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“You are a hard little lady to track down,” he hisses. “Not even your deadbeat brother knew where to find you. But you’re fun to chase, Reese.”
My heart sinks.
I try not to cry out. I refuse to give him the satisfaction. “What do you want?” I demand, my teeth gnashing together as I stand in the middle of the doorway, my eyes on his.
I’m not going to let him into this room because I know that once he’s inside, once the door is closed, there is no way for me to get out. He will ensure that I never see the light of day.
Honestly, I don’t know why he’s still hunting me.
It’s been years, over half a decade, and I don’t understand how he hasn’t moved on yet.
“I don’t want to be tracked down,” I state.
His lips curve into a smile. That smile used to scare me absolutely shitless. It used to terrify me in ways I can’t even describe. It doesn’t frighten me anymore. Although, it does alert me and make me not only wary but also cautious because I know what he’s capable of.
“Which is why I continue to do it. Are you ready to come home yet?” he asks.
Home.
What a joke.
Nowhere with him is a home—ever. And it never has been.
“I have a home,” I state. “It is not with you, and it never will be.”
He snorts, his smile never wavering as if my words haven’t affected him at all. I stand firm in the doorway, but I know he could push me inside of the room in a second if he wanted to get past me. He doesn’t, though, mainly because he is very much into head games, which is what this is.
It’s what this has been for a decade.
“Don’t be like that, baby bird.”
God.
I hate that name.
A shiver of disgust rolls down my spine, and my eyelids flutter closed. But I do not let them stay closed for long. Opening them again, I square my shoulders and decide that enough is enough.
This has been going on for longer than I would have ever imagined. I ran away from a life that I actually loved, and for what?
Because of this asshole.
“Whatever you think is going to happen here, it’s not. I am not going anywhere with you, and there is absolutely nothing between us. I’m going to go back tomyhome, and you can go to hell as far as I’m concerned. But I will never go anywhere with you, not ever again.”
My words come out, and the bravado is fake as fake can be, but I don’t care. All I can think about is my friends and how much I miss them. And, of course, that niggling thought of this baby that is always there, along with Agony.
“It’s not about what I think is going to happen, but more about whatisgoing to happen.”
“Fuck you,” I grind out.
Reaching for the door, I start to close it, hoping I can get it shut before he realizes what’s happening, but I fail. He reaches out quickly, curling his fingers around the edge before he pushes it open hard, causing me to fall backward.
Thankfully, I’m able to catch myself, but just barely.
There is a stunned moment of silence.
We both stare at one another.
I don’t think he was sure he could get in the way he did, and I’ve been knocked off balance but thankfully don’t fall, therefore stunning the hell out of me. We stare at one another in silence for a moment.
