Their Heart Search: Bethany & Jordan's Story (Search Series) by Amanda Kay Read Free Book Online Page B

liked Jordan. No, she loved him. She hadn’t admitted that to anyone. Hell, she was barely admitting it to herself, it was why she had pulled back from him a bit these last few weeks. With Raiden stalling on the proposal, she had no choice, she couldn’t afford to get crushed. 
    On the back porch, Tai finally broke the silence. “Bethany, what’s wrong?” she asked. 
    Bethany sighed, “I want to ask you about everything that happened with Jordan, but then I worry that makes me a shitty friend for making you relive it when I know it hurt you deeply.” That was the first she thought of that as she said those words. Did it make her a shitty friend? 
    “I’ll tell you, but don’t judge him on this. If you like him, give him a chance.” At Tai’s words Jordan’s words came back to her. ‘There are two sides to every story, baby.’ Both Bethany and Tai drifted to thought, but Tai was still lost when Bethany came from her head. 
    “You still here, Tai?” Bethany finally asked. 
    “Yeah, sorry. I was thinking about something I have to do later.
    What’s your first question?” Tai quickly refocusing on Bethany. 
    “Tell me about the day of the breakup. Raiden said there were a lot of things stacked against you that day.” Tai simply nodded at her words. 
    “You could say that,” Tai replied with a low chuckle. “I was called to my parents’ house and informed that after twenty-five years of marriage, they were divorcing. I was stunned and heart broken, because I always felt like their marriage was pretty close to perfect, and I wanted a marriage like theirs. That night I was excited, because Jordan was coming over and we were going out. I figured he could take my mind off the divorce but…” she paused and Bethany was worried it would be too painful, but the pause was only briefly. “But when he arrived, I knew something was wrong. That was when he said we shouldn’t get married in four months. I was confused so I asked if he wanted to postpone and he said no he didn’t think we should get married at all. I asked who the other woman was, and he denied it, but I just knew there was one.” Bethany was stunned by Tai’s omission that she knew Jordan had cheated on her. It bothered Bethany to think that sweet Jordan could have cheated on sweet Tai. On the outside looking in, she was sure they seemed like the perfect couple. 
    Tai continued, “When I thought things couldn’t get worse he asked for the ring back.” Wow, why the hell would he request that? “I threw it at him and told him to get the fuck out.” That made Bethany chuckle. She didn’t blame Tai at all for that one she would’ve done the same thing. 
    “I would’ve done the same thing,” she smiled.
    “Yeah, things got much worse after I was here,” Tai paused and Bethany could see the pain in her eyes. This part clearly still bothered her. 
    “Jordan called me not happy about my leaving and proceeded to call me gorgeous and baby.” Bethany couldn’t help but stare, perplexed at Tai. 
    “Why is that bad?” she questioned. Tai laughed. 
    “It wasn’t bad, it was just odd he had never called me that or beautiful, or even pretty. To Jordan, I was Tai and I was adorable and cute.” Bethany suddenly felt bad. Jordan had been calling her beautiful from that first day, and today he called her baby. Tai was indeed gorgeous so this didn’t really make sense to Bethany.
    “Oh, umm…Jordan told me I was beautiful yesterday and today when he was leaving he called me baby.” Tai didn’t need to know that Jordan called her beautiful all the time. 
    Tai smiled at her, but she didn’t know why, “It’s okay, Bethany. I realized a while ago I wasn’t Jordan’s ‘one’ , but I believe you are.” Bethany wanted that more than anything, but she couldn’t allow it yet. 
    “Anyhow, the next morning my mom called. When I left for here we weren’t speaking, because she thought I was giving up on Jordan too easily.”