Beyond Love Lies Deceit by Melissa Toppen

Author:Melissa Toppen [Toppen, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bestseller, suspense, you and i, beyond love lies deceit, melissa toppen, romantic suspense, romance
Publisher: Daft Empire
Published: 2016-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Nineteen

Samantha

The car ride to the airport is one of the worst I have ever experienced. I have not seen Luke since this morning and every second I get closer to seeing him again my stomach knots tighter. I know I handled the situation this morning poorly. I shouldn’t have just dropped it on him like that. I should have waited, maybe for the plane ride back when I knew he couldn’t run from me, when he would have been forced to let me explain.

But isn’t that exactly what he tried to do; give me a chance to explain? He tried and I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t come up with one good reason to tell him. I know that I have them but it’s not like I can just tell him what my true intentions are. If I think he hates me now, I would hate to see his reaction to the truth of my situation.

When the car pulls up next to the small jet on the private air strip, it takes everything I have to peel myself out of the backseat. I let out a deep breath the moment I step outside and try to keep myself calm leading up to the very moment I step on the plane. My nerves ease slightly when I realize that Luke is not yet on board.

Taking a seat in the last of three rows of two seats, I slide in next to the window and immediately turn my attention outside. The spring day is gorgeous, sunny skies, birds chirping, and for a brief moment I mourn the loss that this city brings. First Sean and now Luke.

Though I refuse to compare Sean’s death to my fallout with Luke, I also can’t deny that both will have an impact that will most likely follow me for the rest of my life.

A man like Luke doesn’t come along every day, especially for someone like me. The thought of never feeling his arms around me again is almost too much to stomach. Blinking away the quickly forming tears in my eyes, I take a few calming breaths, trying to pull myself together.

I turn my attention to the front of the plane when I hear someone step on board. The moment Luke comes into view, I suck in another sharp breath. Gone is the loving, laidback, boxer wearing Luke that I spent the last two days with. He’s been replaced by a stoic, quiet man draped in a perfectly pressed business suit; his crystal eyes hidden behind a pair of aviator sunglasses.

He doesn’t acknowledge my presence as he takes a seat at the front of the plane. It takes everything in me to stay in my seat. I want to run to him, tell him I was wrong, that it’s not Ryan I want but him. And while all of that would be true, nothing else would be.

Luke deserves someone that can give themselves to him completely. I should have never put myself in this position,

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