Harlequin Special Edition June 2016 Box Set, 2 of 2 by Christyne Butler

Author:Christyne Butler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460399101
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

It took Lucy about three seconds to grab her things and leave. She didn’t bother getting back into the trench coat and instead had that and her bag clutched between her hands as she raced out of the room and down the stairs. She picked up her umbrella on the way and was out the door and back in her car so fast she was out of breath and had a pain in her chest. She took a few deep breaths to calm her nerves as she buckled up and started the ignition.

And cursed Brant Parker the whole drive home.

Jerk.

She wasn’t going to waste one more minute thinking about him.

I don’t care if he is a great kisser.

Ha! She didn’t have anything to compare it to anyhow. Perhaps he was a lousy kisser.

Yes...he’s a terrible kisser and I never want to see him again.

Only...his kiss was incredible and the very idea of never seeing him again made her ache inside. And it confirmed what she’d suspected for weeks...she was falling for him. And it scared her to death. Because it was plain he would never return her feelings. He’d closed off that part of himself that was about emotion. It was a coping mechanism, she was certain. He’d experienced some trauma, something that had made him shut down. She’d seen it before firsthand...in herself. Right after her mother was killed and then in college when her roommate was raped. For years afterward she’d walked around wrapped in a kind of protective armor, never getting close to anyone, never letting anyone in. It had taken six months of therapy to help her heal and only once had she’d been able to self-reflect and realize she needed help. Brant was nowhere near that point. She knew it. And it made her ache for him.

Her lips tingled when she remembered their kiss. All her adult life she’d imagined that first kiss...what it would mean and who she’d share it with. In her most secret dreams she’d held on to the hope that Brant would sweep her off her feet and kiss her senseless. And for that brief moment he had...wholly and completely. And despite knowing it would probably never happen again, she couldn’t and wouldn’t regret it. Being with him, feeling his heart beat wildly beneath her palm, knowing he’d been as caught up in the moment as she had been, had fulfilled her every fantasy.

Still, she hurt all over thinking of his parting words.

Her cell rang and she let the call go. It beeped a few seconds later, indicating she had a message. By the time Lucy pulled into her driveway it rang again. She ignored it, got out of the car and headed inside. It took fifteen minutes to lock up the house, brush her teeth and hair and climb into bed. She stared at the cell phone for a good couple of minutes before she finally pressed the message button.

Brant’s deep voice was instantly recognizable.

Her heart seemed to skip a beat.

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