Devotion by Nicole Edwards

Author:Nicole Edwards
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Adult
ISBN: 1939786096
Publisher: SL Enterprises
Published: 2013-06-17T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

It was late by the time Luke finally made it home. After a rather heated discussion with Trent and Xander, he’d finally decided to call it a night. He left Lucie in charge of the bar and Kane was there to assist. Not because he had to, but because he wanted to be where Lucie was. Those two were going to make it, Luke knew.

When he walked in through the garage entrance, he noticed that all of the lights in the house were off. He’d gotten used to coming home from time to time to Sierra or Cole feeding Hannah in the living room. He glanced over at the monitor on the counter and saw on the video screen that Hannah was sleeping soundly in her bed.

At the moment, he was thinking Hannah had the right idea. Sleep was obviously on his short list of things to do, and he hoped to get to it sooner rather than later. He just wanted to shuck his clothes and fall into bed and not wake for at least eight hours. He’d be lucky to get four, but he wasn’t going to complain.

As he moved through the living room, he noticed the light on the back porch was on, so he headed that way to turn it off. That’s when he noticed Cole sitting at the patio table drinking a beer and staring out at the pool. He took a minute just to drink in the sight of him.

For some reason, seeing Cole sitting there alone saddened him. He had noticed recently that Cole seemed to be pulling away. For a man with the patience of a saint, Luke didn’t understand what might be sending him in that direction. They were all three in this relationship together and as far as Luke was concerned, it was forever.

Granted, he recognized that this wasn’t the traditional relationship and considering Sierra was raised by a single mother, Cole had had loving, but not overly doting parents, and Luke had been raised by his grandfather for the most part, none of them truly knew what a real relationship was supposed to be like in the first place. On top of that, they had a daughter together. Initially, Luke thought Hannah was going to bring them all closer together, but for some reason, he felt as though they were all purposely putting a little distance in there somewhere. He knew he was partially responsible on that front as well.

Opening the French doors, Luke walked out onto the patio, and Cole turned his head to look at him. The sadness he had witnessed only seconds before was quickly masked, and Cole attempted a smile, although it fell flat.

“Nice night,” Luke said, moving around to perch on the corner of the retaining wall that surrounded the patio.

Cole didn’t respond, just nodded his head and then tipped his beer back.

“Want to talk?” Luke asked. The words sounded strange even to his own ears. He hadn’t been one to talk much when he met Sierra and Cole, but somewhere along the way, he’d learned how.

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