Desire Me (Southern Nights Enigma Book 5) by Ella Sheridan

Author:Ella Sheridan [Sheridan, Ella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, military suspense, contemporary romance
Publisher: Passionate Pages LLC
Published: 2021-12-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Rae didn’t reappear that night, and when he went to check on her, she was curled in the bed, her wet hair splayed out on a towel. He took the bed in the guest room and let her sleep, but determination filled him when she walked into the kitchen the next morning.

He ushered her into the breakfast nook, set a plate before her, and returned moments later with his own plate, piled high with food. “We need to talk.”

Rae picked at the edge of the top waffle on her stack. He waited, willing her to look at him, acknowledge him in some way, but other than a quiet thank-you when he passed over the syrup, she was silent, her gaze firmly focused downward.

“Rae, we need to talk,” he said again.

“I’d rather not, Saint.”

But he couldn’t let it be. “I hurt you. I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be.” Her smile was strained and aimed at the strawberries resting on top of her waffles. “You made your position clear. I understand.”

“You don’t understand a damn thing,” he snarled, pushing back his seat. He was around the table before she could do more than widen her eyes, and dropped to his knees beside her chair. He gripped the seat and pushed until Rae faced him.

“Saint—”

“I didn’t want to reject you.”

Rae closed her eyes, and Saint waited, hoping, maybe praying a little. His hand went to his crucifix and pressed the cool metal against his sternum.

She released a hard breath. “Okay,” she finally said. “Okay.” Opening her eyes, she seemed to brace herself. “I guess… I guess we do need to talk about it.”

Relief had him sagging. “Come on.”

“But—” Rae spluttered, stumbling out of her seat as he pulled her along with him. He led her to the living room, to the oversize armchair close to the fireplace, and pulled her onto his lap. Rae let out a faint “oh” but nestled against him without resistance, the wiggle of her hips gaining a very definite reaction from his cock. He resisted the rumble that rose to his throat and wrapped an arm around her back to grip her rounded hip, his other hand on the firm curve of her thigh. He didn’t know why, but it settled him to be touching her, to have her in his arms. It was far more than a mere physical connection. And as much as the thought scared the fuck out of him, to have this kind of bond with someone and not know if she’d ever feel the same or even, hell, ever forgive him once she realized what he’d done, he wasn’t going to back away from it. If Rae could face each day with all that she’d gone through, was still going through, he could walk through the fear too.

“So…”

“So…” His smile felt wry. “I didn’t handle yesterday as diplomatically as I could have.”

“No, no you didn’t.” Her laugh held a tinge of bitterness, and she seemed to have a strange fascination with the stone chimney.

He raked a hand through her thick curls and tugged her around gently until their eyes met.

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