Forever Beautiful by Ella Bordeaux
How could he
do this to me?
I believed
him.
I trusted
him.
When Skylar is faced with her biggest fear, old
insecurities cause her to do what she did best.
Hide from the truth.
Wyatt was determined not to let the only woman he
loved run from him. He only had one choice.
He would fight for her.
Both would be tested.
Each would experience pain.
Will truth conquer all?
Time would test their love.
Fate would decide their future.
EXCERPT
Grabbing my purse, I headed to the door.
Opening it, I let out a scream when I saw Zeb there with his hand up, ready to
knock.
“Holy shit, Skylar! You scared the piss out
of me.”
Covering my chest with my hand, I took in a
few deep breaths. “Zeb, what are you doing here?”
He shook his head and laughed. “I told
Michelle I’d meet her today. I have a few things to pick up, and…well, I wanted
to say good-bye to her in person. I figured y’all would be back by now.”
“Did she not text you? She had to stay back
in Waco with Wyatt. She had a leak; her hot water went out or something.”
Zeb smiled. “No. I didn’t get the text.”
I frowned. “Weird.”
He shrugged. “Well, would you mind if I
came in really quick and grabbed my stuff? It’s just a couple of shirts.”
I lifted my brows. Why in the world does he have clothes here? He’d never spent the
night.
“Shirts?”
“Sweatshirts. I wore a few over here and forgot
them.”
Zeb and his sweatshirts. I swore, he had
one for every day of the year.
With a chuckle, I motioned for him to come
in. “I was getting ready to leave, but if it will just take a few minutes, no
problem.”
“Thanks, Skylar.”
Zeb walked past me and headed to Michelle’s
room. I shut the door and made my way into the kitchen. Glancing at my watch, I
still had a few minutes to spare. Might
as well grab some water and a few snacks.
I had a feeling it was going to be a long
night. I hated Tupperware parties. Or Pimped-Out Chef or whatever the hell it
was called. We were in college. Half of us lived in dorm rooms. Why in the hell do we need kitchen stuff?
Opening the refrigerator, I grabbed an
apple and a cheese stick. When I turned back around, Zeb was standing in the
kitchen.
I screamed and dropped my snacks. “Jesus,
Zeb. You scared me again.”
By the look on his face, I instantly knew
something wasn’t right. Everything I’d learned in self-defense class was
pulsing through my body. It was like a sign was flashing, Warning!
“You’ve got to know, I’ve always liked you,
Skylar.”
Panic started to set in as I quickly took
in the situation. When I glanced down, I noticed he had nothing in his hands. “Where,
um…where are your sweatshirts?”
He looked down at his hands and then back
up at me. “I know you want me as much as I want you. I’ve seen the way you look
at me.”
Oh God.
This isn’t happening to me again.
BEAUTIFUL
Skylar Woods
unknowingly drew Wyatt Smith toward her. He wanted…needed to learn everything
about her. Though he sensed her beauty was more than just skin deep, Wyatt
struggled to understand the sadness she attempted to make with an amazing
smile.
When Skylar’s
eyes met Wyatt’s for the first time, her breath caught and she couldn’t look
away from the new guy standing in the school office smiling at her. The
connection only get when Wyatt sat next to her in English class, allowing
Skylar to dare to believe he might actually be interested in getting to know
her.
For the first
time in months, she felt alive.
The moment Wyatt
expressed an interest, the notes started again…the ones that reminded her of a
past she could never move beyond—the event that changed her life forever and
robber her of any change of happiness.
Never believing
the rumors being spread around school about Skylar, Wyatt made sure he went out
of his way to prove how much he cared about her.
But when the
past resurfaces, will Wyatt stand by her side? Or will he turn against her like
everyone else?
About the Author
Writing young adult fiction under the pen name of Ella Bordeaux, Kelly Elliott is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author.
Finding her way back to one of her favorite genres, Ella will be publishing her first young adult fiction book, Beautiful, June 7, 2016.
Ella lives in central Texas with her husband, daughter and two puppies. When she’s not writing she enjoys reading and spending time with her family.
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