Heartbreaker by Joanne Rock

Author:Joanne Rock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-12-03T19:33:41+00:00

Nine

Elena awoke to warm sunlight on her face, her body pleasantly aching and thoroughly sated. Memories of the evening before swirled through her mind, from the first kiss in the kitchen to a late-night refrigerator raid and lovemaking in front of the fireplace.

Now, reaching for Gage, she felt empty air on his side of the bed. And flowers? Wrenching her eyes open, Elena discovered a pool of pink rose petals on Gage’s pillow, trailing to the floor of the suite. There was also a note on the resort’s stationery propped against the fluffy down, two words written in a sure, masculine hand.

Join me.

The rose petals led out the door.

Anticipation hummed warm in her veins even though they’d rolled in these very sheets together just a couple of hours ago. What was it about this man that captivated her so thoroughly? Sliding from the covers, she set her feet on the floor and padded to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Afterward, she found one of Gage’s clean T-shirts folded neatly in the top drawer of a bureau, and slipped it on.

She hoped things wouldn’t turn awkward between them now that the sun had risen. But she knew inevitably they would because she hadn’t told him the truth about what had happened between them six years ago when they broke up. Trust hadn’t come easily for either of them then, and it wouldn’t return now in light of the way they’d treated each other—red-hot encounters notwithstanding.

For just a little while longer, though, she would live in the moment. Take all the joy she could from this time together.

Grabbing one of the resort robes from a hook in the bathroom, Elena slid it over Gage’s shirt and followed the trail of pink petals out of the master suite. She wound an elastic around her hair and scooped up a handful of the rose remnants from the hardwood, bringing them to her nose for a sniff. Her mother had taught her that—take time to smell the roses. She didn’t have many good memories of her mom, but it helped to hug close the ones that weren’t tainted by her parents’ drinking. Fighting. When her mom abandoned the family, it had eliminated the arguments that too often turned to violence, but the hole she left behind had been too big to fill no matter what Elena tried to put there. Work. Ambition. Relationships.

It was simpler to just smell the roses and savor the present, especially since Elena couldn’t change the past. Hiding it hadn’t worked with Gage’s family. And altering herself to fit into Tomas’s life had been foolish.

From now on, she was embracing the journey that had made her the woman she was today. As she made her way through the family room, she saw that the petal path led through the double doors leading out to a patio overlooking the lake. She stepped outside to find a bubbling hot tub steaming white puffs into the cool mountain air.

Gage sprawled in the far

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