CHAPTER NINE
Silence filled the Jeep and all Meredith could think of, was Brian and his flat right-out rejection to kiss her. Was she really not even a tiny bit pretty to him?
“Stop the car,” She suddenly said.
“Why,”
“I need to clear my head. I’ll meet you in the house in an hour,” Vivian was about to protest but Meredith gave her the stink eye, making her shut up.
“Take care of yourself,” Vivian stated the moment Meredith stepped out.
She nodded, watching her best friend driving off. Save for the streetlights, the place was quiet and lined with forests on both sides. It was the quietness that she needed so she could wallow in self-pity. Could he not at least kiss her and pretend to like it?
“Meredith,” It was a soft, lulling voice and almost compelling. She loo
