Hidden Treasure by Melody Anne

Author:Melody Anne [Anne, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 1499193661
Amazon: B00JOPY3G4
Goodreads: 21935798
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

When Colt and Brielle reached the house, the sun was setting, and, thankfully, no one was around. He didn’t want anyone to witness him carrying her inside again. Not this time. It was either blind luck or fear, but no one had said a word to him about the first time he’d gone inside. Nevertheless, he knew Sterling, and word travels fast in a small town.

As he leapt down from the horse, Brielle woke up, though she was disoriented as he lifted her down effortlessly and cradled her in his arms. He didn’t know how he’d gone from furious with her to worried, but there it was.

She leaned against him, still half asleep, as he walked through her front door, and he steadily made his way to the living room and sat down on the couch with her still in his arms. She appeared so vulnerable, and it was something in her he’d never seen before.

He hated that his words had done this to her, made this strong woman so weak — even if he knew it was bound to be temporary. She wasn’t the spoiled little city girl he’d first thought she was. There was a lot more to Brielle than she wanted the world to see, and all of a sudden Colt found that he wanted to see beneath the layers of protection she’d built around herself and discover who she truly was.

“Why are you being so nice to me?”

Her question startled him from his thoughts, but she was asking and she deserved an honest answer. “I want to know more about you — the real you, not this spoiled little girl you try to show everyone.”

“How do you know that’s not me?” She couldn’t hide the pain in her voice.

“I don’t,” he said, and he felt her recoil. “But I have a good feeling that it’s an act, like I said a couple of weeks ago. I’d just really like to know why you feel the need to put on such a facade.”

If he was honest with her, maybe she’d reciprocate. He practically held his breath as he waited for her to speak. He could feel her pulse increase. Had it really been so long since she’d opened up that she didn’t know how to do it anymore?

“You can talk to me, Brielle. It won’t leave this room,” he vowed. “I know you don’t know me, but once I give my word, I don’t break it.”

“You’re right. I don’t know you. I don’t let myself know anyone,” she said with a sigh.

“Why? You’re obviously beautiful, intelligent, full of spirit, and that’s just scratching the surface. Why do you feel you have to act like someone you aren’t?”

Brielle sighed again. “Do you know that I have four brothers?”

“No. I knew you had siblings. I met your father. There was something he said about you all being spoiled and needing to grow up before it was too late. I wasn’t in the best of moods when I spoke to him,” Colt said.

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