Cherished by You: A Found by You Finale Novella by Victoria H. Smith

Author:Victoria H. Smith [Smith, Victoria H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-09-11T22:00:00+00:00

Griffin

I spent a lot of time thinking after Roxie left, the sun setting around me. I often came out here and did that sometimes, the peaceful waves and sounds of the beach good for my thoughts.

Lost in them, I sat so long that the sun did set, the soft glow of our property lights the only thing to see by. I set them to come on after day reached a certain hour, nothing but a soft hum of light in the air on the beach.

I drew my arms over the tops of my knees, my feet firmly in the sand as I literally forced myself not to worry, worry about her and the situation in which she left.

Roxie had been so mad at me, and honestly, I still didn’t understand the anger. Call a guy dense, but she couldn’t expect me not to do something and help her in whatever way I could. I would help at the basic levels, as her husband, but I wasn’t just that, and she wasn’t just that to me either.

We were each other’s best friends.

“I don’t want her having anything to do with us, Griffin. I don’t want her near us, near you.”

She said she didn’t want Cassidy near us and I understood that. The fact had been the very reason why I did what I had, to protect our family.

My gaze searching the beach, I caught my phone in the sand near my feet, the screen still unlit with a call, or even a text from my wife. Just sitting here was damn foolish and I picked it up, unable to take the waiting anymore.

After dialing, I took the device to my ear and had no regrets. I’d given Roxie her time, her space, and now…

The glass door behind me sliding open got my attention. As I turned around, my gaze traveled back to the house, my position on the beach just behind it. We had a fence separating our backyard from the beach, and I sat there, watching while my wife approach me.

Roxie was here as if she never left and I returned my phone to my side, going to stand up. But when she raised her hands, I stayed in my position, letting her come to me. The bell of her dress swayed in the light wind with her strides, and everything flooded back upon seeing her, those feelings of wanting to keep her close, safe. Arriving, Roxie lowered to the beach, but I had to have her in my arms, taking her and our child close to me.

She came without resistance, snuggling close, and I hadn’t realized how anxious I’d been sitting here. My thoughts had taken the path of worst case scenario in the last few hours, her whereabouts unknown.

Bringing my arm around her, around them both, I still couldn’t rest easy even though she’d returned. There was so much between us, her last words between us.

“I’m so mad at you,” she whispered, pushing her small arms around me, as well as she could with her belly.

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