Out of Turn
“It felt like something out of a dream, to see him again, this close to me. I was nearly light-headed from the suddenness of his appearance, but my stomach felt like I’d been kicked in the gut.
“I was ‘in the neighborhood’ because you sent my bodyguard packing,” he said. Blane’s tone was flat, completely devoid of emotion, the same as his face.
The sound of his voice after three months sent a stab of bittersweet pain through me. How many nights had I stared at my phone, wanting it to ring, for i...t to be him on the other end? It took everything I had not to show the pain I was feeling, though I couldn’t help pressing my arm against my abdomen to try and quiet my stomach. My insides churned with nausea and I absolutely refused to throw up in front of Blane. I’d choke on it first.
“I don’t want or need a bodyguard,” I bit out. “Especially from you.”
“So you’d rather have gotten shot tonight?” he retorted, and I could hear anger now in his voice.
“I can take care of myself,”MoreLess
“I was ‘in the neighborhood’ because you sent my bodyguard packing,” he said. Blane’s tone was flat, completely devoid of emotion, the same as his face.
The sound of his voice after three months sent a stab of bittersweet pain through me. How many nights had I stared at my phone, wanting it to ring, for i...t to be him on the other end? It took everything I had not to show the pain I was feeling, though I couldn’t help pressing my arm against my abdomen to try and quiet my stomach. My insides churned with nausea and I absolutely refused to throw up in front of Blane. I’d choke on it first.
“I don’t want or need a bodyguard,” I bit out. “Especially from you.”
“So you’d rather have gotten shot tonight?” he retorted, and I could hear anger now in his voice.
“I can take care of myself,”MoreLess
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