An Alpha's Heart by Sara Allen

Author:Sara Allen [Allen, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Watkins Presents
Published: 2019-02-08T05:00:00+00:00

14

Her

It had taken me a couple of days to organize the time off for the four-day vacation we were taking. But once Thursday evening came around, we jumped into the Porsche Cayenne Ash had bought me and took off. The sleek lines and privacy windows were just the thing for being inconspicuous. As Ash was always saying, he didn’t want to share me with anyone. But the feelings bubbling up inside my chest wouldn’t let me settle with the gift. It felt like he was trying too hard to apologize for something he’d done wrong, and my mind shied away from an indiscretion that would affect me.

So, while I was happy he’d returned, he hadn’t told me where he’d been or why the enforced break. That hurt, but I swallowed it and put a fake smile on my lips, burying that pain deep down in my chest along with the others, where I hoped it wouldn’t resurface.

I sat in the passenger’s seat of my own car and let the boss drive. He claimed, that what kind of man would he be if I had to drive myself everywhere? But the way I saw it, wasn’t that the purpose of him buying the vehicle in the first place?

We were headed into Scotland and the weather was forecast as changeable. It was lucky that I enjoyed my job so much, as the accumulated vacation days would work for me if we weren’t able to return in time. I secretly hoped we’d get to spend a few extra days away together and reconnect on a deeper level, but as always, I couldn’t voice my needs and shut them away, content with what I had.

“So,” I asked, “what’s the plan?”

“Sleep.”

“What?” I laughed. “Is that all you want to do?”

“It’s a start.”

I reached over, covering his hand with my own. Boredom had me in its grip, yet every time I tried to begin a conversation, Ash deflected with his one word replies. The pitch-black roads showed nothing on either side and the headlamps lighting our way into the unknown were like two eyes in an empty landscape. It wasn’t long before I drifted off into dreamland, the sounds of my favorite slow jams soothing my ears with their crooning.

When Ash finally pulled up at a remote cottage and shook me awake, I yawned and stretched, twisting my body to remove the kinks in my shoulders and back.

“Every time you do that,” Ash said quietly, “I wonder how it’s possible for you to look so good right out of sleep.” He was silent for a minute. “You are so damn beautiful when you wake up. I want to wrap you inside my body and take you with me everywhere.”

I glowed. The smile that spread my lips wouldn’t be denied. If I followed what he was saying, then he had to have deeper feelings for me than he was letting on, right?

“Thank you, sweetie.” My hand reached out and cupped his rough chin. Rewarding him with a quick taste of my mouth, my eyes spotted the house we’d stopped at.

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