Page 5 of Ambrosia Kisses
"Hey." I cast a glance around. "Um, have you seen Ridley this morning?"
"Ridley?" Her brows furrow. "He's at the airport."
"What?"
She hesitates for a long moment, like she doesn't want to say anything, and then she sighs. Her lips pull down into a frown. "His flight to Italy leaves in half an hour."
I sway on my feet.
"Shit. Are you okay?"
No.
Hell no, I'm not okay. He really just slept with me and then walked away like it meant nothing? He left me to wake up alone in his bed while he was on his way to the airport?
I'm not ready for this to be over.
Then it won't be.
Bile climbs up my throat, threatening to choke me at the memory of his promise. How could he say that and then just…walk away?
"Paisley?"
Because he didn't mean it. He just said what you wanted to hear.
"You're sure he's at the airport?"
She hesitates again. "He and Bastian left a couple of hours ago." Her gaze flickers across my face, full of regret, like she hates being the one to break the news to me. "Should I call him?"
He actually left.
Tears burn at the backs of my eyes.
"No. It's fine. I'm fine," I lie, turning toward the door as my stomach twists. "Thanks."
"Paisley–"
I shove my way through the door, nearly knocking Jax over in the process.
"Whoa, careful," he says, reaching out to grab me.
"Sorry, sorry." I stumble around him before he can touch me, trying like hell not to throw up on his muddy boots.
"You okay, Paisley?"
No. I woke up alone in your cousin's bed, ready to change my entire life for him…and he couldn't even be bothered to say goodbye.
He's a liar.
And I fell for it. I believed him.
God, I'm so stupid!
"Fine." I dip my head to hide the tears already slipping down my cheeks, and hurry down the path toward my cabin.
Jax calls my name behind me, but I don't turn around. I just keep walking, stumbling really. My mind races, trying to make sense of this…but there is no sense in it. I fell in love with him. I thought he felt the same. But he just…fucking left.
Halfway to the cabin, I crouch, dry heaving in the weeds.
