Piper Belle-Harwood.
The Image of ‘Us’
.Seven years ago.
“Gracie Haggens is glaring at me again,” I mumbled, stabbing at my salad. “I can’t believe you ever dated her.”
Across from me, Alex sighed.
“Your dating history isn’t exactly an empty slate either. I can’t walk onto the basketball court without Aidan Walberg attempting to injure me.”
I looked up at my football-playing boyfriend and furrowed my eyebrows.
“What would you be doing on a basketball court?”
“Huh? No, Piper, that’s not the point.”
“Well then stop talking in fucking metaphors!”
“Metaphors? What? Why are you in such a bad mood?”
I glared at Alex.
“I’m in a bad mood because your ex-girlfriends are all sluts who hate me and you won’t let me bitch them out.”
“They’re just glaring at you! They’re not making physical threats towards you so I don’t understand why you need to go to such lengths to-”
“Shut up, Alex. You just don’t get it. Girls don’t fight things out physically.”
Alex sighed.
“Piper.” I refused to meet his eyes and concentrated on stabbing at my salad. “What are those girls saying to you?”
“Forget it,” I snapped.
“I’m not going back to any of them. Ever.” I stopped stabbing my salad and looked at Alex, suspiciously.
“How did you know they were bitching about tha-”
“I’m not stupid, Piper. Why else would you be so worked up? You usually don’t care about anything those girls say.”
“Yeah, because they’re beneath me,” I responded in a ‘duh’ tone.
Alex laughed.
“Exactly.” He sobered up and sent me a small smile. “Piper, who am I with now?”
…huh?
“What?”
“Who am I with now? It’s not a trick question.”
“…me.”
“Okay, and when you close your eyes and think of me, who am I with? Am I with any of those girls?”
“…no.”
“I’m with…”
“You’re with me. The image of you is connected to an image of me.”
“Exactly. Because I love you and you love me. We’re together and I’m not going to be with any others girls and that image of us is going to stay the same for a very long time.”
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.Present Day.
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I sat nervously tearing an M&M cookie to bits while Alexander Alcott sat directly across from me and stared into his coffee.
ESTÁS LEYENDO
Hit & Run
RomanceComplete. In order to escape a crazed stalker, Piper Belle-Harwood is coming home after six years to five sisters, an Oscar wining mother, an NFL Hall of Famer father, three estranged bestfriends, a cheating ex-boyfriend... ...And she may have just...
