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I could tell he wanted to say something. Maybe protest, but thankfully, he didn’t.
“All right.” He sighed. “I’ll take off, then. Goodnight, Sam.”
“Goodnight, Ryan.”
He gave me one last, lingering look before turning and walking to the front door.
Once he left, I dropped back down onto the couch and let out a shuddering breath as I sank back against the cushions.
My lips were swollen and tender, my sex still tingling.
It was a mistake to let Ryan touch me, but not because it gave him an opening into my life. It only reminded me just how good it could be with him.
Chapter seventeen
Ryan
I couldn’t sleep.
I’d been tossing and turning for hours, but I couldn’t get my mind to calm down enough to actually allow me some rest.
I couldn’t stop thinking about Sam and Henry.
After leaving her house, I had returned home frustrated and confused but as much with myself as with her.
Waking up that morning, I’d never have guessed the day would have taken such an incredible turn.
Not only had I finally met Henry, but I’d gotten to spend so much time with him…with my son.
I knew I’d never be able to go back to the way things had been before. I needed to find a way to keep Henry in my life. I needed to convince Sam that I wasn’t the same guy I’d been seven years ago.
For a short period of time, I thought I might have done just that.
When she was writhing beneath me, consumed by lust and desire, I’d thought I’d finally broken through with her.
However, I had to remind myself that it was one thing for a woman to entrust a man with her body. It was a completely different story when it came to her heart.
I hadn’t made nearly as much progress with Sam as I’d thought.
I didn’t know what else I was supposed to do, how else to earn her trust back. She wasn’t making this easy by any means.
How could she have kept him from me for so long?
Rationally, I could understand her confusion and fear and why she hadn’t tried to reach out.
I’d been a complete ass, leaving and never coming back, but had I known about Henry, there’s no chance I’d have stayed away.
I would have been involved in his life.
I would have supported him and Sam.
I would have been an actual father to my son.
But she’d kept that from me, and even though I could understand why, it didn’t make that pill any easier to swallow.
Releasing a growl of frustration, I threw the bedcovers off myself and got out of bed. Storming through the house, I made my way to the liquor cabinet and poured myself a drink. Then, I went out to sit on the back porch.
As I sipped my bourbon, I stared out over the darkened yard, wondering what in the world I should do next. In order to be in Henry’s life, I had to win Sam over.
