NEXT TO ME (A Love Happens Novel Book 1) by Watters Jodi

Author:Watters, Jodi [Watters, Jodi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Scorpio Securities Novel
Publisher: Jodi Watters
Published: 2014-10-16T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Ali managed to leave Sam’s house before the shit hit the fan. Like the coward she was, she’d skedaddled her butt out of there after drinking only one beer, Grady’s jeers for her to stay and get drunk with them following her back to her own porch. Quietly declining, Ali had sought the privacy of her own house, although she fully intended to get drunk. Anything to wipe away the look of confusion, of accusation, on Sam’s handsome face. She had a reprieve, but it was a temporary stay. His body language had gone from open interest when he’d first spotted her, to irritation bordering on hostility after Grady had made his appearance. Ali had been shocked clear down to her cherry red painted toenails to see him walk out of Sam’s house and if she could have slunk away then, without being seen, she would have. But instead, Grady’s presence, and larger than life personality, had ruined what Ali was hoping to be a sexy and scorching reunion between her and Sam.

Sam. Laying eyes on him for the first time in days was like a balm to Ali’s bruised and battered soul. God, she had missed him. Actually ached with it. It was downright scary how strong her attachment to him had become in the few, short weeks she’d known him. An invisible tether tied them together and she wanted nothing more than to walk into his strong arms and let him shelter her, love her. And she wanted to do the same for him. The fact that he had house guests threw a real wrench in her plans, though, because Ali was prepared to lay it all on the line for him. The truth and nothing but.

Ravishing his hard body, confessing her many sins, and then begging for forgiveness had been at the top of her To Do list. And in that exact order. Declaring her love and devotion rounded off the list, but after what had just gone down next door, she was pretty sure that mending a broken heart was now firmly in the number one position.

Opening a bottle of white wine, Ali filled her fluted glass nearly to the rim and took a large sip, letting the chilled liquid calm her frayed nerves. She’d quickly showered, wanting to wash away both the sand from the beach and the stain of her lies, and was now sitting on her sofa in complete darkness, counting the minutes as she waited for him. Wearing the same worn out sweatshirt he’d handed her when the trade winds had chilled her bare arms, Ali dipped her chin into the fabric and inhaled his musky scent still clinging to it. She knew he would come, demanding answers and rightfully so. The silent accusation in his gray eyes had promised as much. Blinking away the image, she lit the fat, vanilla scented candles sitting on the reclaimed wood coffee table, their dancing flames the only light in the room. Her mom’s

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