Page 91 of The Rules Of Attraction
“You aren’t bad.”
“Only when it comes to wanting you.”
Of course my cheeks flushed at the confession.
“Offer’s on the table angel, waiting for you to sign the dotted line.” He added. “Don’t torture yourself by waiting longer than you need to. Have fun with the girls.”
“I will.”
He crooked his finger and beckoned me to come to him. I did.
He leaned forward for a quick kiss that felt like a taste to me, then left.
Giddiness took over. The kind that made my heart flutter and fill me with warmth.
I was liking this guy way too much, and the attention.
Maybe I could do this.
Accept his offer, and lose myself in him. I’d never met a man like him before. One that came with his own rules.
His rules of attraction. He talked about it like it was an actual thing and reeled me in with each rule. I knew there were laws of attraction, and something scientific to do with attraction, but Alex had given his take on relationships a whole other meaning.
I gathered my bag just in time to hear the phone buzzing. I hoped it was Eilesh. I left her a message earlier.
Retrieving it my eyes widened and I nearly dropped the phone when I looked at the caller ID and saw who was calling.
It was Tom!
My breath caught in my throat and my chest tightened.
The phone buzzed on in my hands and I watched it wondering if I should actually answer.
I couldn’t imagine what he would be calling me for.
What did he want? There was nothing left that needed to be said.
I looked at the phone in my hands buzzing away and remembered how I always answered on the first ring. I always felt excited when he called and had that nervous excitement too when I spoke to him. it didn’t matter that we’d been together for so long. That was simply how I was.
I watch the buzz fade and the phone stilled. Moments later it buzzed again but this time with a voicemail notification of a message.
The anxious side of me took over and pressed the button to access my voice messages.
I pressed the phone to my ear and within seconds Tom’s voice came across the line. I hadn’t heard his voice in so long that it felt strange to listen to it now.
“Hi Summer. It’s me, Tom. I really wanted to speak to you. I know you must have gotten the wedding invite by now and I just…”
His voice trailed off for a few seconds and I heard him sigh.
“This wasn’t the way that I wanted to talk to you, and I get it if you saw that it was me calling and didn’t answer. I deserve that. Summer, I made a mistake. I made a mistake with us and I really need to talk to you. The um, wedding is off. Please call me. I love you.”
Shock flew through me and my entire body stiffened.
