Coming In Hot (Sapphire Creek Book 1) by Carmen Cook

Author:Carmen Cook [Cook, Carmen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mountain Coast Media, LLC
Published: 2017-12-03T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“What do you want, Todd?” Regan wanted to get this conversation over with so she could go to her sister. And Gavin. He’d watched her sit down with Todd, then turned back to Chloe, doing exactly what she’d asked.

“Regan.” Todd reached across the table and took her hand. “What you saw, it didn’t mean anything.”

She stared at him, incredulous that this was what he was starting with. “What I saw was you riding my co-worker like you were in the rodeo. There aren’t a lot of ways to misunderstand.”

“But it didn’t mean anything.”

Regan shook her head, unwilling to sit here and listen to him make the same excuses he’d made before. “What do you want, Todd? Why are you here?”

He dropped her hand and leaned back in the booth. “I thought if I gave you some space, you’d come to your senses and come home. I thought going to Costa Rica to help with the homeless would make you realize where you belong.”

“I was in Honduras. I did come to my senses, right before I filed for divorce. And I did come home.” She gestured around them, noting that Chloe, Mitch, and Gavin were no longer on the ground. In fact, she couldn’t see them anywhere. With a frown she focused on her ex-husband again. “None of your arguments are new. What do you want, Todd? No more apologies. No more excuses. Just tell me why you’re here so you can leave.”

He tightened his jaw in the way that told her he was going to be stubborn about something. It was a look that had always made her nervous, but she was relieved to realize she was simply irritated by it now. “I’m not giving up on what we had, Regan. I was stupid to agree to the divorce, I know that now. But you brought out the best in me and made me a better man. I miss you.”

“You’re so full of shit.” Regan felt her eyes widen as the words tumbled from her lips. He hadn’t meant to say them out loud, but she didn’t regret it. “Our entire marriage was barely about us. It was about you and what you wanted and how we could work to achieve your goals.”

“But I love you, Regan. That has to count for something, right?”

Grabbing her purse, Regan slid out of the booth and stood. “If you really felt that way, you never would have signed the papers. As much as it might not seem that way, we were on the path to divorce well before I walked in and found you with someone else. It’s time for me to figure out what I want. The only thing I’m sure of is that it’s not being married to you.” The churning in her gut settled as the words left her mouth. Without a backward glance she made her way to the kitchen where Lucy was working the grill. Alone.

“The big man just took Chloe home,” the woman said without looking up.

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