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“And yet you are also the one who told me he did.”
“He did say so,” Dima said, sounding a tad defensive. “When I confronted him about it, he admitted he’d never doubted you.”
“Then why did he say he did?” she asked, still irked and, yes, hurt by it.
She’d cared about this family for a good part of a decade. Believing that some of them had not trusted her had been painful.
“He never really gave a straight answer, just that we’d needed the leak shored up, and he’d known I was the one to make that happen.”
“Well, he was right,” she acknowledged.
“You were hurt in the process.”
“Yes.” Why deny a truth they both knew?
“I am sorry.”
She bit back a sigh. “I believe you.”
“Because I called your brother?”
“Well, that and the fact you keep calling. You could have just let things go, but you didn’t.”
“You were thinking about giving up our family.”
She had said she was considering ending her friendship with Nataliya. It was funny he put it that way, as if Jenna was walking away from all of them.
Which she would be, but still. Nataliya was her BFF. Jenna hadn’t really thought the rest of the family saw her as part oftheirlives as well, despite claiming she was family.
People said stuff like that without meaning it all the time.
“I’m still thinking about it.”
He said something under his breath.
“What did you say?” she asked.
“It is not important.” His tone said otherwise. “I wanted to see you before I go back to New York.”
“I’m not sure that’s a good idea.” Jenna needed a clear head to think about her future, and being around Dima clouded her mind and heart.
With lust, yes, but also with feelings she knew could go nowhere.
There was no win in that scenario for her.
Well, unless she considered mind-blowing orgasms a win. And in this case, she wasn’t sure they wouldn’t contribute to the problem.
“It is a good idea,” he assured her with certainty ringing in his voice. “Me leaving town again without seeing you is not.”
Knowing he couldn’t see it, but unable to stop herself, Jenna shook her head in negation. She opened her mouth to say the denial out loud when her eyes flicked over a bunch of travel brochures she’d picked up in the middle of winter.
Dreaming about visiting sunny beaches had lifted her spirits when the skies were overcast and the never-ending rain of winter kept coming down in sheets so that even taking a walk was a challenge.
She loved Seattle, but sometimes when it rained nonstop for a week or more, she thought about what it would be like tolivesomewhere sunny. Not just visit.
“Unfortunately, I need to pack.” Because she was going to pick one of those sunny destinations and go.
Wherever she could book for flight and accommodations starting tomorrow. Jenna wasn’t picky. She just wanted to get away.
