Forever with You (Starlight Hill Series Book 5) by Heatherly Bell

Author:Heatherly Bell [Bell, Heatherly]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw
Publisher: Heatherly Bell Books
Published: 2016-04-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Outside Sophia’s house, Riley heard the sound of something hard hit her front door and he winced. Some things never changed. He definitely had a knack for irritating his wife. And now, he had to do something with the rest of his evening when he’d planned on spending it with her. He couldn’t have foreseen that Sophia would be reminded of Nikki tonight, but yeah, it had pissed him off when Priscilla had introduced herself as Claire’s friend and come on to him at the bar. She already knew he was married. He wouldn’t have faulted her otherwise but women who had no respect for marriage irritated the hell out of him. Like Nikki. He’d pegged her as a girl on the make the moment he’d met her, but given how much Sophia seemed to love her he’d decided to give Nikki the benefit of the doubt. And when she’d asked him to come find her if he ever got tired of perfect Sophia, it had taken everything in him not to kick her out of his house. Eventually he would have told Sophia the truth, but what had happened with David had derailed her enough that he couldn’t see adding to her misery when it no longer mattered.

Both Nikki and David were gone.

And when Riley had returned for leave after David’s death, he’d found a different Sophia than the one he’d left. His curvy in-all-the-right-places wife had lost a significant amount of weight. She had dark circles under her eyes.

The beginning of the end for them.

He shook his head. He didn’t want to think about any of that any more. All in the past, he reminded himself. By every indication, Sophia looked completely recovered from what he’d put her through. Gained all her lost weight, all color back in her cheeks and the shine back in her bright brown eyes. Back to being the girl he’d loved so desperately.

Right now he needed a run to blow off some steam so he went home and changed into sweats and running shoes. He set out the door trying not to notice that the lights were still on next door. She’d be cooling off now, maybe even with some Chunky Monkey. Not the kind he’d been talking about but what the hell. She wanted him, and God how he wanted her. And here was the thing: she was still technically his wife. But if he made love to her now, would it be any different than when he was twenty-one and saw what he wanted, then went after her without much thought?

He liked to believe he was a better man now, and could take his time. Do this right. He wanted reconciliation, and she needed time to forgive him for being an idiot. He got that. She was holding back from him because for years she’d taken one look at him and seen danger, death, risk and abandonment. But she should also see love. Loyalty. And if she’d had any doubts about that last one, he hoped he’d finally put them to rest tonight.

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