The Wild One (Forever Wild #3) (5 page)
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Authors: Magan Vernon
I was in love with Valerie Wilder. I think somehow I knew it the first moment I laid eyes on her. People say that love at first sight is bullshit. The same people who say that probably have never experienced it.
Valerie left early in the morning for work as usual, but Paige was there, sitting on the couch and petting Dexter like some evil villain. “So, you took Max’s money, but you’re still hanging out here and still fucking my roommate?”
I groaned. “Are we really going to have this conversation?” I put my hands out to the side and stared at her. “He shoved the money at me and walked out. What the hell was I supposed to do?”
Dexter jumped off her lap and she stood up. She may have been a foot shorter than me, but the way she looked at me, I couldn’t help but feel intimidated. Her eyes narrowed and her upper lip curled like I was the lowliest person on the planet. “I don’t know, how about if you actually care about Valerie you would find out where Max works, march down there
, and say you don’t want his dirty money or his divorce lawyer.” She crossed her arms over her chest. This time she wasn’t trying to use her body to turn me on but to intimidate me.
“And another fucking thing, Mr. Wild Wes. If you love Valerie so much, if you’re giving her the time of her life in the bedroom, taking her out on these romantic date
s, why aren’t you pushing for her to stop this divorce? Why don’t you just spit it out and tell her how you feel about her?”
I raked my hands through my hair, letting out a deep breath. “It’s not that easy.”
“Why? Do you have some sort of a problem with speech or something? I’ve heard you talk plenty of times. It’s not that hard, just say ‘Valerie, I love you, I don’t want to get divorced so let’s keep up this crazy-ass marriage thing we have going on.’”
“Do you know how many times I’ve tried to convince her to try and work this out? You know she’s stubborn. You know she wants what she wants. I haven’t signed the divorce papers, because I’m hoping that maybe she’ll change her mind and forget about it. Maybe she’ll come to her senses and realize that I’m hers and I’m not going to leave her. Ever.”
Paige blinked, dropping her hands as she stared at me. At first she didn’t say anything for what seemed like forever. Then she took a deep breath and let it out slowly before she spoke. “If she’s not going to listen to you, then you need to show her all of these things. I know you’ve been trying and I see that. She’s never had something like you in her life before and she’s afraid of falling for you. All she’s had are guys like Max. I don’t want to see her hurt by you or Max, so if you don’t want to be a jerk like him you’d better show me that you’re not like him either by leaving right now and getting your country bumpkin ass to his office and returning that money.”
I sighed. “Yeah, that’s probably the smart thing to do.”
“You bet your ass it’s the smart thing to do. His office is on Dearborn, so the L should get you there.”
I smiled. “I know exactly where his office is. The pompous asshole attached his business card to the en
velope with a note that said, ‘Call me if you need anything.’”
An all-out bitchy grin appeared on
Paige’s face. “And what a wake-up call he’s gonna get.”
***
Standing outside of the building, I wasn’t sure if I was making the right decision. The entire ride over I debated if this was the right thing to do. Of course Paige basically pushed me out the door and even gave me a leather laptop bag to put the envelope in so I wouldn’t look like a lunatic carrying around a manila envelope full of money. Not to mention that would make me a moving target to get mugged.
“I guess it’s now or never,” I said to myself as I walked in the revolving doors into the building.
Immediately a woman in a navy blue skirt suit approached me. “Can I help you, sir?”
I removed the business card from my wallet. I must have stared at
it a million times on the L, wondering if I was doing the right thing. “Yes, I need to see this person.”
She took the card and read over the information. “Very good
, sir, right this way.”
I followed her until I saw a familiar, smiling face.
“Wesley, are you back for that ring?”
I returned the smile to the woman behind the counter.
“Well, not exactly that ring. Can you maybe show me what you have in the next carat size up?”
Want to know what happens next? Stay tuned for The Wild Side in which we go back into Valerie’s point of view. Will she stay with Wes? What happens when she finds out that he took the money?
Keep up with all of the books in the Forever Wild Serial
One Wild Night
Wild Hearts
The Wild One
The Wild Side
Wild For You
Wild
Magan Vernon is a Young Adult and New Adult writer who lives with her family in the insurance capital of the world. When not writing she spends her time fighting over fake boyfriends via social media.
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