Fractured hearts

Husband

tara pov

Trying to forget you married a stranger wasn't on my to do list when I returned home from a little get away I had planned and when I woke up too see the marriage certificate staring me down at me. I did the thing I am currently doing and thats running. Everyone in my shoes who wake up next to a stranger knowing an annulment is out of question would run, I cant even remember how it happened but I know running was the safe option.

The past five years I have been running and hiding who I really am in hopes I could live under the radar, being married wasn't what I expected nor needed when I already have so much on my plate already. I didn't need to add a husband to it when my currently nightmare are about someone else. Once I spotted the wedding band on my finger I took it off without a second thought and placed it on my necklace knowing the man I married will be looking for me however I cover my tracks well and have been hiding from him for the past six months just wanting to forget which I have done just fine so far. Six months thats how long we have been married and even though I have no idea who I married I have been loyal, Holden deserved that and while I know it would be the right thing to address it, I cant. I have just needed time to think this though. Think about what I could do to get out of it, a divorce is one thing but a divorce isn't something you do in my world as you are still a target regardless.

Coming back from the back room I grab my pen and paper and head to my next table, being a waitress is just a cover that I have grown into for the past five years, I don't need to work but it takes my mind of everything and keeps me busy. Walking up to my next table I meet his eyes first and I freeze needing a second too think however when I see his gaze on me as I stand there and our eyes connect for a second, its like something has shifted as he looks at me... relief

"Welcome, I am Tara. What would you like to drink?" I ask trying to forget what I may have seen in his eyes however as I write down their drinks order, I look at Holden trying not to remember that night and that of course we are married, I have a quick glance at his hand and I don't see a wedding band off, did he take it off like myself. I know I shouldn't judge him for taking his wedding ring off as I have done the same thing but it doesn't stop me from feeling slightly hurt.

"I'll have whatever beer you have on tab" I hear holden say before nodding my head and walking away unsure how I just managed that without f*****g up, somewhere someone is looking down on me as I managed not to f**k that up, the man I spent an amazing day with who made me forget is now sitting in the same restaurants as me and starring at me. I make it back to my till and I cant help but wonder what the man I married would want from me, I ran and yet here he is.

Grabbing the drinks I take them to his table placing them next to the men before pulling my note pad and pen out to take each order, holden hasn't take his eyes off me yet as I write everything down and when I look at him, I see the man that took me too the beach to watch the stars, the man who make me forget a night that happened five years ago on that day, a moment I needed to forget. Holden moves his eyes to the back door to the ally as I nod my head before passing the orders to the chef. Running to the bathroom I throw cold water on my face before opening the door and stepping outside, I see holden standing there looking at me, he close the distance and before I say anything his lips attack mine hungry and I return the kiss, his hands are on my cheek taking my breath away. I feel his hand around my throat as he deepens the kiss, I welcome him as I wrap one leg around him. The thoughts of being pinned to this wall and being f****d roughly is running though my mind but when I remember that we need to talk, I need to talk to my husband.

"My little runner" he whispers before adding more fire to the kiss, his hands roam my body grabbing my a*s a little hard that I open my mouth for him and when I do he swipes his tongue in my mouth, I moan into the kiss grabbing his hair and shoulder for a little bit of stability. Holden places his forehead on mine before looking down and seeing the ring around my necklace before pulling his out with a smirk. I don't know how to think right now as I see his wedding band, we both kept them.

"You are my wife" he says grabbing my phone from my back pocket and adding his own number, I glance at my phone and see him enter his name as 'husband' before texting his number and leaving me their lost in thought. I knew I would eventually have to deal with me being married but I thought we could pretend neither exists for years and then get a divorce however the way he attacked my lips just now I know that may not be the case right now. Holding my phone in my hands I feel it vibrate and look down to a message from my husband.

Husband: We have a lot to discuss, i'll meet you once you finished your shift wife.

Rolling my eyes I place my phone back in my back pocket and get back to work trying not to make eye contact with the man I call husband, I know we have a lot to discuss right now as there is something between us, I couldn't say what now as when I look at him I feel attracted to him and vis versa or he wouldn't have attacked my mouth, I would want to give him a shot but I don't think I have it in me to love anyone not anymore. I have this wall around my heart that i'm not afraid to say and I don't know if holden can break though it.

Running my fingers though my hair I straighten it out before making my way back into to get back to work, theres no more eye contact from holden as I try to finish my job. I remain Professional and wait the tables trying to keep myself busy trying not to think about the make out session that just happened.