I roll my eyes. “You must have run into June.”
He nods. “Will you be wearing a mask?”
I meet his gaze. “Do you want me to?”
The air charges.
He doesn’t want you. He wants Emily.
Still…lust is thick between us.
He takes a step closer, close enough that I can smell his natural fragrance that smells like sin. My pulse kicks.
I hate myself for it.
I’m practically unraveling from a single look.
“I won’t recognize you if you’re wearing a mask,” he murmurs, voice low. Teasing.
“Maybe that’s the point.”
He studies me, eyes dark. “You think if you hide your face, I’ll forget how you sound? How you taste?”
My breath catches. Damn him.
I step back before I do something stupid…like reach for him.
“Listen,” he says, “I don’t have any designs on Emily. I’m into you, Heather. Only you.”
His gaze lingers on me for a moment. He doesn’t push. Doesn’t wait for me to answer. Just turns slowly, deliberately, and walks out.
And I’m left, my heart racing and my flesh tingling, staring at the door.
EPISODE 237
STILL LOVING YOU
Brett
The door clicks shut behind me.
I walked the beach a bit after Sienna left me, and now I’m back in my suite.
Enough feeling sorry for myself. Alex is getting married, and we’re giving him a bachelor sendoff this evening. This day has been so long already, and though I should be enjoying the silence of my own space, it actually feels louder than anything I’ve heard all day. No waves crashing. No voices carrying along the breeze.
Just the echo of Sienna’s voice in my head and the sting of salt on my skin.
I lean against the wall for a second, my eyes closed, trying to catch my breath.
She walked away.
I can’t blame her.
I pushed her to the edge and then asked her to hold my hand while I teetered over it.
I rub my hand over my face. My fingers come away damp. Whether from sweat or tears, I’m not sure. Maybe both.
I head into the bedroom, drop down onto the edge of the bed, and sit there, elbows on my knees, trying to breathe. Trying not to fall into the spiral of what-ifs and regrets that’s been nipping at my heels since Jake appeared in that doorway this morning.
