A Façade to Shatter by Lynn Raye Harris
Author:Lynn Raye Harris
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-02-15T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER EIGHT
IT WAS STILL DARK when Lia woke. She lay in bed, uncertain for the first few moments where she was. And then she remembered. She was in Zachâs house, in a guest room. She reached for her phone to check the timeâ2:00 a.m.
Lia yawned and pressed the button to open her mail. Four new messages popped into her inbox, but only one caught her attention.
From: Rosa Corretti
To: Lia Corretti
Subject: Hi
Liaâs pulse thrummed as she clicked on the message. She read through it quickly, and then went back to the beginning to make sure sheâd read it right the first time. Rosa was actually writing to her. There wasnât a snarky word or single insult in the entire missive. In fact, there was a word Lia had never expected to see: Sorry.
Rosa was sorry for snapping at her after Carmelaâs outburst. Not only that, but her half sister said sheâd been thinking about many things and that she realized how rotten it must have been for Lia to live with Teresa and Salvatore once her father remarried and had a new family.
Rosa wouldnât know that Lia had actually been sent away long before Benito remarried. Why would she? Until just now, Lia was pretty sure Rosa barely remembered her existence, much less thought about her in any capacity.
Still, it was nice to hear from her. Surprising, but nice.
Lia would answer her, most definitely, but she wasnât about to get her hopes up for what their relationship could be. Sheâd spent her entire life mostly forgotten, and she wasnât planning to stick her neck out now. She didnât really know Rosa, but she knew what kind of woman Carmela was. Hopefully her daughter was nothing like her, but Lia intended to proceed with caution.
She got out of bed and slipped on her robe. Even thinking about Carmela had the power to make her feel badly about herself. When she remembered the way Zach had left her at her door tonight, the feeling intensified. It had taken her some time, but sheâd figured out what heâd been doing at the museum when heâd kissed her.
Heâd been getting her under control after sheâd broken out of the box heâd put her in for the night. Sheâd dared to show temper, and heâd managed to smooth it over and make her forget for a while. Heâd tugged her into the corner he wanted her in and tied her up neatly with a bow.
Sheâd sat there like a good girl, smiling and applauding and worrying over him. It infuriated her to remember how compliant sheâd been, and all because heâd pressed her against that wall and made her remember what it had been like between them.
Heat crawled up her spine, settled between her legs and in her core. In spite of it all, her body still wanted his. It angered her to be so out of control of her own reactions, to feel so needy around a man who clearly didnât need her.
Lia went to the French doors and pulled them open, hoping the night air would help to cool her down.
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