Seduced 2 by P.A. Jones Page A

was staring at the road she just drove away. She was a keeper, but that was the past and I didn’t regret it now. I was actually happy for her and her baby. God, just keep her away from any tension and dangers.

 
     
    Chapter 10
    Nikki
     
    I pushed the brakes hard. “No, I can’t go like this, not without telling him the truth.” I stopped the car. But why had he acted like that? Who was the girl?
    Getting the keys of Tristan’s home was a step forward from his side, and I wanted to do the same. I wanted to tell him the truth and for that reason, I had gone to meet him in the grocery store. But seeing Trisha there was like ordering a headshot kill for yourself. I was so pissed off that I walked away. But then Tristan came running behind me and I calmed down to hear his explanation. But then a girl came in and he suddenly ditched me--just like that.
    I couldn’t understand Tristan’s behavior. I was all ready to tell him about my feelings for him and tell him the truth about Stephen. But he had acted so weird after seeing a woman that I didn’t know if he was the same guy I had been hanging out with.
    At the next light,, I turned my car around. I checked the parking lot—Tristan’s car was still there. So he is still here, maybe with that girl . What’s with her? who is she? And why had Tristan panicked after seeing her?
    I walked past the parking lot and then I stopped in front of Starbucks. I could see Tristan and that girl holding hands and smiling at each other. My stomach twisted in pain.
    I felt like puking..My fear had come true. That girl surely had something to do with his past or maybe even his present. What the hell? I thought I’d found a nice guy, but... I felt like running back home and pouring my sorrow down in my pillow. But then who was I to blame him for anything? We weren’t in any relationship or anything, and I wasn’t an innocent girl falling for him and then found out he was cheating. My motive was as evil as it could be, but I’d really started caring for him. And that, too, for nothing...
    My heart was crushed between my own manipulation and the reality of the situation. I was trying to guard it from everything and make it of steel, but instead, I’d made it bleed for a man I didn’t like at first. What have I done with my own life? A sudden surge of disappointment occupied every inch of my body. My knees grew weaker, I walked back to my car somehow and pressed on the gas.
    ***
    When I entered my room, Carrie was already there watching a movie and drinking wine. She had keys of my apartment and she was a friend who could enter my house anytime and without any permission.
    “Hi,” she said, noticing me, but without taking her eyes off the television screen.
    “Hello,” I said.
    She must have heard my sad sound.“What happened?” She got up and came close to me. "Why are you so sad? I thought you got out of the Chase issue by telling your dad about his threatening you.”
    I’d told her about my meeting with Dad the other night over the phone. “It’s not about that. It’s about Tristan. I don’t know where I’m going with him.”
    “But I thought your mind was clear...”
    I cut her off. “No, it isn’t anymore. I think I like him.” Admitting that to Carrie was the biggest leap of faith I’d taken that day. I didn’t know how she would take it, and I wanted her to react well because her opinion mattered a lot to me.
    “Then, what’s the issue? I’m happy for you. After almost a year-and-a-half you have finally liked a man and that’s good.”
    “I don’t know if he likes me or not. And I’m not sure if I can trust him.” I couldn’t tell her about the girl I saw.
    “Hmm, trust issues? Any girl?” She touched my shoulder.“I can understand you, Nikki. It’s the long time and your past creeping you out. But you must understand that finding a nice person is lot more difficult than finding a jerky one. It’s like an opportunity, and you must grab it as