Edge of the Heat 3 by Lisa Ladew

Author:Lisa Ladew [Ladew, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-05-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Hawk pushed out the door and strode into the yard, the evening damp cooling his skin. What had he done? He had kissed Vivian? What was he thinking?

A little voice pushed through his consciousness, She kissed you back, a lot. He thought for a second. She did kiss him back, hard. The thought made his still-standing erection pulse. And there was that. She had done a lot more than kiss him - did she want him?

Suddenly understanding coursed through him. She did want him. He remembered glances and looks and kind words, and in the last few days, soft touches on his arm or back when she brought him a plate of food. He shook his head and laughed at himself. God he was an idiot. The stupidest kind of idiot. So blinded by his own past and his own hangups and the fear of his own feelings that he had completely missed that she had feelings too.

He wondered at it all for a second. How was it that he had been a complete asshole to her for so long and she still felt positively towards him? Why would a woman like her, gorgeous, sweet, sophisticated yet down-to-earth, and whip-smart be interested in him? Could it be just a physical thing? He guessed it could be, but that didn’t seem very likely. Vivian didn’t seem like that type of woman to him.

Gravel crunched under his feet as he quickly walked in circles under the wide canopy of evergreens surrounding the yard, trying to work through his thoughts.

It’s time to come clean, he thought. Do you want Vivian? Do you like Vivian? Are you prepared for the complications of going back in there and following through on whatever almost happened between you two? Are you prepared for a relationship again, if it leads to that? Hawk ground his hands into fists, determined not to run from the questions.

Do you want Vivian? He thought back to the feel of her lips on his and knew he wanted her. More than that. He desired her. He desired her with ever cell in his body.

Did he like her? That was a little more difficult. It wasn’t just a matter of feeling what his body wanted. It required a level of openness with himself that he hadn’t had for years. Since Gianna had - done what she did. Just the thought of that hurt him. And not because of Gianna, not anymore. But the rest of it. Even after 11 years, it still hurt him badly to think about it. But thinking of it was just a distraction wasn’t it? Because Gianna had nothing to do with Vivian. He had felt like his life had ended the day the private investigator had come back with the news of her incredible dishonesty, but it hadn’t. Here he was, more than a decade later, still alive. And for the first time in that long, he was contemplating what a woman meant to him. So contemplate it, he growled inside his head.

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