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I sigh and roll my eyes as Bronson smirks. I don’t know how much of our conversation he can hear, but I’m sure it’s more than enough for him to know that Kendall delights in giving me hell.
“I’ll be there soon. Send me your location.”
“Thank you.”
I hang up and wait until she’s sent me her location before grabbing my things. Bronson follows me down to the parking lot, not saying a word until we’re away from all the other employees.
“So,” Bronson says slowly, a smile spreading across his face, “should I expect you to come back for the rest of the day at the office, or are you done?”
“If my father shows up, please tell him that I had an important meeting and had to step out for a while.”
Bronson laughs and heads back inside the office building without another word. I roll my eyes and get in my car, speeding out of the parking lot.
It only takes me a few minutes to head onto the highway and find Kendall. As soon as I do, the tension that was curling through me throughout my entire drive starts to ease.
Kendall looks at me and her expression becomes pinched. She looks like she would have rather called anyone else and I can’t blame her.
This morning didn’t go how I wanted it to either.
“Thank you for coming,” she says as she runs her hand through her hair. “I didn’t know who else to call.”
That’s the moment when I know I did the right thing by telling her that we made a mistake.
“Call me whenever you need me, Kendall. I’ll always be here for you.”
I’m here to be her protector and nothing more.
11
KENDALL
Forthelastweek,Evan has been in and out of town, barely saying a word to me when he is here.
Not that I mind. After sleeping together, everything seems a bit awkward. After all, I still want him, but he wants nothing to do with me.
I’m not surprised though. We’re in different places of our lives. I can’t blame him for regretting sleeping with me.
If I were him, I would regret it too.
He has so much to offer everyone, and I bring nothing to the table.
I sigh and duck my head under the water, kicking my legs harder as I swim from one end of the pool to the other.
Swimming is supposed to be relaxing, but the more time I spend in the water, the more I think about Evan. I know that I’m just using the pool as an excuse to avoid everything else in my life.
Right now, things in my life—other than Evan—are going a little too smoothly. I’m ahead in my schoolwork, even with two more papers coming up, and I’m close to being able to pay for my second year of school.
Things don’t normally go this well for me.
Every single day, it feels like I’m holding my breath and waiting for this entire fantasy to blow up in my face.
When I wake up in the morning, it seems impossible that this is my life. There is no way that I can walk from my bedroom down to a pool in the backyard and spend the rest of the day avoiding my problems.
Except that I can, and I do.
Think positive. If you keep sending negative vibes out into the world, all you’re going to get is negativity back.
I surface and take a deep breath, floating on my back and looking up at the sky. Fluffy white clouds drift overhead, and the sun shines down. It’s a beautiful day, but sooner or later I’m going to have to go back inside and finish working on my papers.
