Chasing Wicked (The Mitchell Brothers - Wicked Series Book 1) by Kathryn L James

Author:Kathryn L James [James, Kathryn L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

As promised, Stone arrived at eleven AM sharp, and when he knocked on the door, Savannah flew from the table where we were coloring pages out of her new book. A lavender colored pencil rolled against the plate of fresh baked cookies as she darted toward the door.

His voice charged the air with so much sexiness, it gave me a thrilling adrenaline rush. I swallowed hard as I failed at keeping my eyes off him. He looked like every woman’s dream. His khaki shorts showed his defined, powerful legs and his royal blue polo stretched taut against his chest.

Mercy.

Against my will, he stole the air from my lungs without trying. In all his perfection, he knelt down, pulling Savannah into a genuine embrace. So loving, warm, and caring, and so perfect. He was and always would be the most beautiful man I’d ever laid eyes on. Two days before, he’d been sad as if shrouded in despondency, and now it was like it had never happened.

I didn’t have to meet Tessa to strongly dislike her. She’d been a coward, allowing Stone to take the fall for the death of the innocent woman. Somewhere a family despised Stone for plowing his truck into that woman’s vehicle. For robbing them of the years they might have had left with their grandmother. For stealing that one last birthday, holiday, or—if she was anything like Dovie—a glass of lemonade on the front porch. They all blamed Stone…because he’d lied about driving under the influence when really he’d been fast asleep in the passenger seat.

Looking up, his gaze caught mine, and I waited breathlessly for him to shift his eyes from mine…but he didn’t. He lingered, locking his unreadable stare on me. Tingles prickled my skin, and I wondered if he felt the same electricity.

He cast a slight smile in my direction as if silently asking for a truce. My chest squeezed, wanting the least bit of a sign that he wanted more, that he’d had second thoughts. Though I’d vowed not to shed another tear, especially in front of him, I knew I was on the edge of cracking. Nothing made sense. Sure, he’d made some bad decisions, but now he had a chance to be happy. He had a shot at love, and he didn’t want it.

One minute, I couldn’t take my eyes from him, and the next, my feet carried me outside on the patio. Over the wooden fence, Lindsey’s car roared to life before pulling out of her drive. She and Kaylee were headed to our usual Saturday dining spot, Mama Carina’s, which served up the best pizza in the whole state of Texas.

Resting my head on the back of the chair, I swiveled around in a circle. My thoughts shifted from us to what would never be, back to Stone and Savannah and how he would always have a tie to me through my baby. I wondered what I’d done wrong to live a life of punishment, to be destined to constantly face the man I’d always love but couldn’t have.

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