Fated to Them (book 1+2) novel Chapter 42

Read Fated to Them by Jessica Hall Chapter 42 – I feel tears threaten to spill over at her words. Grabbing my keys off the kitchen counter I walk out of the kitchen heading for the front door. “Ada wait!” My mother calls out to me. But I was done, so f*****g done. I wanted my freedom but I didn’t want it like this, and I sure as h**l didn’t want to go with them to Soya.

Getting to the door I swing it open, the door shutting behind me and I make a run for my car. Getting in I start my little beast just as the passenger side door opens and Eli hops in.

“Get out Eli!” I scream in frustration.

“No! why are you leaving?”

“Eli get the f**k out of my car!” I scream even louder but he doesn’t move instead reaches over ripping my keys from the ignition. My anger gets the better of me and I turn in my seat and slap him. He growls low in the back of his throat. “I am going to pretend you didn’t just hit me Adeline” He snaps at me with a glare on his face as he rubs his cheek.

My breathing comes fast as I fight the urge to break down. My life has just been completely thrown upside down. “I know you are upset, I know you don’t want this, but you need to calm down, my temper is paper thin Addie so pull yourself together and f*****g deal with it instead of running from us” Eli says before opening the door and hopping out. He walks back inside leaving me in the car. I couldn’t believe my mother was letting me go, I always wanted to be on my own but truly being on my own now scared me. Technically I wouldn’t be on my own but it was still losing all the responsibility that comes with being in this family, and now that I was being given my freedom I somehow no longer wanted it, funny how that works. You want something so bad that once you get it you no longer know what to do with it, it was always some goal you are working toward but never truly see happening yet you continue trying to strive for it.

Maya brings me out of my thoughts when she suddenly climbs in my car. I look at her in the backseat when Cyrus climbs in the passenger seat with her school bag. Was I really sitting out here long enough that an hour slipped past without me realising. Looking at the clock in my car it was 630am, the time I usually drop her to before school care. Looking down I was still in my pajamas. Cyrus hands me my keys and doesn’t say a word. I start the car driving her to before school care.

“Where is Eli?”

“Organising things for Taylor” He says and I nod. Pulling up at her school, Cyrus gets out before unbuckling Maya. Maya leans over the seat pecking me on the cheek before climbing out and grabbing Cyrus’s hand. I watch as he takes her through the gates and to where she needs to go. The lady is waiting out the front as she waits for her pupils to arrive. I watch as she takes Maya’s hand escorting her into the before school care room. Cyrus waits for her to be out of sight before turning around and walking back to the car and climbing in.

“Coffee?” He asks and I look down at my clothes.

“I’ll go in” He says and I nod driving to the cafe where I usually get my morning coffee. Cyrus gets out before returning with four coffees. I drive home and see Eli’s car gone from the driveway.

“He will be back any minute with Taylor” Cyrus says and I nod. Walking to the door, I unlock it and find my mother has already left for work. Going inside I go upstairs to get changed. I was just pulling my shirt off over my head when Cyrus walks in. I quickly pull my shirt back down.

Cyrus hands moving to my hip before he rests his chin on my shoulder. Tingles moving across my skin making me shiver against him which doesn’t go unnoticed by him.

Cyrus moves his hands underneath my shirt, his hands moving over my stomach sending sparks everywhere. “Do the tingles ever stop?” I ask.

“Nope, why do they bother you?” I shake my head.

“No, just a strange feeling” I tell him and he nods running his nose across my jaw before kissing my cheek.

“I hit Eli” I tell him.

“I know, I saw” He says, “you have a thing with hitting him” He chuckles.

“I shouldn’t have” I tell him and he hums softly.