Kricket's Chirps: Ruin You Completely by Calia Read

Synopsis

I met Mathias Sloan in a club.
Truth.
I told him I was twenty-four.
Lie.
I told him my name was Olivia.
Lie.
I thought that I would have a one-night stand and be done with him.
Truth.
I didn’t know that he was my new piano instructor for the next six months…
Truth.
We would come together and fall apart. After him, every man was ruined.
Truth.
If I knew what I know now, I wouldn’t have walked to him. I would’ve turned and run…
LIE.

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Excerpt :

“Katja,” he growled as he grabbed my arm.

“Let go,” I hissed.

I pulled away and hurried to open the door. His hand landed on the door and shoved it back in the frame. I whirled around, realizing I was caged between his arms.

“Move away, Mathias.”

“No.”

My lips still tingled from his kiss. It was too soon to be this close to him. His hands remained splayed against the door. He leaned in and I felt the heat of his body as if it was my own.

“Why did you come and see me perform?” I asked.

He tilted his head to the side. “Why do you think?”

“I don’t know,” I pressed my body against the door.

Mathias smiled, but it was dark. “Why do you keep moving? Think you can run away?” He smiled bitterly. “I’ve tried that. It doesn’t work.”

“What do you want me to say?”

“I want you to tell me you’ve thought about me as much as I’ve thought about you.”

I pressed my lips together in a flat line.

Mathias’ eyes were glued to mine. “You haven’t thought about me at all?”

I stared at him, wanting so badly to tell him I hadn’t, but knowing I couldn’t. It would be the biggest lie I’d ever told. I glanced away.

“Don’t look at the floor,” he demanded. “Look at me.”

I didn’t want to look at him. At that second, all I wanted to do was stare at the ground; it was safe to look there.

“Tell me the truth,” Mathias said. I felt his lips brush against my ear.