Hard Way by Katie Porter

Author:Katie Porter [Porter, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-04-08T14:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Some things were unavoidable.

At present, Dash knew two things were absolutely set in stone. The first was that though he and Sunny had come to a certain agreement regarding their sleeping arrangements—he was slowly waking up in bed, after all—they remained separated by miles. Their new sex life existed on some other plane.

Animalistic.

Angry at times.

Despite grocery shopping and a rented horror flick, that sort of fucking felt like the only life raft they had left. He’d even gone so far as to nearly ruin that. With thirty more seconds last night, he would’ve raped her for real. That he was capable of such aggression was more than his mind could process. Her takedown had probably saved what was left of their marriage—and his self-respect. He wouldn’t have been able to live with himself, let alone ever look her in the eye again. As if she’d let him.

Yet he missed holding her without wondering when she’d pull away. He missed lingering kisses that set him on fire all the way to his toes, with both longing and love. He missed the little, sweet noises she made in the back of her throat, and how they could touch each other for hours before finally striving, together, for a languorous orgasm that bound them, body and soul.

When was the last time that had happened?

He remembered it as a possibility, because it had happened. But the actual last time they’d been that connected? Nada. Had they really changed so much that he could take her, him, them for granted?

Yes.

And he didn’t know why. That change, that shift…it eluded him as surely as an answer to how the rest of the day would progress.

Because the other unavoidable event was Colonel Bandry’s big send-off party, complete with his dad’s illustrious cameo and a hearty round of dick-swinging. Charming, especially after a shitty, head-splitting night spent arguing with Sunny. Head-splitting in more ways than one.

That wasn’t even considering whether he was still assigned to the Maple Flag. He’d be in Canada on Friday.

The day, quite frankly, looked like a pile of dogshit.

“Hey,” came a soft voice.

Dash turned his head from the ceiling to Sunny. She was sleep-bleary and her hair was a tangled storm cloud, but at least she wasn’t glaring at him. That she’d spoken first felt like a goddamn miracle. One day, he hoped to feel like he wasn’t walking on a razor blade all the time. He couldn’t imagine that day.

“Hey, yourself.”

“How’s your head?” Her grin was a minxish combination of sweet and nasty playful.

“Hurts.”

“Alcohol or me?”

“Can’t tell the difference.” He turned onto his side and dared to brush a strand of hair off her cheek. She didn’t flinch. Didn’t deepen her smile either. “I, ah… Shit. Sunny. I’m sorry for last night. I really stepped over a line—more than, you know…”

“What we have been doing.”

He smeared his palm down his face. “Yeah.”

“I’m glad I knocked your stupid ass on the ground before that happened.”

There was her grin. Just a little more. He could cling to that.

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