Free Saved (Tempted #2) by Heather Doltrice Page A

all I could think about was him throwing me against his car and making love to me.
    “Not anymore, Maddie. It’s over for good this time. I didn’t come by to get you because I come to a decision after our talk this morning,” he told me, not backing away.
    He was trying to intimidate me but I wouldn’t let him see me sweat. Even though all I wanted to do was run away and cry because the love of my life had broken my heart for the second time. But I was going to stand there and take it like I was completely unscathed by the whole thing.
    “Oh yeah? And what did you deicide?”
    “That if I can’t tell you I love you then maybe I shouldn’t be in a relationship with you. Or with anyone for that matter. Maybe I should have a ton of one night stands. I think I’m wired better for that.”
    I take back what I said, he didn’t break my heart again.
    He shattered it into a million little pieces. And just when I thought he was going to put it back together again.
    My feet felt like they were stuck in quick sand. I couldn’t get them to move and I couldn’t get my face to turn away from his.
    “Well, what do we have here? Romeo and Juliet having trouble?”
    Luca.
    “What’s your problem?” West yelled, looking over my shoulder.
    “My problem is you have no idea how to treat your girlfriend.”
    I thought to myself that Luca was bipolar. He was like a sour patch kid. I mean seriously wasn’t he just threating me?
    “She’s not my girlfriend.”
    It stung to hear him say that.
    I winced as if he had physically hurt me. I wish it would have been physical pain because wounds heal easier than a broken heart.
    Trust me.
    “That’s good for me because I need a shotgun rider tonight. Maddie? What do you say?”
    I looked at West silently begging him to change his mind. To tell Luca that he couldn’t have me but he didn’t do either of those things.
    “Take her,” he said, before walking back to sit on the hood of his car.
    I wanted to hate him. I wanted to not care that he let me walk away again but I couldn’t change the way my heart felt. And my heart still belonged to him.
    If he wanted it or not.
    Pulling out my phone, I did something I hadn’t done in years. I texted him a song to let him know just how I felt.
    Me- Cassadee Pope- Wish I Could Break Your Heart.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 11
     
    I had barely seen West since the night at the race track. I didn’t want to talk to him and he kept avoiding me. So, it seemed like we were on the same page.
    Emma called this morning and asked if after church I could meet her at the diner for breakfast. I told her I would.
    Grace’s parents came by to take her to church, so I was flying solo. Driving through downtown, I stopped at the red light.
    Have you ever had that feeling like someone was watching you? Well, that’s exactly what I felt like. Looking over, I saw West in his car.
    I didn’t know what to do so I turned my head quickly. It had been two weeks since we had seen each other. But it still hurt to look at him. And it was weird not to know how to act around him.
    The light turned green and I let out my inner Grace. Pushing my foot down on the gas, I drove as fast as I could to the church. Hearing the Camaro engine purr behind me. Checking my rearview, I saw him speeding up to get beside me.
    I noticed somebody sitting in his passenger seat. I swore that if it was a girl I was going to castrate him. I immediately snapped out of that thought. He wasn’t mine to be jealous over anymore.
    Looking behind me, I saw that he was riding my ass.
    It would take West to do a high speed chase on the way to Sunday morning church. West paying any attention to me was already going to a bad influence.
    He had me cursing on Sunday.
    Seeing the church, I parked and did my best to get in the church before he could catch up with me. Part of me wanted to linger around and see what hoe bag accompanied him to church. But that meant having to talk to him