Heart: A steamy second chance romance by JM Kelley

Author:JM Kelley [Kelley, JM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-02T18:30:00+00:00

I pull into the familiar gravel driveway, and the memories come flooding back as I stare at the worn out farmhouse. Most of them shitty, reminding me of why I left in the first place. Ben owns the house where we grew up now, and he can have it. When my parents died, I forfeited my half to him. I don’t need the money, the house, or the memories.

I climb the rickety steps of the wraparound porch I used to play on when I was a kid. Noticing the same weathered screen door, still hanging by a thread. I pause for a moment, trying to collect myself. I take a deep breath before I bang my knuckles on the wooden edge of the door.

“Yeah, who is it?” a familiar gruff voice rumbles from inside.

A second later, Ben appears on the other side of the door in worn jeans and a USMC T-shirt with a picture of a skull on the front. Between his size and all his tattoos, he’s a scary looking dude. I'm preparing myself for a well-deserved punch in the face, but when Ben catches sight of me, he swings the door open and steps aside, motioning me in.

The door slams shut and he marches past me. I follow him into the kitchen, neither of us saying a word. He snags two beers from the fridge, and I hold my hand up to decline politely.

“I can’t. I need to be back at the hospital.” He grunts, handing me a bottle of water instead.

“I heard…Sarah called me a little while ago,” he mumbles before taking a large swig of beer.

“Look, Ben, I—” He holds up his hand, cutting me off mid-sentence, which I’m kind of glad for because I’m not sure what to say anyway.

He pulls out a kitchen chair, flipping it around and sits on it backward. He motions for me to take a seat. “Look, Luke, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. I should be kicking your ass right now, but honestly, I’m more pissed at myself. Should you have slept with my fiancé? Probably not, but we both know Sarah should have ended up with you and not me.”

“Ben—“

“We had a terrible upbringing, and I know it’s not an excuse…I mean somehow you overcame it, but I let it define my life. I was never the settling down type, but you, you'd make a good husband and a good father.”

“Ben, you are a good dad. That little girl loves you, and she needs you, she’ll always need you. I’m not here to take anything away from you. You’re her father.”

He takes another healthy swig from his beer and slams it down on the table, his glossy eyes staring down at the bottle. “Ashley is the only good thing in my life, and it hurts to lose that.”

“You’ll never lose her. She loves you, and she depends on you, that’s not going to change.”

“Look, Luke, I will always do anything for that little girl, you’re right, that will never change.

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