From Good Guy to Groom by Tracy Madison

Author:Tracy Madison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-11-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Yawning, Andi stretched her arms at her side and shifted. Yawned again and opened her eyes, wincing at the bright morning light and wondered what had caused her neck to ache so darn much, and... Now, wait a minute. She blinked. Why was she on the living room couch?

Oh. No.

Embarrassment flooded her cheeks...hell, her entire body, with tingly prickles of heat as the prior evening’s events came into complete focus. Ryan had shown up, she’d told him...everything and then she’d curled up on his lap as if she were a puppy begging for attention. Then...oh, Lord...then, after her pretend conversation with Hugh, she hadn’t behaved like any normal person would. Oh, no. She’d gone and fallen asleep. In. Ryan’s. Lap.

Carefully, as if she were still sleeping, she rolled to her side to see if Ryan remained on the couch with her, and...no. At some point, he must have found a way to disengage himself, leaving her to continue to rest on her own. That was good. If he was still here, she didn’t know how she’d face him. Not so quickly and not without a good amount of preparation.

But...wow. She had fallen asleep. She’d actually slept, solidly, without even a hint of the nightmare she’d had every single night for the past many months. Due to her confession, Ryan’s presence or the “talk” she’d had with Hugh, which somehow felt as real and true as the sunlight streaming in the curtains? Or had all three, with her exhaustion tossed in, done the trick?

Would she be able to sleep tonight, without her head nestled in Ryan’s lap?

Well, that remained to be seen. But, wow, in this moment, she felt good. Other than her embarrassment, of course, and even that seemed to be dwindling by the second. If Ryan hadn’t wanted to be here with her, he wouldn’t have been. Due to his compassionate nature, she had little doubt that he would’ve contacted her aunt and uncle, or Haley or any one of her other cousins, to make sure she wasn’t alone...but he would not have stuck around.

So, in this case, embarrassment was a wasted emotion.

And, okay, she’d enjoyed his attention, his care. Him. She’d bared her soul and she knew with a certainty that defied reason that she wouldn’t have done so with any other person. Sensible or not, a connection existed with this man, with Ryan, and had almost from the moment they met. Which meant she had some thinking to do. Today. And a few decisions to make.

First, a shower. A strong cup of coffee. Some breakfast.

Andi refolded the blanket and situated the throw pillows on the sofa, stretched again and, feeling more centered and freer than she had in too long, grabbed a change of clothes and went to the bathroom. She took a long, deliciously hot shower, her thoughts on the release that purging her soul had given, the imaginary conversation with Hugh and, yes...Ryan. Lord, that man was never far from her thoughts. It should be annoying, really.

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