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outside of town, but I still didn’t feel safe. The urge to crawl into Trent’s muscular embrace and pretend, even for a minute, that he would keep the danger away was the exact reason I was avoiding him.
Everyone was moving beyond me. Becca had Aiden and their son, Scott. They were a perfect family, and I suspected they would be adding to it soon. Kate had dropped the walls she’d erected and was happily shacked up with Reed.
Jeremy, Cameron, and I were coexisting in the same house without killing each other, but any dummy could feel the attraction between those two when they were near each other. I felt like I was in the way when I was with them. Like they might finally tear each other’s clothes off and go at it if I gave them enough privacy. That was hard to do while we all lived under the same roof, but Kate insisted her brother shouldn’t return to his apartment yet. Cameron was humoring her, mostly, but I also think he welcomed an excuse to spend time with Jeremy. I pretended everything was fine when I was with my friends. The last thing they needed was for me to add more problems to the mix.
Trent only put up with my avoidance act for a week before he tracked me down. I heard my phone buzz and saw a message from him.
Trent: Why is there a board on the window of your back door?
Trent: Melody said you’re at Jeremy’s. Is everything ok?
Me: It’s no big deal. Someone broke in last week. I’m fine.
Trent: I’m on my way over.
I sighed in relief. Odd, because before his texts, I was so sure I wanted to keep him away, but I was beyond tired of being alone and scared. I was also sick of lying to myself about how I felt about him.
Chapter 6
Trent
I decided to go to Toni’s to give her a piece of my mind and then kiss her senseless. I was tired of her holding me at a distance when I knew she wanted me as badly as I wanted her. I knew she’d been hurt, but I wasn’t the asshole that’d broken her heart. He made her promises he never meant to keep, but I was only asking for a chance to see what we had. It took a few months, but I’d finally realized Toni didn’t expect anything from anyone. She put on an image of a carefree party girl, but I knew she was far from being either of those things.
My agreement to try to be friends, even with the side benefits, was killing me. She kept me separate from the rest of her life, and I was determined to end that shit today. I understood she was scared, because I was, too. I’d never done the relationship thing before, and I couldn’t promise her forever until I knew if I was falling for her or for the challenge of her. Deep down I believed my feelings were genuine, but how the hell was I supposed to know? I also believed my dad loved me when I was a kid, but he walked away without hesitation, and that blood ran in my veins, too.
Her car wasn’t in the driveway, and the house was dark. She was usually home at this time of night, so I walked up to the porch and suffered a moment of panic when I saw the window near the door was broken and boarded over.
I texted her, but she didn’t reply. She’d been doing that shit to me for a week. Melody was pretty good friends with Jeremy, one of Toni’s best friends, and I decided to check if she knew anything. After a few minutes, Mel got back to me, letting me know Toni was at Jeremy’s, and she even sent his address.
I was glad to find out Toni was staying with him. The guy was every woman’s dream, but thankfully I was more his type than she was. He was the only one of her friends I’d spent any time around. He was a decent guy and seemed to be a good friend to her, but he bought her bullshit just like the rest of them. It seemed like I was the only one that saw her clearly, but maybe it was supposed to be that way.
I thought I wanted her the moment I watched her walk into my bar, but the months that followed proved to me that I also needed her. I
Everyone was moving beyond me. Becca had Aiden and their son, Scott. They were a perfect family, and I suspected they would be adding to it soon. Kate had dropped the walls she’d erected and was happily shacked up with Reed.
Jeremy, Cameron, and I were coexisting in the same house without killing each other, but any dummy could feel the attraction between those two when they were near each other. I felt like I was in the way when I was with them. Like they might finally tear each other’s clothes off and go at it if I gave them enough privacy. That was hard to do while we all lived under the same roof, but Kate insisted her brother shouldn’t return to his apartment yet. Cameron was humoring her, mostly, but I also think he welcomed an excuse to spend time with Jeremy. I pretended everything was fine when I was with my friends. The last thing they needed was for me to add more problems to the mix.
Trent only put up with my avoidance act for a week before he tracked me down. I heard my phone buzz and saw a message from him.
Trent: Why is there a board on the window of your back door?
Trent: Melody said you’re at Jeremy’s. Is everything ok?
Me: It’s no big deal. Someone broke in last week. I’m fine.
Trent: I’m on my way over.
I sighed in relief. Odd, because before his texts, I was so sure I wanted to keep him away, but I was beyond tired of being alone and scared. I was also sick of lying to myself about how I felt about him.
Chapter 6
Trent
I decided to go to Toni’s to give her a piece of my mind and then kiss her senseless. I was tired of her holding me at a distance when I knew she wanted me as badly as I wanted her. I knew she’d been hurt, but I wasn’t the asshole that’d broken her heart. He made her promises he never meant to keep, but I was only asking for a chance to see what we had. It took a few months, but I’d finally realized Toni didn’t expect anything from anyone. She put on an image of a carefree party girl, but I knew she was far from being either of those things.
My agreement to try to be friends, even with the side benefits, was killing me. She kept me separate from the rest of her life, and I was determined to end that shit today. I understood she was scared, because I was, too. I’d never done the relationship thing before, and I couldn’t promise her forever until I knew if I was falling for her or for the challenge of her. Deep down I believed my feelings were genuine, but how the hell was I supposed to know? I also believed my dad loved me when I was a kid, but he walked away without hesitation, and that blood ran in my veins, too.
Her car wasn’t in the driveway, and the house was dark. She was usually home at this time of night, so I walked up to the porch and suffered a moment of panic when I saw the window near the door was broken and boarded over.
I texted her, but she didn’t reply. She’d been doing that shit to me for a week. Melody was pretty good friends with Jeremy, one of Toni’s best friends, and I decided to check if she knew anything. After a few minutes, Mel got back to me, letting me know Toni was at Jeremy’s, and she even sent his address.
I was glad to find out Toni was staying with him. The guy was every woman’s dream, but thankfully I was more his type than she was. He was the only one of her friends I’d spent any time around. He was a decent guy and seemed to be a good friend to her, but he bought her bullshit just like the rest of them. It seemed like I was the only one that saw her clearly, but maybe it was supposed to be that way.
I thought I wanted her the moment I watched her walk into my bar, but the months that followed proved to me that I also needed her. I
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