Page 60 of Mr. Delicious
Chapter 16
Adam
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Fuck. What now?
I slumped down to the ground and threw a stone in the lake. It was pitch black outside but I could still see it skipping across the surface of the water, going off into the distance until it sank.
I was such a fucking idiot sometimes. I should have told Wren who I was from the beginning.
The stupid AJ thing just sort of happened, and I knew it was so ridiculous now. I shrugged out of my jacket and went to toss that too, but I stopped myself.
My phone was in it.
It was times like these when I called Chad.
He told me even before I left Chicago that this would blow up in my face, and it did.
It was just like when I was with Ava. Chad told me that he thought she was cheating on me.
I never believed him, never took it on board that he might be right. I figured the thought of her doing that to me was completely far-fetched, especially after I forgave her for the lies she told about our baby.
But Chad was as right then as he was now. This time I was the idiot, and a bigger idiot for something so small.
I wanted to call him but right now I couldn’t talk to anyone.
I’d told Wren I’d understand if this was it for us, but that was another lie.
I wouldn’t be okay.
How would I be okay with losing the best thing that ever happened to me?
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Wren
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“What are you going to do?” Stella asked, her voice comforted me as usual.
Of course I called her. It was the only thing I could think to do to help me unravel my state of flux. I’d gone up to the library where I could think. I stayed there for a few hours, contemplating, then I called her.
“I’m so embarrassed.”
I went over everything, and the conclusion that I came to was I wasn’t mad, I was embarrassed. I was embarrassed that I needed to be saved, and saved in such a drastic way.
It wasn’t as if I owed a few hundred dollars. It was thousands. Several thousand, and the coffeehouse alone was worth the price of a small house because of the location.
These weren’t mere gifts.
“I know, and I get it, but sugar please try to get over it.” She advised. “I guess I would feel the same too, but Wren you got yourself an amazing guy there.”
“A guy I don’t feel like I deserve.” I’d gotten myself into serious debt because I allowed Billy to scam me. Then AJ rescued me.
AJ. Not AJ.Adam.
Adam Jordin. I still couldn’t believe it was him. I felt uncomfortable that I needed to be rescued and that I couldn’t be the kind of person he should be with.
