Honest Love by CM Hutton

Author:CM Hutton [Hutton, CM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781499630916
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Publisher: CM Hutton
Published: 2014-06-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Derek

How the fuck could my heart feel so ripped apart by a woman I’d only know a few weeks? I stood there by my front door, just staring at it, hoping Claire would come back. She didn’t. Then, as if God was telling me to go after her, I saw her purse and sunglasses sitting in one of the oversized stuffed chairs in my living room. I could take it to her, but not now. I didn’t want to push. So I called and texted her, trying to diffuse whatever angst she was having. That didn’t work out so well. I just got impatient and snapped at her, basically saying I was walking away. What a fucking moron!

It was insane how much I missed Claire. It had only one been one night…one long, lonely night. Knowing Claire had to work the next day, I got up really early, carefully climbed into my truck and drove to her house with her things. I was frustrated and in some pain by the time I got to her front door. But, I was on those damn crutches just to prove a point to her. The second she answered her door wearing that stupid sexy robe, every part of my body hurt and I was angry with her for telling me we were over and angry with myself for not fighting harder. I shot my mouth off and immediately regretted it. Again. And I needed to apologize. Again.

Control was in short supply with me. Claire was bringing out all kinds of mental issues, I’d decided. Or, maybe I was just crazy about her and didn’t want her to walk away from me, ever. Claire was already mine. I wanted to protect her, love her, be with her. I was beginning to feel like keeping Claire in my life, having her to myself was crucial to my own happiness and hers too. I could feel it.

I called Melissa. I needed my big sister.

“Morning, little brother, what’s up?”

“I fucked up.”

“What happened, Derek?” Her tone was not soft and kind, but judging and pissed.

“I’m not really sure, to tell you the truth. We were having a really great time and then in a flash it all went to hell.”

“Explain.”

“Stop getting pissed. I need someone to talk to, okay?”

“Okay. I’m sorry. Tell me what happened. Maybe I can help.”

“Well, without going into too much detail about my sex life…” I heard Melissa groan and it made me smile. “…we had to have the whole condom/birth control conversation and she told me she couldn’t have children. We’d talked about it once before when she was telling me about her kids and I said I would’ve liked to have had kids when Abbi and I were married, but that Abbi never did. I told her I’d always wanted that, you know, to be a dad. It was an innocent statement, but I saw something on her face that just…I don’t know…shut down. Then, when it came up again out of necessity…”

“Ugh…stop!” I laughed at my sister’s reaction.

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