Wicked Love (Wicked White Series Book 3) Read Online Free
Author: Michelle A. Valentine
to say.
He lifts his hand slowly as if to ask permission to touch my face. When I don’t move away, he gently caresses my face with the tips of his fingers. “Fuck those rich, uppity assholes. Don’t let them get to you. From what I’ve seen, you’re too good for them.”
I shake my head and sniff. “No I’m not. They’re right. I don’t belong—not anymore.” With that admission I cry harder. “I’ve got to go.”
I turn and run again—away from Tyler. Away from everything that is my life. It’s time for me to start living in my new reality, and letting go of a life that no longer belongs to me.
AVERY
I don’t want to be packing right now, but I don’t really have a choice in the matter. I haven’t been to any classes since the party two weeks ago and I’m too far behind now to even attempt to go back and finish spring semester. I withdrew from all my classes this morning and came to terms that moving out of the city to start a new life with my dad is the best thing for me right now. Since Dad filed bankruptcy, it’s not the best time for me to be getting mixed up in loans that I know my family has no way of repaying.
Dad and I are both completely broke. All we have left is the money my granny has floated us, along with the one car we are allowed to keep.
The entire student body now knows that I’m the daughter of the CFO caught in a recent embezzlement scandal. Charity’s been busy leading the charge to ruin my reputation with anyone who would listen—even my cousin, who also attends Ohio State, has heard the story. I’m sure by now all the people I know at school have had a good laugh at my expense.
Chance poked fun at me yesterday on social media, so I made the decision to delete all my accounts just so I won’t have to see the evidence of being the laughingstock of all my so-called friends firsthand.
I would like to say that we’re moving somewhere uberglamorous and exotic, so that we can put all this behind us and start a new life, but that’s not the case. Where we’re going is a total hole-in-the-wall town. I haven’t been there in years. I’m moving to Wellston, Ohio. Jeez, just thinking of the name puts me to sleep. Why Wellston? Well, that’s easy. That’s where Granny lives, plus we have nowhere else to go. I’m so not looking forward to living with her. She’s great and I love her dearly, but she smokes like a freakin’ freight train, she cusses like a sailor, and I know she’s going to be hell on wheels to live with. She’s not the little-old-lady-that-bakes-cookies type, that’s for sure, but she’s kind enough to allow her soon-to-be-homeless son and granddaughter to move in with her. I have to learn to make the best of the situation because I honestly don’t have any other options right now.
Dad loads the last of our things in the only car the court let us keep. Our Mercedes SUV is top-of-the-line. I pleaded with him to trade it in for something a little less flashy because it’s going to stick out like a sore thumb where we are going, but Dad didn’t want to walk into a car dealership and risk the embarrassment of being turned down due to his current credit predicament. We’re lucky to have a car at all right now. Wellston isn’t really known to be a wealthy area by any means. Matter of fact, it’s a part of what’s referred to as Appalachia—one of the poorest regions of the United States.
I know I’m going to hate it there. I’m already desperate to find a way back to Columbus as soon as I can. I even stooped as low as making plans with my cousin Stacy, whom I barely speak to. The plan is that I come back to Columbus and live with her and my aunt Donna, my mother’s sister, once Dad gets back on his feet and I find a way to pay for my tuition. I want to finish my degree even though I’m still not sure what I want to do with my life. College seems like the only option for a decent future. I’ll find a way to support myself, but I’ve always
He lifts his hand slowly as if to ask permission to touch my face. When I don’t move away, he gently caresses my face with the tips of his fingers. “Fuck those rich, uppity assholes. Don’t let them get to you. From what I’ve seen, you’re too good for them.”
I shake my head and sniff. “No I’m not. They’re right. I don’t belong—not anymore.” With that admission I cry harder. “I’ve got to go.”
I turn and run again—away from Tyler. Away from everything that is my life. It’s time for me to start living in my new reality, and letting go of a life that no longer belongs to me.
AVERY
I don’t want to be packing right now, but I don’t really have a choice in the matter. I haven’t been to any classes since the party two weeks ago and I’m too far behind now to even attempt to go back and finish spring semester. I withdrew from all my classes this morning and came to terms that moving out of the city to start a new life with my dad is the best thing for me right now. Since Dad filed bankruptcy, it’s not the best time for me to be getting mixed up in loans that I know my family has no way of repaying.
Dad and I are both completely broke. All we have left is the money my granny has floated us, along with the one car we are allowed to keep.
The entire student body now knows that I’m the daughter of the CFO caught in a recent embezzlement scandal. Charity’s been busy leading the charge to ruin my reputation with anyone who would listen—even my cousin, who also attends Ohio State, has heard the story. I’m sure by now all the people I know at school have had a good laugh at my expense.
Chance poked fun at me yesterday on social media, so I made the decision to delete all my accounts just so I won’t have to see the evidence of being the laughingstock of all my so-called friends firsthand.
I would like to say that we’re moving somewhere uberglamorous and exotic, so that we can put all this behind us and start a new life, but that’s not the case. Where we’re going is a total hole-in-the-wall town. I haven’t been there in years. I’m moving to Wellston, Ohio. Jeez, just thinking of the name puts me to sleep. Why Wellston? Well, that’s easy. That’s where Granny lives, plus we have nowhere else to go. I’m so not looking forward to living with her. She’s great and I love her dearly, but she smokes like a freakin’ freight train, she cusses like a sailor, and I know she’s going to be hell on wheels to live with. She’s not the little-old-lady-that-bakes-cookies type, that’s for sure, but she’s kind enough to allow her soon-to-be-homeless son and granddaughter to move in with her. I have to learn to make the best of the situation because I honestly don’t have any other options right now.
Dad loads the last of our things in the only car the court let us keep. Our Mercedes SUV is top-of-the-line. I pleaded with him to trade it in for something a little less flashy because it’s going to stick out like a sore thumb where we are going, but Dad didn’t want to walk into a car dealership and risk the embarrassment of being turned down due to his current credit predicament. We’re lucky to have a car at all right now. Wellston isn’t really known to be a wealthy area by any means. Matter of fact, it’s a part of what’s referred to as Appalachia—one of the poorest regions of the United States.
I know I’m going to hate it there. I’m already desperate to find a way back to Columbus as soon as I can. I even stooped as low as making plans with my cousin Stacy, whom I barely speak to. The plan is that I come back to Columbus and live with her and my aunt Donna, my mother’s sister, once Dad gets back on his feet and I find a way to pay for my tuition. I want to finish my degree even though I’m still not sure what I want to do with my life. College seems like the only option for a decent future. I’ll find a way to support myself, but I’ve always
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