Delta Force Daddy by Carol Ericson

Author:Carol Ericson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-13T20:03:42+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Paige jerked the steering wheel, and the car swerved across an empty lane. She righted the car and hunched her shoulders.

“Y-you remembered? Everything?”

“Everything that matters.” Asher’s eyes narrowed, his jaw settling into a hard line.

“I thought piling that on when you still have unnamed forces after you...and your mind would be too much for you to handle.”

“Really? Didn’t you come out to Hidden Hills to see me so that you could help me get my memory back? Make me whole?”

“I did, but that was before I knew the full extent of what they were doing to you. I still don’t know the entire story—and neither do you. I had to haul you out of that coffee place earlier because you just passed out. Do you remember that?”

“I remember leaving a message for Cam, and then...nothing.”

“Exactly. Do you understand why I didn’t think it was a great idea to tell you about Ivy?”

“Let’s get real, Paige.” He gripped his knees. “You didn’t think it was a great idea to tell me about Ivy because you didn’t want to reveal the circumstances of her birth and everything that followed.”

Her nose stung, and she tried to swallow the lump in her throat. “Okay, maybe I thought that was too much for you to bear. You didn’t remember me, didn’t remember what I went through. I didn’t want you to worry about putting your faith in a woman, a stranger really, who’d had...issues.”

“Who was an alcoholic who relapsed after the birth of our child. An alcoholic who put that child in danger. An alcoholic I couldn’t trust with my daughter.”

The road swam before her, and she blinked her eyes, dislodging a tear from her lashes. “I could’ve told you the whole story about my recovery and my path to sobriety, but it would’ve just been words to you, hollow words if you couldn’t remember the ups and downs and the feelings.”

Closing his eyes, Asher ran a thumb between his eyebrows. “I remember. God, I remember.”

She skimmed her clammy palms over the steering wheel. “So, you conked out, and when you woke up, your memory had returned? That’s not the effect they’d counted on, I’m sure.”

He sliced a hand in the air to cut her off. “How is Ivy? Who’s taking care of her? Your mom?”

“Mom has her and Ivy’s doing great. She misses her daddy. I kept telling her you were coming home soon—and then you went on that assignment with Major Denver.”

“Do you have pictures on your phone? I want to see her. I want to talk to her.”

“Of course.” She tipped her chin toward her phone on the console. “My phone’s there.”

He grabbed it and then folded his hands around it. “We still shouldn’t turn this on.”

Paige licked her lips. She didn’t want to tell him she’d used her phone to call Elena and Terrence. She’d fallen into old habits so easily...keeping things from him.

“I’m truly sorry, Asher. I... Maybe I wanted you to keep me on that pedestal for a few more days.

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