Law #1: Never Bet on Love: A Sweet Billionaire Love Story (Laws of Love) Agnes Canestri (best books to read in your 20s .txt) š
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I heard them speak about him in the kitchen while I sobbed on the sofa. Juan couldnāt understand why Nathan was banned from our life for good. The simple, āEva is mad at him because he lied,ā didnāt satisfy his rebellious little mind. He even challenged our grandmother by saying that everybody lies once in a while, but if one regrets it, then we have to forgive them. Iām not sure who told my brother that Nathan regretted what he did. Maybe Abuelita?
It doesnāt matter, though. Juan canāt understand yet that there are things that canāt be undone just because you say sorry. Things like pretending to be someone you are not. Or being interested in someone only to win a miserable bet with your family.
No, these things are unforgivable.
Laia takes my hand and drags me into our living room. āLook, Iāve put together a list of books I think you should read while youāre gone.ā
My eyes flick to the table, and I donāt even need to read the titles to know that each of the reads my cousin selected must be either a romance or some kind of hot chicken soup for the broken hearted. The bright, shimmery colors of the covers speak for themselves.
āI donāt want to read anything,ā I grumble.
āAh, Eva.ā Laia waves me off. āIām here because you obviously donāt know what you want or need right now, okay? Just come over here and check them out please.ā She takes me by my shoulders and pushes me down on our age-old plush sofa.
I grit my teeth and take the pink book titled, Rekindle Your Soul, into my hands.
I mustnāt blame Abuelita for detonating the āLaia saves Evaā bomb. I mustnāt.
My poor grandmother did everything that she thought would help me heal. But in the end, likely in her utter desperation after she found me fabricating a hand-written copy of āLa Mujer Sin Alma,ā Abuelita decided to call in the heavy artillery.
This morning, the day of Alejandroās release, Laia arrived. My cousin started out her rescue mission by, literally and metaphorically, kicking my butt till she managed to haul me into the shower. After I was squeaky clean, she helped me comb my hair knot-free, which I didnāt think would be possible after keeping it in a messy bunāeven when I sleptāfor days. But Laiaās tenacity won. And not just on my dark tresses.
After getting me into a socially presentable shape again, she picked out some clothes, other than my homebody outfit, and bullied me into fetching Ale from Litchfield. She used such sophisticated emotional triggers to reach her goal that even Sigmund Freud would have envied her. I didnāt agree with her method while it happened, but now, hearing Aleās jingling laugh as he tickle-fights Juan, Iām happy my cousin did what she did. I wouldāve hated myself for missing out on my brotherās first hug after he got back his freedom.
I tentatively open the book. Perhaps Laia could be right about this, too. I doubt that any written word, even the most sacred and wise ones, could lead me to peace and acceptance about having trusted a man again who clearly didnāt love me.
But he did say he loved you.
Huh, the tiny troublemaker in my head is back. It kept quiet for quite some time now, probably mortified for having been the instigator of my tragedy. Maybe my romantic cousinās arrival gave it the courage to return? I need to suppress it as quickly as possible, before it starts nestling in for good.
Nathan might have said he loved me, but those were just words. They have the same weight as the ones he said to his mother about me, expressing the exact opposite. So, I canāt hold onto a straw of hope like that. And I wonāt. Instead, I willā¦
I read the first paragraph of the book.
āTo start a new life, you need to cut the chains with the old.ā
Yes, thatās what Iām going to do. Iām starting a clean slate as of now. I will not only not speak about Nathan. But, better, I wonāt even think of him.
A shrill bell startles us all.
Laia jumps up and bolts to the door.
āAre you waiting for a visitor, Evita?ā Abuelitaās voice is so hopeful that my chest squeezes.
āNo, Iām not. Itās probably just the post,ā I murmur.
I tear away my glance from my grandmotherās eager face. Itās clear whom she wants to see standing outside our door. It pains her to see me heartbroken, and she still wishes I would reconsider hearing Nathan out. Never mind that he didnāt even try to contact me for the past week.
Even after telling Abuelita about the bet, she couldnāt abandon the idea that Murphy had a providential vision when he set up his brother. And that it wasnāt meant to hurt me, thus Nathan isnāt a bad guy. She even tried to bring Laia on her team about this, but luckily my cousin was on my side this time. āNathan is a liar till the contrary is proven,ā she replied to my grandmother.
Oh, ginger snaps, I just thought about Nathan again.
Before I can scold myself, Laia is back carrying a large bouquet in her arm.
Abuelita claps her hands, her mouth drifting to her ears. āWasnāt I right? This is for Eva, Iām sure. Though I would have chosen roses or carnations. Daffodils are more for a new house or a job. Iāll need to teach Nathāā
āThese arenāt from Nathan,ā Laia exclaims. She fishes out the envelope from the buds and holds it up. āThey are for Alejandro.ā
āAlejandro?ā Abuelita squeaks.
My brother, attracted by his name, shuffles to us from the kitchen. He carries a monkey-like hanging Espie on one shoulder and a wiggling-panda Juan on the other. Poor Ale pants and can hardly stand straight from their collective weights.
āEspie, Juan, leave Ale alone. He needs to check out his gift,ā I chide.
āWhat gift? From whom? Espie is the first to inquire, but she is
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