Imagining Love on Willow Road (Island County Series Book 13) by Karice Bolton

Author:Karice Bolton [Bolton, Karice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Walker Malone stood, and I took a step back. Not because I was afraid of him but because I was afraid of myself. It was like there was no way to stop the storm of Walker Malone. It didn’t matter that my mind knew to stay away from him—my heart didn’t.

I drew in a trembling breath. “What do you think you could say to possibly make up for leaving me and never looking back?”

“I looked back every day, Harmony.”

“You could have given me that line in my twenties, but I’m in my thirties, Walker. You had a lot of time to do soul searching, to reach out, to make amends.” I shook my head and waved my arms around me. “This is merely convenient for you. That’s all. You’re on Fireweed, and I’m on Fireweed.”

Walker threw his head back and laughed. “You think getting a tongue lashing from you every time I try to apologize is taking the easy way out? I could have just waved at you in town and never said a word.”

“Guilt can be a dirty bugger.” I shrugged. “Or maybe you just want one last fling with the ol’ gal.”

He furrowed his brows and laughed. “You’re not an old mare, Harmony. I’m not trying to give you one last ride before I put you out to pasture.”

I chuckled. “I guess it did kind of sound like that.”

“What’s it gonna take for you to believe that I’ve regretted what I did every single day of my life? he asked. “I want to make things right between us.”

“The truth. The real truth.” I stared at Walker. “Although, I’m starting to think you might not even know what that is anymore.”

His eyes narrowed. “I don’t want to believe that our chance encounter on some unknown island doesn’t mean something.”

“What do you want it to mean, Malone?” I asked, feeling like I couldn’t really get the air I needed.

“I want to believe that we’re in each other’s lives again for a reason.”

I refused to believe his oversimplified version of reality. “Every time you see a ghost of girlfriends past, it doesn’t mean that you need to start anew with them.” I shook my head. “You may have a stalker who’s out of your control, but I’m pretty sure you’ve left a very long and messy trail of women in your wake. Judging by your home in California, you could hire security. You could’ve stayed there. What else are you running from, Walker? It’s not just Leila.”

His head tilted slightly, and he smiled. “I guess we can both still read each other pretty easily.”

“Hazard of falling in love so young.” I didn’t take my gaze off Walker. “But you’re still avoiding the topic, Walker. How many messes have you left behind? How many women have you utterly broken on your path to Fireweed? I don’t believe I was the only one, and I don’t believe you left me so I could fly to my dreams.”

He let out a slow sigh. “None were like you, Harmony.

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