Forever Tattooed (Tattooed Billionaire Book 3) by Alicia Rae

Author:Alicia Rae [Rae, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Publisher: Alicia Rae
Published: 2016-11-27T18:30:00+00:00

fifteen

Raelyn

The rest of the afternoon, I made myself laze around the house. The hours passed by painfully slow. I read two magazines, ate an enormous piece of strawberry cheesecake—that probably went straight to my ass—and I lounged on the shore overlooking the ocean. As I stared at the water, I pondered over the last few days in hopes of putting my finger on what had triggered these excessive setbacks in my recovery. All I had done was work nine to five, like any other person.

I couldn’t deny that my job as an accountant was stressful and busy. It used a great deal of mind power and required the ability to juggle several tasks at once. Maybe it was too much, too soon, as Cale had pointed out. But it was difficult for someone like me, a go-getter, to accept the idea of slowing down. All these years, I’d prided myself on my strong work ethics and determination to be a successful businesswoman. To me, cutting back meant not fulfilling the high goals I’d set for myself. It was a tough cookie to choke down.

Here I was, sitting with my bare toes in the sand, gazing at the stunning big blue sea, where I was supposed to be relaxing and de-stressing, and it was having the opposite effect on me. Not working was equally stressing me out. I felt like I was failing myself and my dreams.

I sighed. It was a catch twenty-two, no matter how I looked at the situation.

I felt him before I heard him, for that indescribable pull we shared was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. Emotions brewed like a fierce storm within me with each of his steps toward me. I bit back the overwhelming urge to cry as he came to sit at my side.

The waves crashed into the shore as I felt his eyes on me. I didn’t want to think about my feelings anymore because I’d just dwelled on them for the past couple of hours without the slightest relief or hindsight on what to make of my emotions.

Falling asleep at work was the worst, most pitiful, and most embarrassing thing I could have done today. I mean, who does that?

A sob escaped my traitorous lips.

Damien immediately scooted closer and engulfed me in his arms. “Raelyn, please don’t cry.” His tender, soothing voice washed over me like a soft caress.

It only made me cry harder. I turned my face into his suit and released every pent-up tear I’d held back since leaving the office.

I shouldn’t be weeping. I should be grateful I was alive, that I’d beaten an aggressive glioma brain tumor.

But that was just it; I was beyond thankful to be alive. It was the aftereffects that were difficult to accept—like my tongue twisting up my words and making me feel dumb, constantly forgetting the simplest things, and knocking a cup of mocha on an adorable little girl because I had been clumsy.

“All I want is to be me again,” I cried inconsolably.

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