DARE-TO-LOVE-TRUTH-AND-DARE-DUET-COLLECTION-by-Lylah-James-pdfarchive

I grasped her hand in mine and squeezed. “I’m sorry,
Ry.”
She swiped away a tear, almost angrily. “Do you think
maybe… Grayson has a good reason for staying away?”
Something bothered me about that day.
The frantic and desperate look in Grayson’s eyes as he
pushed Riley further away from him. And the words he
roared.
“I’m protecting you, damn it!”
Protecting Riley? From what? From who?
She let out a humorless laugh; her eyes glistening with
unshed tears. “He’s had three years, Lila. Three years I’ve
been waiting for him, three years for him to realize we
could have been so good together, but he gave up on us.”
I hugged her, and she fell into my arms, crying softly.
She had been holding it in for so long. My heart ached for
her.
For all three of them.
Once her cries turned into tiny hiccups, Riley pulled
away and rubbed a hand over her face, as though getting
rid of any evidence she had been crying over Grayson.
She half-smiled, the corners of her lips twisting slightly.
“How was the event? Where’s Maddox?”
I left the stool and went to the fridge, taking out last
night’s leftovers. “The event was great. It was pretty…
exhilarating, and they loved the dance. The fundraising
part of it was a huge success, too,” I told her. “It was fun.”
And it truly was. The whole night was pretty epic until…
Riley appeared curious when she asked, “Maddox didn’t
come home with you?”
No, he ran.
The moment our dance ended, Maddox left. He didn’t
even stay for dinner, and with him gone, just like that,
without so much as a word, I could barely eat. My food
stayed untouched in front of me, and for the rest of the
night, I smiled while my heart was breaking – hidden from