Business & Pleasure: A Dad's Best Friend Romance by Tia Siren

Author:Tia Siren [Siren, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tia Siren
Published: 2018-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 43

Riley’s heart sang with joy as she watched Gray practically skip to the pool. She had prayed he would accept her gift of the resort but even more so that he would still be in love with her. Now, both those prayers had come true. She hoped they’d both grown up enough to make their relationship work, because a forever with Gray was the one thing she wanted more than she’d wanted anything else in her life.

Gray came bounding back and took her hand again, and they headed toward the walkway, moving slowly, their hips occasionally grazing one another in a teasing bump. “So…” he said as they walked, trying to strike up a conversation that felt a bit awkward after their long absence that never should have been.

“I love you, Gray. I do, and I never stopped loving you. I knew you hated Lake Tahoe, and deep down, I knew why. It had nothing to do with Brent. I just… I said all that horrible stuff on that cliff because I guess I was just scared of losing you. Then again, I was also scared that if I stayed with you, I’d always be stuck living by your standards, in a life that really isn’t cut out for me.”

“I started thinking about us on the first night in the Dominican, when we were talking about our endless summer. Even then, I was sure it was only a summer thing, what we had, and I knew it would not survive the winter if we didn’t learn to be with each other, but I couldn’t figure out how to be with you. I resented that we were doing what you wanted and none of what I wanted,” she admitted softly.

His fingers locked down hers. “I get that, and I’m sorry. I just thought if you loved me, you’d be willing to… Well, I guess it never came to me until after you were gone that you were right. I wanted all the sacrifice to be on your side. I wanted to keep what I wanted. I wanted you, but I didn’t want to live in a place where I was not happy. Then it hit me that I was bitching about having to make a sacrifice you had already made. That just made me feel so much worse, and things just spiraled down from there. I was selfish as hell.”

“So was I. I resented every single thing we did because I was so busy whining about my money.”

“I think I was the one whining about your money.”

“Okay, well, let’s just say we were both whining about my money,” she said, wearing an impish grin.

“True that.”

They stopped at a small doorway, and her eyes searched his face. “Can we do this? I have to warn you that I still love New York, and I have to be there sometimes for a week or more.”

“Well, my brother’s a damn good manager, and I’ve got no qualms about him watching the place.”

“Oh yeah?” she asked, her eyes gleaming with newfound hope.

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