Cinder-Nanny: A Novel by Sariah Wilson

Author:Sariah Wilson [Wilson, Sariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2022-06-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

His hold on my hand tightened. “I hope you know you can tell me anything. That your secrets will be safe with me. Just as I know that my secrets are safe with you.”

Gah, he was making it worse. Did he really not see how he was making it worse?

Griffin had trusted me from the beginning. When he told me all about his messed-up family situation and how he was protecting his brother, I could have so easily called a tabloid and ratted him out. I never would have done that, though. I would never do anything to hurt him or Sophie, something he couldn’t have known but instead intuited. It meant a lot to me that he thought I was worth trusting.

I could do this. I took a deep breath. This was so scary. Why was it so scary?

Because now you have something to lose, an internal voice whispered.

“There are things I want to tell you. But if I tell you, I don’t think you’ll like me very much after.”

He sported a very serious expression until he asked, “Did you kill a man just to watch him die?”

“What? No.”

“Harm any animals or small children?”

“No!”

He pulled my hand up to his mouth and pressed a soft kiss against it. Every bone in my body lost all of its mass, reducing me to a puddle of gooeyness.

“Then I can’t think of anything you could say that might make me possibly dislike you, because you are kind, loyal, clever, funny, and beautiful. Everything I see in you is amazing.”

My breath caught in my throat, feeling like it would be permanently lodged there. I tried really hard to ignore the fluttering feeling in my chest. He thought I was beautiful. There had been other things he mentioned, but that was all I could focus on. I’d never felt especially pretty, but his words made me feel like it was true.

I looked into those gorgeous green eyes of his and something was happening between us. Something I couldn’t have put in words. Like the universe had connected our souls and I was an idiot to keep resisting him.

Carl interrupted us, returning with boots and skis and poles, and when Griffin let go of my hand I totally chickened out. Like an oversize, nervous, scared chicken afraid of her own shadow.

I tried paying attention to the conversation Carl and Griffin were having, but I was having a difficult time concentrating. Instead I looked at the sharpness of Griffin’s jawline, the brownish-blond hairs in his scruff, how inviting his lips were. I was fascinated with the shape of them as they moved and formed words.

“How long have you two been dating?” Carl asked.

“Oh, no, we’re not dating,” I told him, if only to distract myself from making a mental inventory of Griffin’s gorgeous features. “Griffin’s just a friend. He’s teaching me to ski.”

Carl nodded and then asked, “Is this your first time in Aspen?” I didn’t know who he was talking to, but Griffin answered.

“It is.

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