Earthbound Angels Part 1 by Sweet and Special Books Page A

man who could measure up to her. It made the possibility of losing him to Dreama more intolerable.
    And therefore, unacceptable. She had to find a way to turn things around her way. This wasn’t over by a long shot. But for now, she would have to drop it.
    She plastered the most pitiful expression on her face. Looking tearful helped, too. “I... I’m sorry,” she finally whispered. “I’m not sure what got into me. You’re right, of course. I was making a big deal out of something that really isn’t.”
    Simon was looking at her strangely. “Good,” he said. But he still looked… unconvinced. How could he not be? This expression had never failed her before. “You must know that I don’t enjoy speaking to you that way, but it was necessary that you know the truth.”
    “I still don’t know why Hollianne wouldn’t want me at the wedding,” Raven pouted.
    Instead of following that thread, he asked, “What’s so wrong with her that you act this way?”
    “I honestly don’t know what it is,” Raven replied. “She just grates on my nerve.”
    “But that makes no sense, Raven. There has to be a reason that you don’t like her.”
    “She’s just so perfect or something. No one is that sweet!”
    “Maybe Hollianne is that sweet simply because all the things she’s been through had made her realize that being bitter will not change anything but make things worse for her.”
    “Oh no, I don’t believe that. By acting sweet, I believe she’d set a trap for Erick!”
    He actually looked disagreeable. She couldn’t understand that he could still be so ignorant after being such a smart lawyer!
    “You can’t actually believe she’s not putting an act!”
    “He fell in love with her, Raven, all on his own. If you know Erick as I do, you would also know that he will never fall for a trap. Hollianne is a great person, that’s it. And it’s time that you try to accept that.”
    And that was when Raven realized that after all his politeness, Simon Draco hadn’t liked her at all; and that her hope that he would one day see that she was the perfect woman for him would be an almost impossible feat.
    Who is it, she seethed. Who is the woman that he’s in love with? It is the only explanation. There is someone else, and she’s the reason why I can’t seduce him. She’s the reason why he can’t see how great we are together!
Chapter Fifteen
    RAVEN REMAINED SULLEN and silent throughout Simon’s admonishment. He could tell that she hadn’t totally caved, but at least she had calmed down. But he had a hunch that he would not like whatever thoughts were racing through her head at the moment.
    He was right.
    Raven was thinking that her sister would be at Erick and Hollianne’s wedding, too. She had noticed lately that Simon had been looking at Dreama the way she had been hoping he would look at her. Aside from that, Raven had once been so sure that once she got Simon in a wedding environment, she could make him turn to her in a different way. Finding out that he would walk the isle with Dreama holding on to her arm had made her realized that her sister would be reaping what she had planned to reap for herself!
    Dreama was not going to get Simon. Raven had decided that a long time ago. If Raven couldn’t have him, her sister certainly wasn’t going to walk off into the sunset with him.
    It wasn’t as if Dreama had actually been looking at Simon that way, though. Raven had to admit that Dreama didn’t show any interest in Simon at all other than as maybe an older brother or something. But who knew what could happen at a wedding where they would both be looking gorgeous with so much romance around them?
    Well, Raven might shut up for now, but she was more determined than ever to get into that wedding. She just had to figure out how.
    “Fine, Simon, I said that you’re right. I over reacted and I apologize. Now, please, can we talk about something else?”
    “I would love to talk about anything else,”