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Maybe she’s in the bedroom or the shower. I stomp up the stairs and can feel the cold, empty feeling closing around me.
The house feels empty. Since I met Sarah, it felt like every minute that I’m around her, the world feels more alive and full of color.
She’s quiet and shy but there’s just something strong and unbreakable about her that I can’t help feeling drawn to. Can’t help wanting to wrap around myself like a warm blanket, even as I shield her.
And then there’s the lovely, curvy body and the short mass of blond curls that flash wild around her pretty face. The shimmery silver eyes, wary and soft. The perfect lips that pout at me, begging me to touch them, taste them, drown myself in the sweet taste of her.
I pause, shocked. I know that I’ve felt drawn to her since I met her. But not this. It’s not just the kick in my cock that makes me shudder. It’s the hungry, needy want that wells up in me, just thinking about her. The soft desire to protect her, hold her and keep her safe from all those old hurts that I see glimmering in her gaze.
The knock at the door startles me and then I feel hope well up in me. Maybe she went somewhere and didn’t realize she didn’t have a key.
But when I open the door, all that hope immediately fizzles out, leaving me light-headed with disappointment.
I lean against the open door, blocking her from coming inside. She smirks at me and it’s as cold and calculating as it’s always been.
This woman made my life a mess until she decided to follow one of the many men she was sleeping with, only to find herself ditched and alone. Crawling back to me, she made it plain that she wanted me back but I’d sooner play with tarantula spiders than cozy up with her.
“What are you doing here?”
“I thought you might be missing something.”
Anger rips into my gut, almost bringing me to my knees. “What have you done?” I hiss.
Her smile makes me feel like the devil speaks from her lips. I used to think she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. Until I really got to know her.
And until I found a woman who is truly beautiful inside and out.
Shit! I’m in love with Sarah and I can’t let her go! I need to find her. Need to make her understand that there’s freedom in true love too. I will never hold her down and keep her from really living. All I want to do is lift her up, protect her and show her what a man who really loves a woman does to protect her and keep her heart safe.
I am that man for her.
“Where is she?”
“I told her what you couldn’t tell her. That she doesn’t belong here. I do. My daughter and my husband aren’t hers to keep.”
“You’re a crazy bitch, Lydia. We aren’t married. We’re never going to be married. You left our daughter and myself a long time ago. What brings you back now?”
Her cheeks flush and she moves closer, her hand reaching out to touch mine. I move away.
“I thought that maybe we could move back to what we used to have, before I left.”
My brow knits. “What on earth would make you think that I’d ever be interested in a relationship with you? I moved on a long time ago. And it’s sure as hell not any of your business who stays with me, for how long or anything really.”
“What about our daughter?” She huffs. Her hands land on her hips as she faces off with me.
“I agree with Dad. I’m not sure why you’re here but you’re not my mother. You’ve never been my mother and you never will be.”
Lydia gasps and looks over her shoulder. Her smile falters under Penny’s harsh, cold gaze.
Pride fights with the need to keep things civil between Penny and Lydia. I can’t see a time when Penny’s feelings for her mother might change and she might want to see her. But it’s best not to close doors that could need opened at another time and for another reason.
Not so for me. I’ve got no interest at all in anything to do with her.
“As you can see, there’s nothing here for you right now. Maybe one day Penny will change her mind but that’s up to her. As for me…I have a lady to track down. You can see yourself out.”
I close the door in her face and Penny stares at me. “Do you love her, Dad?”
I nod my head, a huge smile creeping over my face. “I do. I really do.” My smile drops and I groan. “And now I’ve got to track her down before she manages to get the hell off this island without knowing how I feel about her.”
