A Rake in Blossom Creek by Lexi Buchanan

Author:Lexi Buchanan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HFCA Publishing

12

RYKER

It’s eating away at me that she won’t talk to me. I’m more than aware that I was in the wrong. But I have this need for her to know how much the brief time we spent together means to me.

Her cottage is bathed in moonlight with only a small glow from her front room window. I’ve sat outside her cottage numerous times this past week undecided as to whether to stay away or go after the woman.

Beatrice is the one I want to be with, and I don’t care if that makes me an asshole. It’s what my body and soul want.

I’m going in!

With more conviction than I feel, I put one foot in front of the other until I’m standing at her front door. My heart pounds and blood rushes around my head as I raise my hand and knock.

That was too soft.

I knock again, louder.

There is a shuffling noise inside the house, telling me she’s there and looking through the peephole. I hold what I think is her gaze and sigh when the locks start to slide.

“You’re beautiful,” I whisper the moment my eyes land on her. She’s wearing a robe and her hair is twisted up with a large black clip. Whisps of hair fall around her face and I continue staring.

The words that I’ve wanted to say get lost as my eyes take in every inch of her, knowing she’s likely naked beneath the robe.

“You shouldn’t be here,” she says, softly.

My gaze lifts to hers and that’s when I notice the tears swimming in her eyes.

My face falls and without thought, I step inside her home and wrap my arms around her. I kick the door shut with my foot.

She stills at first and then I feel her arms wrap around my waist. Her hands splay on my back and grip tightly as she nuzzles into my neck.

“I’m so fucking sorry, Beatrice.” I cup her face and force her to look at me. “You must know that I want to be with you. I choose you. I did the night I took you away from your friends and made love to you.” I kiss her forehead and let my lips linger. “I’ve never touched Yasmin,” I admit.

She tries to pull away, but I keep her in my arms. “I swear to you, I haven’t.”

“You remember?”

I want to tell her yes that I remember the night Yasmin was there. “I don’t remember anything and I’m not sure I will at this point.” I take her hand and place it over my heart. “I know in here that I didn’t fuck her.”

Swallowing, Beatrice says through her tears, “What happened or didn’t happen isn’t what I’m so upset about, Ryker. Everyone has a past. I didn’t know you existed then. It’s the fact you didn’t tell me what was happening in your life before we slept together. You let me find out in a way that hurt me a lot more. Do you understand that?”

“Yes! It’s hurting me too.

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