Make Me Yours (Men of Gold Mountain) by Brooks Rebecca

Author:Brooks, Rebecca
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Entangled, Brazen, sexy, sexy romance, contemporary, contemporary romance, erotic, erotic romance, secret baby, Past lovers, reunited, musician, bad boy reformed, baby on doorstep, Washington, small town
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-10-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Claire laid down on her couch and closed her eyes. She’d finally gotten a hyped-up, sugar-addled, excited little wizard to bed, and she was pretty close to nodding off herself when she heard her phone vibrate next to her.

She reached for it sleepily, having no idea how to describe her day if it was friends texting for updates.

But it was from Ryan. And it was only one word.

Damn.

She sat up. Was that a good damn, or a bad one? She wrote back a single question mark.

Did that go okay? he asked in response.

She smiled. It had been clear he was nervous when he’d first arrived at the park, and it tickled her to know he cared so much about what Maya thought of him. Gutted by a five-year-old. She would never have guessed.

You got into princess character, bought her ice cream, and listened to every fact about T. rex known to humankind, she typed quickly. She loves you.

She pressed send before she could think about what she’d just typed. Maya, love, and Ryan weren’t words that belonged together in the same sentence.

But all he did was send back a smiley face. Typical Ryan—a response that was no response at all.

She’s asleep now? he asked.

Finally.

And the other beautiful woman I got to see today?

Also exhausted, she wrote back. Which was true, even if it didn’t explain why her heart had suddenly kicked up so fast at that word. Beautiful.

She waited for him to say good night, some sweet last line telling her to sleep well. Wasn’t it late? Hadn’t she just told him she was tired? When was he going back to Chicago, anyway?

But instead he wrote, That was really nice today.

I know, she said. Maya had a blast.

Me, too, she added. Just in case that hadn’t been clear.

What are you up to tonight? Ryan asked.

Uh…sleeping?

That’s it?

Yeah, Ryan. That’s what I usually do.

Alone?

Huh?

Are you sleeping alone?

You’re crazy. Who do you think I’d be sleeping with?

There wasn’t even a pause before he wrote back, Me.

Claire inhaled sharply, the only sound ringing through the dark, quiet house. How could one little syllable shoot all the way through her, making her suddenly ache?

He was leaving.

And she needed him to.

He was walking heartbreak, and she couldn’t afford to lose sight of that.

But it was late, she was just sleepy enough to be relaxed, and she didn’t want to think about the smart thing, the right thing, the only reasonable thing she could do. She just wanted more of that warm, soft feeling he gave her.

Something tells me we wouldn’t be doing much sleeping, she wrote, and then pressed send before her better self could take the reins and tell him good night.

We’d sleep, he wrote back. Claire bit her lip, confused. Had she misinterpreted everything? Was there really nothing else going on?

Then her phone vibrated again.

After you passed out from coming so hard.

Her teeth clamped down on her bottom lip, and she stifled a cry. She glanced at the stairs, but Maya was in bed, asleep.

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