Hope's Redemption (Redemption Road Book 2) by Savvi V

Author:Savvi V [V, Savvi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction
Publisher: Savvi V
Published: 2021-09-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Hope

I’d always been somewhat of a quick study, and I’d never studied anything more in depth in my life than Tobias Bishop. It was more than puppy love back then. I was sunk. Obsessed. I knew every nuance of his mannerisms, every inflection of his voice, the subtle flecks of each shade of blue in his eyes. Every vein, every muscle, every perfect part that made up the boy I loved then and the man I—the man I was learning all over again. When you know someone like that, it’s not just erased from your psyche, no matter how much you might want it to be.

That’s how I knew something was off the moment I opened the door and took in his face. My gaze darted behind him to the Bel Air in the driveway and my heart did a fast tumble in my chest.

“What’s wrong?” I said, stepping back as he immediately moved past me, heading straight to the kitchen.

“Nothing. Got anything to drink here?”

I frowned at his back as he opened the cabinets in search of liquor.

“Hello?” I said, closing the door behind him.

He turned to face me when he came up empty, and his eyes took in what he’d missed the first time, raking up and down my short black dress. It was simple, but hugged my curves in all the right ways, leaving little to the imagination. I’d paired it with four-inch stilettos, pulled my hair back in a sleek ponytail, and completed the look with crimson lips.

By the feral gleam in his eyes, he approved. He abandoned his search and strode over, something burning in his gaze I hadn’t seen before that created an instant heat deep in my belly.

“Damn, girl. You look . . .” He ran a fingertip down my exposed arm, creating goosebumps. “Fucking amazing.”

I smelled the whisper of whiskey on his breath, so I studied his expression closer. There was something dark hidden there. Haunted. Something that reminded me that the pain of my past wasn’t the only pain that bonded us so deeply. His life at home hadn’t been great either. He’d just handled it better. Been stronger. He’d been my rock. My shoulder. The one who was so damn tough and resilient, it was all too easy to forget how much he suffered too.

And I’d wounded him further by leaving him alone to save myself.

“Tobias,” I whispered, bringing his attention back to my face. “What’s wrong?”

He shook his head, a clear lie, as his touch became bolder, stroking back up my arm and over my collarbone. “Why does something always have to be wrong?”

What the hell?

“Always have to be—what?” I leaned into his line of vision, making him look me in the eyes. “What’s going on? Why do you smell like you went swimming in bourbon?”

“Now, there’s a thought,” he said, his voice low and sexy. “Do you have any? I’d love to lick it off this spot . . . right here.” His head dipped, and hot breath joined his tongue as he tasted my collarbone, moving upward.

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