Cutting Edge by Linda Howard

Author:Linda Howard
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Romance: Modern, Contemporary, General, Romance, Romance - General, Romance & Sagas, Romance - Contemporary, Fiction, Non-Classifiable, Fiction - Romance
ISBN: 9781551664781
Publisher: MIRA
Published: 1985-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

"One other thing," he said, disguising his bitterness with a casual tone. "You made me lose my head Sunday afternoon, and I forgot to take care of things. It's not likely, but if you're pregnant, let me know. Damn it, even knowing you probably did it deliberately, a pregnancy would change things," he admitted reluctantly.

Tessa hadn't moved an inch. Her face was paper white. "No, I don't think it would change anything at all," she said, and walked out.

Chapter Seven

Tessa had been hurt before, but nothing had ever made her feel as she did when she walked out of Brett's hotel room. It was a pain so deep, so crippling, that she couldn't even imagine the scope of it, yet in a way it was also a blessing, because the shock of it numbed her. He not only didn't love her, but also had been using her all along! She'd thought that they'd had something real, something infinitely precious between them, only to find that he'd sought her out for his investigation. The love she'd been so certain of had existed only in her mind. If he felt anything at all for her, it was only lust. He'd used her body only because she'd offered it, and it had meant nothing to him beyond momentary physical pleasure. Now, with the wisdom of hindsight, she remembered all the casual questions he'd asked her the first time he'd taken her out to dinner. A harsh laugh tore from her throat. She'd thought he was making conversation, an easy way of getting to know her, but instead he'd been digging for information!

She felt…dirty. The horror of being arrested, of being fingerprinted, hadn't made her feel that way, because she'd known herself to be innocent of the charge they'd made against her, of the charge that Brett had filed against her. But now she felt violated, both mentally and physically. She'd given her love to him in every way she knew, openly, trustingly, and he'd used her as casually as any whore had ever been used. He'd turned his back on her, not caring that he'd trampled on her emotions, not caring that she felt soiled and lifeless.

There was a lump in her throat that felt as if it were choking her. She swallowed convulsively, looking around in mild surprise. She was in her own apartment, and she had no remembrance of getting there. She didn't remember anything from the moment she'd left Brett's hotel room, though the clock on the wall told her that so little time had elapsed that she must have come straight home. There had been times in the past when she'd felt beaten down, but she'd always recovered, always found again the ability to laugh and enjoy life. Perhaps laughter was beyond her now, but there was steel in her, steel that wouldn't allow her to knuckle under. She wasn't going to go tamely to prison for something she hadn't done, even if Brett Rutland had torn her heart out.

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