Another Face-Off by Alexa Padgett

Author:Alexa Padgett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Alexa Padgett

Chapter 15

Paxton

Hana was holding back. I could feel it in the vague stiffness of her spine. Frustration oozed from my pores, but I reminded myself I must be patient. Trust wasn’t fixed in a day, a week…a month.

Still, I fizzed with the need to…what? Force her to love me as I did her? That wasn’t possible.

With a heavy sigh, I loosened my arms. It felt like I was giving up on her, on us, but I’d said what I could, done what I could…for now. Hana needed to decide if she was willing to take the next step.

Unable to handle being this close to her another moment, I pushed from the water, sloshing some on the floor. I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my waist.

“Stay in here as long as you like,” I muttered. “I’m going to pack.”

Hana threw an arm over her chest and pressed her thighs together. I gritted my teeth as I turned on my heel and left the room.

So much for making progress. She was hiding from me. That was even worse than her defiant attempt to disgust me with her injuries. Good thing I had an early flight tomorrow, because every interaction between us scraped my nerves raw. I knew I was to blame, but I hated the distance between us.

I calmed once I’d dressed in pajama pants and a T-shirt. I finished my packing, an ear out for Hana’s movements in the tub. I heard the water drain and her faint splash.

When I heard her grunt of pain, I laid the pair of slacks I’d folded on top of the others and poked my head around the corner. Hana leaned against the edge of the counter, wrapped in a towel. I took my time tracing each red scar, memorizing them, trying to grasp the enormity of her injury and subsequent surgeries.

I sucked in a breath when she leaned down and rubbed the deepest scar, her face contorted with agony.

She still hurt. Maybe she always would. And that pain would be a reminder of me turning my back on her. My stomach flipped as I realized I was hoping for a miracle to have her move toward reconciliation at my pace. She was still dealing with the fallout of my choices, and always would be.

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