Deliver Us: Books 1-3 by Pam Godwin

Author:Pam Godwin [Godwin, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heartbound Media, Inc.
Published: 2020-10-26T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

Memories of that night two years ago built behind Amber’s eyes as she stared at the flabby flesh between her legs. She wanted to hide it, to hide from it, but she couldn’t look away. Exposing her shame and talking about it was fitting, right here, right now. When her fractured life couldn’t sink any lower. With a man she should be repelling rather than attracting.

“It was the eve of the final competition.” Her voice wavered. “All the icons of the pageant industry were there.” The Master of Ceremony, former pageant winners, handpicked members of the media, and a host of celebrity models and photographers. “It was a night to impress and network with the who’s who among the business.”

Van’s chest pressed against her back, centering her, his attentive silence an unexpected support. Despite being physically abusive, not once had he degraded her verbally. Wrong or right, it was enough to propel her. “Tawny was there.”

“Tawny?”

She tensed. Oh fuck, why had she mentioned her sister? Would he go after her next?

His palm caressed her belly, a vulnerable place to touch her. He’d punched her there. So why did the intimacy of his hand feel so good?

He kissed the juncture of her neck and shoulder. “If she means something to you, I won’t hurt her. I’m only interested in what happened.”

“She means a great deal to me.”

“A best friend? Or a sister?” Understanding warmed his voice. He had no reason to fake that. He could’ve simply forced her to answer.

“My only sibling. She’s a mid-level fashion model, dabbled in pageantry, but didn’t have the same success. She was always at my side.” Clinging to Amber’s circle of friends, looking for the big break in her own career.

He pushed her hair over one shoulder, and his lips brushed the back of her neck, raising hundreds of tiny bumps across her skin.

She cringed, but didn’t lean away. “Brent was entertaining a crowded table with his usual charm when he asked me to grab him a beer. That was his thing. Work the crowd while I...I was an introvert.” Her stomach turned, and bile simmered through her chest. “When I returned, more people had gathered around him, and he was...fla— flapping his arms in the air. Men and women, dressed in tuxes and evening gowns, were doubled over, howling with laughter and wiping tears from their eyes.”

Van’s chest hardened behind her as she contemplated the ugly dark folds of skin around her vulva. “I knew it had something to do with me, something awful.” It usually did. Her voice strained. “He was a crowd pleaser. Everybody loved him.” Which was why she fell so hard for him, so fast, at the naive age of eighteen. Her head bent forward, her entire body aching, as visible tremors coursed through her. “Always the center of attention. Even when it was at my expense.”

“Why?” His sharp tone cut through her. “What did he gain from that?”

Her spread legs shook beneath her hands, and her heart twisted painfully.

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