Lucifer's Lover by Tracy Cooper-Posey

Author:Tracy Cooper-Posey
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780987906878
Publisher: Tracy Cooper-Posey
Published: 2012-01-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

He wasn’t even sure what drove him there.

But at seven-thirty that Monday morning he found himself in the familiar corridor, hovering outside Lindsay’s office. He knew she was in. She was always in at this time.

Now he was actually here, he was back at the other end of the pendulum swing—wishing he was miles away. Anywhere but here.

So he put his hand on the door handle and pushed the door open and himself through. Quickly. Before he backed out.

Lindsay looked up from her paperwork and her eyes opened wide. The paper in her hand fluttered to the desk. And he wasn’t certain—he could even have imagined it—but he thought he saw her chest lift in a quick indrawn breath and was it pleasure in her eyes?

Fool. Get it over with.

He held out his hand to forestall her—she was always so quick to slide under his defenses and score a preemptive strike.

“The thing is,” he said, not even trying to organize his thoughts, “They’ve always used my credit card. Pretty much since I got into town. I don’t just help out Habitat for Humanity, Lynds, I’ve been running the show for the last year. Well, the Deerfoot Falls side of it, anyway. I wanted to get that house finished before Christmas, so I organized a full weekend on it. That’s why I went to New York early. To clear the weekend.”

He took a deep breath.

“Why?” she asked. “That’s what doesn’t make sense.”

“It’s homes,” he said simply. “Homes for families.”

She frowned.

“I know,” he told her. “You don’t get it. That’s because you’ve got a built-in family. You’ve never been without one.”

Her eyes widened and her mouth opened a little.

He could feel the fear gnawing at him already. “I’ve never told anyone this before,” he added.

“Why not?” It was a softly put question. Was she learning to empathize?

He shrugged. The flippant answer came easily—much more easily. But he pushed it aside and went for the much more difficult truth. “Afraid, I guess.”

“Afraid of what?”

It was a concept he’d never really pulled together even for himself, so he took a moment to reach for the answer. The resistance to speaking it aloud was enormous. “People might get to know me.” He had to take a deep breath to recover.

“I know a little about that one,” Lindsay told him. She put her pen down and leaned back. “What about New York?”

He took another breath. “You know, I’m not very good at this. Actually, I suck at it. I haven’t done a lot of talking about myself.”

“You talk about yourself all the time. I’ve listened.”

“Not like this.” He could feel his heart slowing down now that the worst of it was done. “So, if you don’t mind, I’d like to leave New York for next time.”

“There will be a next time?”

His heart gave a little jump. “There won’t be?” he asked. “I mean…will there be?”

It seemed like eons passed before her gorgeous lips curved up into a small, sweet smile. “If there’s going to be a next time, I can wait until then to hear about New York.

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