Melting His Alaskan Heart (An Alaskan Hero Novel Book 2) by Rebecca Thomas

Author:Rebecca Thomas [Thomas, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-02-28T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

“Your wife?” Carly couldn’t believe her ears. “You’re married?”

“I was married.” Ethan moved to the window and stared into the darkness. “She died.”

“Oh.” A whoosh of tension immediately left her body. Not due to his wife being deceased, but because for a split second she’d thought she’d slept with a married man. And she noted that he didn’t say, she was my wife but used present tense instead. “I’m sorry. What happened?”

“Car accident,” he said quietly.

She hoped he’d elaborate but wasn’t surprised when he didn’t. It wasn’t like the guy was very forthcoming with information. “How long ago?”

“Five years.”

“I’m very sorry.” Carly figured he must have been married at a young age because she didn’t imagine Ethan was thirty yet.

The room was eerily quiet. Her curiosity got the better of her. “How did the car accident happen?”

“A pile up on the Seward Highway.” He swung around to face her. “There was a motor home, a fuel truck, and a couple other vehicles on the deadliest strip of highway in Alaska.”

She didn’t know what to say. She’d already said sorry, so it didn’t seem necessary to say it again, but the words were there. “I…that must have been very hard on you.”

“It was.” His voice sounded hard and bitter. “So we have this problem. My mom thinks we’re dating.”

“I shouldn’t have let her assume. I should have said something…”

“I didn’t tell you my real identity before. We’ve both made mistakes.” His tone sounded completely disengaged from the conversation.

“I’ll only be here for a day or two, or however long it takes for me to speak with Dane. Then you can tell her I had to go back to Anchorage. Which is the truth. There won’t be any harm done, okay?”

“Right. No harm done.” He crossed his arms and gave a brief nod.

“You say that as though you don’t believe me. I don’t want to hurt you, or your family, or cause you any trouble.” Blowing out a long breath, she contemplated what to say. She wanted to comfort Ethan and remove some of the pain he carried with him, but she was here for one purpose, and letting Ethan Forrester into her heart wasn’t part of the plan. “I just need to do my job and my job is producing this article about Dane.”

“Right.” He gave her another quick nod. “I’ll talk to Dane. My mom will expect us for dinner. Maybe after we eat, Dane will speak with you.”

“That would be great.” The faster she got away from Ethan, the better. “Is there a flight out of here tonight?”

“No, not tonight.” He uncrossed his arms and strode across the small apartment. He stopped at the window before turning back to her. “Travis can fly you back to Anchorage tomorrow, though.”

“Really? But isn’t the point of the weekend for your family to spend time together? If Travis is flying me home, that defeats the purpose.”

“He wouldn’t mind flying you back,” he stated simply.

“Is there another place I could stay in

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