Page 136 of My Favorite Secret
“You kept these letters from me. You knew where Felix was the whole time. You knew how upset I was over his absence.”
“I did what I needed to do to protect you and I won’t apologize,” he snaps. “I don’t know what that boy did to land himself in Westbridge, but it must have been severe. He’s dangerous and I’m not letting him anywhere near you.”
“This is all your fault! If you had just given me these letters, I wouldn’t have?—”
I can’t make myself say it because it’s a terrible realization. If I’d had these letters, I wouldn’t have been so upset over Felix’s disappearance. I wouldn’t have been toodistracted to remember my contraception. I wouldn’t be pregnant. I wouldn’t be getting married.
Tyler and I would still have Felix.
“You have ruined everything,” I shout.
As I yell at my father, it feels like I’m yelling at Tyler too. I love Tyler. I know he was trying to protect me, but I’m so mad at him. Tyler could have prevented this disaster if he’d been honest.
“You’ve manipulated me. You’ve made me lose one of the most important people in my life.”
I gather each one of Felix’s letters and head for the door.
My father blocks the exit. “Where do you think you’re going, young lady?”
“Away from you. I’m not coming back.” I wedge my way past him, out of the office.
“Harper, get back here now.”
I make my escape for the front door, clutching Felix’s letters to my heart.
Not so long ago, I thought I would have Felix forever. Now, these letters are all I have left of him.
CHAPTER SIXTY
HARPER
Tyler turns the light off and crawls into his bed with me, holding me close. This is my third night living in the Blackwood penthouse with him since the fight with my father. It doesn’t feel like home. Not with Felix gone. Not with the resentment I hold toward Tyler for lying to me. It’s awkward being around Josh.
But I have nowhere else to go. No one to turn to.
I tell myself things will improve between me and Tyler and to stop harboring anger toward him for trying to protect me. He did the right thing. I know he did. But that doesn’t make me feel better.
I just want Felix back.
I don’t know where he is. No one has seen or heard from him since he left the beach house.
He’s gone for good this time.
“Tomorrow should be fun.” Tyler’s breath tickles my ear as he speaks. “We get to pick where we’ll live.”
He’s trying to be positive. But nothing is fun anymore.
“Yeah, should be fun,” I mutter.
Josh has a handful of investment properties in Manhattan.Tomorrow, he’s letting Tyler and me pick which apartment we want to move into.
Tyler hears the distance in my voice and holds me closer. “I’m sorry, Harper.”
“I know. Please stop apologizing.”
“I’m going to spend every day for the rest of our lives making it up to you. I promise.” He kisses my neck. At my silence, he switches the topic. “Have you spoken with your dad?”
I shake my head. My father has called multiple times over the last three days. I haven’t answered him.
