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    Hold On - Part 2: Hold On, #2
    Hold On - Part 2: Hold On, #2
    Hold On - Part 2: Hold On, #2
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    Hold On - Part 2: Hold On, #2

    By Tabitha Levin

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    Ethan’s past has smashed firmly into his present, in the form of a very attractive and manipulative woman named Lili, who is sleeping in his bed.

    Sarah is falling deep and fast for him, but all the jealousy and insecurities over this new woman, who Ethan promises he’s not having sex with, is too much. She’s not sure she can trust him.

    Was her best friend, Lauren, right? Is Ethan too much of a bad boy for her? Or can her sweet nature soothe his rough edges so she has a chance at claiming his heart?

    Part 2 of a 3 part series. Contains a cliffhanger ending.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTabitha Levin
    Release dateDec 4, 2016
    ISBN9781540116987
    Hold On - Part 2: Hold On, #2

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      Hold On - Part 2 - Tabitha Levin

      Chapter 1

      My first instinct is to walk over to Ethan and confront him. My second is to run as fast as I can out of this restaurant so I can think clearly. I don’t want to overreact like I usually do, especially in front of all these people I don’t know. Especially in front of the one person I do know: Danny.

      Danny is walking toward me and he is smiling. It’s been a long time since I saw him smile like that. In the last days before he left me, he was desperately unhappy. So was I, but that didn’t stop him from breaking my heart when he walked out the door.

      You look great. He pulls me close for a warm embrace and his touch is both familiar and strange at the same time. How can that be? I should know every small detail about him, but nothing about this feels normal or natural. I was with him for years, but the five months since we broke up has made us strangers again.

      I look over his shoulder to Ethan. Ethan hasn’t noticed me, he is still deep in the conversation with the brunette. Maybe I should walk over and see what is going on. I could act casual. I could pretend it’s nothing.

      I inhale deeply trying to suck as much oxygen into my body as possible, so I can deal with everything that is happening all at once. Danny. I pull away from his embrace and sit back on the barstool. Why am I here? What do you want?

      You want to get right to the point, hey? You never were patient. His tone is casual and light, and he laughs at the end of his sentence. I’m instantly annoyed. He sits down at the bar stool next to me and I have to turn in my chair to face him, making it more difficult to watch Ethan out of the corner of my eye. Maybe that’s for the best. Maybe I don’t want to see anything more than talking happen between him and the brunette.

      What is it, Danny?

      His eyes dart into the restaurant and I wonder what has caught his attention. I follow his gaze as it settles on the bubbly waitress that bought me over to the bar when I first arrived.

      You’re seeing someone else. The blonde.

      He shifts in his seat and I can see the sparkle in his eyes when he looks back over at her. It softens his features and makes him look even more gorgeous than I remember. He used to look at me the same way. Yes, he says with tenderness in his voice.

      That’s good. Good for you. I’m surprised I’m not more upset by this, but I’m not. In fact, it might be a relief knowing that he is happy. I hope he treats this girl with more love and respect than he showed me.

      There’s more. He lowers his gaze slightly and takes my hand in his.

      More?

      We are engaged. The wedding is in one month.

      Engaged? I look over at the waitress and down to her hand. The diamond ring is large and sparkles in the restaurant lights. I can’t believe I didn’t notice it before, it’s so obvious. Danny is engaged. The calmness I felt when he told me he was seeing someone has disappeared and has been replaced by an emptiness in the pit of my stomach. We’ve only been broken up five months, how can you be engaged already?

      He is still holding my hand and begins to stroke his thumb over the back of it. I don’t want him to touch me anymore and I jerk it away. I fell in love. He shrugs like it’s no big deal.

      Love? We were in love. The five years we were together comes crashing down around me. All I can think about is that our entire relationship was a lie, that he never really loved me. All the time and effort I put into us, trying to make things work were for nothing. As soon as we broke up, he’s engaged to someone else.

      I turn my head so I can look back at Ethan. I need to see his face so I can stabilize the jumble of emotions that Danny’s confession has created in me. Ethan turns his head my way at the same time, and his mouth parts slightly as the flicker of seeing me here jolts him back from the deep conversation he is having.

      Sarah, don’t take this personally, these things happen. Roxanne is a lovely girl, you’ll like her. Danny places his hand on my leg and leans forward but I’m still not looking at him. My heart is pounding as Ethan stands up. The brunette he is with looks over in our direction to see what is going on. She is annoyed that something has distracted Ethan from whatever they were discussing.

      Ethan strides over to us, his eyes flicking between Danny’s hand on my leg and my face. Sarah, did you follow me here?

      Follow you here? No, of course not. His arrogance of asking me that question doesn’t surprise me, but it does upset me. I want him to take me away from all of this mess, not contribute to it further.

      Then why are you here? Before I can answer, he turns to Danny. Get your hand off her leg.

      There is no threat in his voice, it’s just a simple request, but Danny immediately pulls his arm back like he has touched something hot and doesn’t want to get burned. I try not to smile.

      This is Danny. I feel I need to explain to Ethan what I’m doing here. I would have preferred telling him privately, back at our apartment, but I can’t wait when he’s standing in front of me demanding answers when it should be me demanding answers from him.

      Ethan’s eyebrow cocks slightly as he hears Danny’s name.

      He wanted to tell me that he’s engaged.

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