Title:
For A Reason
Author: T.N.
Cole
Release Day: Sept 3,
2015
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She loved
me.
I failed her.
She loves
me.
I'll break
her.
Tristan Westdyke seems to have
it all: he's handsome, athletic, smart, and admired. What people
don't see beyond the façade, though, is the pain and guilt
eating away at his soul. Blaming himself for the loss of another person,
Tristan trudges through life not allowing himself to
feel.
But when the beautiful and
energetic Katelyn Sharp barrels into his life, Tristan is helpless to resist
emotions long buried. A connection slowly grows between the two, yet secrets
and deceit threaten to shatter the fragile trust and love they’ve
found.
Can
two people who have been hurt and betrayed open their hearts up once more? Can
both accept that all may have happened For a
Reason?
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I reached up and
pushed Kate’s hair out of her face. It was pulled to one side, but it
had long fallen out of the updo it was in when the sight of
her first took my breath away tonight. I lightly traced my
fingers over the bandage covering the right side of her forehead and I hovered
over the outline of some of the bruises and scratches. I watched my fingers,
and I felt her watching me—waiting for me to tell her something. I
wanted so badly to trace her lips on my exploration of her face—to
feel her breath on my fingertips. But, I forced myself to pull back.
“Don’t look at me like that,” I finally
whispered.
“Like
what?” she
frowned.
“Don’t look
at me like I saved you. I’m the reason this happened to you.
You’re looking at me like you’re so happy that
I’m here. Those
guys shouldn’t have slipped something in your drink, or whatever they
did. If I were paying attention, they wouldn’t have almost
made off with you. I did this to you, and don’t you fucking
forget it.” I stopped to take a deep, shuddering breath and buried my
face in my hands.
“Funny,”
Kate said coldly as she leaned forward. “I
didn’t peg you as the
victim type.”
I reared
back. “What?”
“You heard
me,” she snapped. “I was the one who had something slipped
in my drink. And apparently, I was the one who was almost kidnapped. But I
wasn’t. Because you stopped them from taking me. You brought me here.
I’m safe. So, quit the pity party on
yourself.”
My hands had fallen from my
face during her tirade to meet her now angry glare. I didn’t know if
I was supposed to be madat what she was saying or not, but I
didn’t have the time to figure it out
because she wasn’t done yet. “Do you know how
Aimee knew to go get you from the waiting room? I begged her to go get
you because, somehow, I knew you would be there. I
knew you were the one who saved me from whatever caused me to end up
in the freaking hospital. So, none of this is your fault. Yes, we
shouldn’t have separated, but that’s on
both of us. But, it’s not my fault or your fault that some
asshole roofied me, capisce?”
She was breathing heavily
by the end of her rant. She slowly fell back against the pillows,
closing her eyes. I watched her as she got her breathing under
control, knowing I had to choose my next words carefully. I
didn’t want to upset her more, and I knew that everything she said
was true. “Hey. Kate.” I threaded my fingers through hers
and waited until she slowly opened her eyes to peek at me.
“You’re right. You’re absolutely right.
I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you
more; it’s just... You were so
gorgeous tonight. I wanted you to stay by me, but I couldn’t
ask you for that. And all of a sudden, I couldn’t find you, and then
you were almost kidnapped, and I couldn’t get you to open your eyes.
I couldn’t see your beautiful brown eyes,” I
was so quiet; I knew she had to be straining to hear me. I
didn’t want her to know how helpless I had felt. How I felt like I
had failed and lost all over again. And how my feelings for her were getting
too intense and they were scaring
me.
She tightened her grip on
my hand. “I heard you, you know. Through the haze, you said
‘Katelyn, please’. And that’s how I knew
something was wrong. So, I fought to wake up. You brought me
back.”
I closed my eyes, fighting off
the onslaught of emotion threatening to take over me. If only I had been able
to save Mel like I was able to save Kate. I didn’t
know what else to say. I was exhausted and I knew she had to be in even worse
shape than I was. “You should get some rest, Kate. We can talk
in the morning. I’ll be here. I’m not going to leave
you.”
Review
This story was amazing. I felt like the chemistry between Tristan and Katelyn was amazing and I loved how it wasn't instalove. They had to work on their relationship and tear down walls before they could say that they were completely in love. The dual POV was something that I enjoyed as well since you got to know what each one was thinking.
T.N.
Cole spends her time seeking new adventures, determined to make her life a
memorable story. A recent graduate with a bachelor in biology, T.N. is headed
to graduate school at Texas Tech to pursue her long time dream of becoming a
pharmacist. When she's not reading, writing, or studying,
you'll find her trying to stay out of trouble or planning her ultimate
dream of traveling the
world.
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