Monica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B013ZQHP9Y
Goodreads: 28585406
Published: 2015-08-15T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Elisa

I felt nervous just riding in Van’s car. I wasn’t sure I’d ever ridden in something so nice. It was some sort of high end BMW sports car, and it had every bell and whistle imaginable. I was afraid to touch anything. Of course, it also could have been the guy in the driver’s seat and the destination that had me on edge.

I’d made an impulsive decision when I’d asked him to leave the wedding with me and had suggested going back to his house, but I’d been caught up in the moment. Dancing with him, feeling his warm breath cascade over my cheek, and his strong arms holding me close, it was too easy to get lost in the moment and fall headfirst. But I also knew that if I fell in that moment, he’d fall with me. I hadn’t been afraid then.

Now, as the Hollywood sign came into view, and I let where we were going sink in, I started to question if I’d made the right decision. I’d pushed Van away and vilified him for so long that it felt unnatural to want what I did. But I did want it – whatever this was that was transpiring between us. I wanted it, but it didn’t mean I felt as sure about my decision as I had when we’d been dancing.

Then I’d wanted to escape. I’d wanted to leave the place where Troy had put his hands on me, where my sister had blatantly ignored me when I told her that her boyfriend was a cheating asshole, and where she’d called me desperate and pathetic. I wasn’t sure what had stung worse, the fact that she didn’t trust me or the fact that she trusted Troy too much. The whole of it had been unsettling and painful. It made me worry about Amy and question what she was even thinking. We didn’t fight like that. We never had.

Van had shown up exactly when I’d needed him, and I’d let him wash away the emotions that had forced me to tears. One tender look from him, and I was a million miles away – away from Troy’s leering stares and from Amy’s accusing glare, away from the girl who’d said she’d never forgive Van, and away from the doubts I’d let control my decisions for too long.

I was an adult. I could make adult decisions, and I could take a chance if I wanted. And after weeks of fighting what I felt when I was near Van, of trying to pretend I didn’t want to be close to him and telling myself I was over him, I was tired of it all. No other guy made me feel what he did, and even though I knew there were too many risks associated with what was likely to transpire between us now that I’d invited myself back to his house, I didn’t want to think about them, not now.

Because when Van looked over and smiled at me as he downshifted and changed lanes, I knew the only place I wanted to be was right where I was.

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