A Marriage Worth Saving by Therese Beharrie

Author:Therese Beharrie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-08-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

‘WHERE ARE WE GOING?’

They were in the car and supposed to be heading home from the school. But after spending the entire day with Mila, Jordan didn’t want it to end.

Yes, they lived together at the moment—he kept waiting for her to tell him she would be leaving—but as soon as they walked through the front door of his father’s house Jordan knew that Mila would erect a fence between them. He would be able to see glimpses of her, but he wouldn’t be able to get near her, and the thought of that disturbed him.

He didn’t think about why—he didn’t need to defend himself for the time he spent with the woman who had once been his everything, did he?—but he couldn’t bear being kept at a distance any more. Not after he’d seen parts of her today that he hadn’t known existed during their marriage.

And now he knew what he had been missing.

‘Did you know the Gerbers?’

‘The old couple who used to live behind us?’

Mila turned to him, her brows drawn together in a frown, and Jordan’s hand itched to reach out and smooth it over. But he tightened his hands on the steering wheel. Just as he had tightened them into fists in his pockets to keep himself from taking her hand again that afternoon.

He had done that by mistake, but it had felt so right that he hadn’t let go even though his mind had told him to. And then she had done it instead, and disappointment had hit him like water from a burst pipe. He blamed that desire to touch her on that hug she’d sprung on him after making it down those stairs.

His body awoke just at the thought of it.

‘Yeah...’ He forced himself to speak, forced his body to calm down. ‘Did you ever speak to them? Get a look around their property?’

‘I... No,’ she said, confusion clear in her voice. ‘What’s going on, Jordan? Where are you taking me?’

He had wanted to keep it a surprise, but he didn’t want her to worry. ‘I’m taking you to our house.’

‘What?’

Was that panic her heard in her voice?

He frowned. ‘Is something wrong?’

‘No, no,’ she replied quickly—too quickly—and looked out of the window. Her hands were clasped so tightly together in her lap that he reached over with one of his.

‘What’s going on, Mila?’

She blew out a shaky breath and he felt the deliberate relaxation of her hands under his. Taking it as a sign that she didn’t want to be touched, Jordan moved his hand away. Even that slight loss of contact made him feel empty.

‘It’s nothing.’

‘Mila...’ Again, he found himself pleading.

She sighed. ‘I just haven’t been there since...since you left.’

‘And going back now is...worrying for you?’

She didn’t answer, and he glanced over to see her deliberately relaxing again. It made him wonder about why she was reacting this way to something as simple as going back to the house they’d shared. He felt a slight stir in his brain and frowned.

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