Devotion (A Golden Beach Novella) by Kim Loraine

Author:Kim Loraine [Loraine, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781682915233
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

Pulling his phone from his pocket, he typed a message, deleted it, and typed another. He repeated this three more times before finally settling on a single line of text.

Heart in his throat, he pressed Send.

Chapter 8

Valerie blinked past hot tears as she opened the text message from Donovan. Just seeing his name on the screen made her stomach clench with longing and worry. The moment she read the words, she almost went to him.

I’m at the station, missing you, loving you, needing you.

A sob escaped from deep in her chest as she read the message again and again, hearing his voice in her head. She wanted to ignore the text or to beg him to come home, but in the end, she couldn’t do either. Dialing his number, she gave in to her desire to hear his rich, deep voice.

He answered on the first ring.

“Sweetheart.” The relief in his tone made her chest feel like it was going to explode. “Jesus, I’m so sorry.”

She wanted nothing more than to accept his apology and be done with it. But his actions, the fear she saw in his eyes every time he tried to touch her, made her realize more than anything that he needed to work past his demons. She couldn’t do that for him.

“Valerie? Are you there?”

Swallowing past the lump in her throat, she took a steadying breath and forced her voice to work. “I’m here. I . . . I needed to hear your voice.”

“Why are you doing this? If you need me as much as I need you, why am I not with you?”

“Because.”

She didn’t know how to say it.

“Dammit, Valerie. Because isn’t an answer.”

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