From the Ashes (Southern Heat Book 1) by Jamie Garrett

Author:Jamie Garrett [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2017-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Mason

Mason lay in bed, arms crossed behind his head, staring up at the ceiling. Sloane lay beside him, breathing deeply, sound asleep. Damn, he was tired, and it wasn’t just the sex. The sex had been great, amazing. With Sloane, it always had been. Of course, like any new couple, back in the day it had taken time for them to get used to each other’s likes and dislikes, rhythms, and responses. But that had been ten years ago. Yet it seemed as if nothing had changed. The moment he swept Sloane up into his arms and carried her into his bedroom, it was like déjà vu.

Still. Despite the great sex, the familiarity, the connection that they had always seemed to share, his brain wouldn’t shut down. Something was wrong. No, nothing would be right until he found out what was going on. He didn’t feel guilty about what they had just done, but what if she had a husband? What if she was engaged? But then, she’d felt a pull toward him, she’d even said as much. Wouldn’t she have sensed that, remembered that somehow, too? The way she had responded to him with such a depth of passion made him wonder.

Did he even want this? A relationship—a renewed relationship with her? Mason had long ago thought that door had closed and he had put the past behind him. For her, everything was new again. In a way, it was for him, too, but he was also wary. He’d had relationships in the last ten years, of course, but nothing that had gotten serious. He’d never wanted to commit to anyone else. Mason frowned, shifting in the bed. Had he really moved on at all? After Sloane left, it’d taken him a long time to get over it. It didn’t matter that he hadn’t been ready to take thing to the next level. He still missed the hell out of her. But was he ready now? Would he be able to make a commitment to her that would last a lifetime? He was older now, and had to grow up faster after the death of his parents. She had to have changed in the last decade, too, and yet she seemed exactly the same.

Mason didn’t play the field. He’d gotten used to living by himself. Preferred it, actually. To open himself up to a real relationship would be a challenge. Oh, he enjoyed sex just as any other man did, but it wasn’t as important to him as it used to be. Sex with Sloane, now that was familiar. Intensely satisfying. But it wasn’t just the sex. It was the feeling of familiarity, of contentment, of knowing her.

But you don’t know her. Not for sure.

He wanted to punch himself every time he had the thought, but he had to acknowledge it. The fact that she was embroiled in this mess was another point that was driven home as solid as a hammer strike to a nail. As much as

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