Return to Me (To Me Series #1) - Lucy Darling Page 0,1
the mess I’ll have to deal with when I eventually go back home. Maybe I should stay here forever. That would solve everything. I sigh, knowing that I’d miss my twin sister, Madison, too much.
“Can I get you anything else?” I look up at Nick, who is standing next to my cabana.
“Do people just lie here all day?” I might be doing this beach thing all wrong. That has to be it.
“Generally.” He turns to look behind him. “Are you meeting people?”
“No.” I shake my head. He turns back, looking as though he feels bad for me. I am on vacation alone. I wrack my brain trying to think of someone else that I could’ve brought with me. The only person I come up with is my sister. Why is it only now dawning on me that I don’t have any friends? “Nachos. I’ll take some nachos,” I blurt out, wanting to get the sad look he has for me off his face. Plus, food makes everything better.
“Coming up.” He turns, heading back up toward the resort. I huff, falling back into my seat. Giving Victor the slip wasn't as fun as I thought it would be. Not when I didn't get to see him all pissed about it. I really am too good at this.
He’ll never find me unless I want him to. I didn't think about missing out on his realization when I came up with my plan. I’m usually a very detail oriented person, but for whatever reason when the Wolf is around, I can’t seem to think straight.
He may think he’s the alpha in this pack but he’s got it all wrong. I would have paid a million dollars to see that cocky smirk of his slip from his face when he realized he couldn't control everything. That I wasn't a thing. That I do what I want when I want to.
I clench my thighs together, thinking about him barking one of his orders at me. I hate how my body responds to him. It did even before I’d ever seen his face. Victor and I had words a few times on the phone. I’d hung up on him when he was a dick. He’d showed up at the office. Now he won’t stop showing up. I already have one asshole in my professional life; I don’t need one in my private life, too.
The man is barbaric. I purse my lips, thinking about what he did. He’s gone too far this time. I take a deep breath, trying to get my emotions under control.
“I’m calm,” I remind myself. Only he makes me like this. I’m always calm. Except when it comes to him. Married. How the hell am I married to him? It doesn’t matter. I have a lawyer working on that. I’ll stay away until it’s all handled. Problem solved. I didn't believe it when Victor emailed me the marriage certificate. Until I saw my signature on it.
I stared at it for five minutes thinking it couldn't be real. I had Karen in legal at the office check. It was real. Filed with the city and all.
I must have signed it by mistake. I sign so many things in a day. He must have slipped it into something. I don’t know how he did it but he did. That’s fine. I’ll just undo it. I can be patient and wait until they deem me single again. My only hope is that I don’t die from boredom.
“Nachos.” I jump.
Nick sets the cheese-covered goodness down onto the table. “Sorry.”
“Thank you.” Now I am jumpy too. I give him a smile.
“I get off in an hour if you want me to join you?” Nick returns the smile. Oh, no. I gave him the wrong idea. I look up at Nick. He’s handsome. In that boy next door kind of way with his sandy blond hair and green eyes. He does nothing for me. My body is broken. It only craves assholes. One asshole, to be precise.
“You better tell the man that you’re married.” I jerk my head to the right to see Victor standing there in his suit. His eyes are trained on me.
“This is a beach. Not a boardroom,” I say tartly as I try to get my racing heart under control. He found me. How in the hell did he find me? And dear God does he look good.
I didn't even travel using my real ID. I stole my sister’s passport. Completely illegal but a girl’s