Acting Brave (Fenbrook Academy #3)
“Not even a half-remembered nightmare.
I told myself it was the long, relaxing bath, but I knew it wasn’t. It was trusting someone, finally. Being around a man and letting myself set the pace and trusting that he’d accept it.
As I did my make-up in the mirror, I turned my head just slightly to one side and, just for an instant, I glimpsed her. Emma. The person I’d so carefully hidden away for years. She was gone immediately and, no matter how I turned my head, I couldn’t get her back. Bu...t it was enough of a jolt just to glimpse her.
What if this could work? What if I could be with Ryan? I’d still only show him Jasmine, but we could take it slow and it could be about more than just sex—the sort of relationship that Emma longed for. I began to do something dangerous. I began to hope. I started to make shaky, barely-held-together plans, my heart like a small, pleading child arguing with its parent—my brain.MoreLess
I told myself it was the long, relaxing bath, but I knew it wasn’t. It was trusting someone, finally. Being around a man and letting myself set the pace and trusting that he’d accept it.
As I did my make-up in the mirror, I turned my head just slightly to one side and, just for an instant, I glimpsed her. Emma. The person I’d so carefully hidden away for years. She was gone immediately and, no matter how I turned my head, I couldn’t get her back. Bu...t it was enough of a jolt just to glimpse her.
What if this could work? What if I could be with Ryan? I’d still only show him Jasmine, but we could take it slow and it could be about more than just sex—the sort of relationship that Emma longed for. I began to do something dangerous. I began to hope. I started to make shaky, barely-held-together plans, my heart like a small, pleading child arguing with its parent—my brain.MoreLess
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