Wrecked by Harmon AJ

Author:Harmon, AJ [Harmon, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ABC's Legacy, LLC
Published: 2016-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

16.

Bess glanced at the alarm clock next to the bed. It was only ten minutes later than the last time she’d checked. The night was going very slowly.

She’d taken a hot bath, soaking her body until she resembled a giant prune, and then smothered herself in the luxurious lotion that was next to the sink. She wrapped herself in the terry robe hanging in the closet and then tried watching television until she was tired enough to sleep. It hadn’t worked.

She’d turned off the TV and thrown the remote on the bed. Next she tried listening to the radio but the hauntingly beautiful song, Wicked Games, played and the words had swirled around in her head long after she’d turned off the music.

“I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you.” Truer words had never been spoken… or sung. Ethan was the man she never dreamed about meeting. He was too far out of her league to even begin to imagine someone like him in her life.

“What a wicked game to play, to make me feel this way.” The words repeated themselves over and over and over until she couldn’t take much more. Damn you, Ethan!

Before she realized what she was doing, Bess was knocking on Ethan’s door. Just as her brain began working again, she took a step backwards, horrified at her reckless actions. But the door opened before she could make her escape.

“Bess?” a disheveled Ethan squinted into the brightly lit hallway. “Are you okay? What’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” she muttered and took another step back. “Sorry.”

“Wait!” Ethan exclaimed as she turned to walk away. He grabbed her arm and pulled her into his room, closing and locking the door behind her. “What is it?” He ran his hand through his hair, making it even more messy. “It’s two in the morning.”

Bess paced back and forth at the foot of the bed, wringing her hands and wondering what the hell she was thinking. But the truth was she hadn’t been thinking. She’d let her heart take the lead for the first time in her life and she would pay the price for it.

“Bess,” Ethan pleaded. “What is it?”

“I’m not good enough for you.”

“What?”

“Maybe I am being presumptuous, but you need to find someone that isn’t… doesn’t… someone that can make you happy.”

“Huh?” Ethan was completely dumbfounded at her statement. “What are you saying?”

“Move on, Ethan!” she all but shouted. “It’s just cruel that you keep asking me to dinner or whatever. It’s cruel and you need to stop.” A tear escaped and then another.

“Hey. Hey,” Ethan soothed and gathered her into his embrace. “I think we need to have a conversation.”

“You need to find a girl that’s much better than me.”

“There isn’t a girl better than you,” Ethan replied as he kissed her on the top of her head. “You are perfect in every way.”

“Hmph! No. Not even close.”

“Yes. You are. Why don’t you think you are?” Ethan scooped her up and sat on the sofa with Bess nestled into his side, his arms still around her.

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