Hard to Trust (Hard to Love Book 2) by L.M. Reid

Author:L.M. Reid [Reid, L.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarlet Lantern Publishing
Published: 2020-09-10T23:00:00+00:00

20

Grayson

I like this side of her. Okay, I like every side of her. It’s nice to see her not trying so hard, not worrying about being professional and succeeding. Breaking through her all business personality has been more successful than I could have ever imagined. Maybe we do have a chance after all.

We make our way through the park, ride after ride. The smile on Ashlynn’s face has been permanently placed all day. I only hope that I can keep it there, help her believe in the possibility of us.

She sways as we step off the Tilt-A-Whirl.

“Oh my God,” she laughs. “I am so dizzy. Can we sit?”

“There?” I ask gesturing to a bench under a tree, overlooking the lake.

We make our way over and she collapses on the bench. “Thank you.”

“For making you dizzy?”

“For today. I can’t remember when I’ve had this much fun.”

“Glad to be of service. You up for another ride or would you prefer we head back to my place for some dinner?”

“And dessert?” she asks, her hand on my thigh.

“You move that hand much more and you might be getting your dessert, right now, in public.”

She laughs again and it’s like music to me, the sound hitting me in my soul.

I take her hand and pull her to her feet, her body falls against mine. “God, I want you.”

I hate that the words come out because I have been trying to show her that this – it’s more than sex. But it’s true. I want her, with every fiber of my being.

“I want you, too.”

Like two magnets, our lips come together in the sweetest of kisses. It’s not rushed or frenzied like other’s we’ve shared. It’s slow and deliberate and gives me every damn piece of her that she can, that doesn’t scare her. I’m okay with that for now; we can work on the other parts later. But this? Her? Here in my arms?

Fuck me, I’m done.

***

The minute we walk in the front door, Ashlynn kicks her shoes off and she makes herself comfortable on the couch. I stare at her a moment, the pizza I ordered on our way home in my hand. She seems much more relaxed and comfortable this time around. And hell if it doesn’t make me like having her here even more than I did last night.

The rain began to fall lightly on our way home and is now coming down in a steady stream outside the window. We sit silently on the couch, eating our pizza and just enjoying the comfortable silence between us.

“Can I ask you something?” she asks.

I hate when questions start like that. It usually means that the other person wants to talk about something that they know I don’t. This is Ashlynn though. If I really want to make an attempt at this, I need to be honest with her. Hell, a part of me even wants to.

“Bring it on.”

“How are you the same man that walked into my office that night, took control, and made me bend at your will?”

“I did all that?” I joke trying to make light of her comment.

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