No Simple Lie: A Forbidden, Opposites Attract Romance (The Brothers of Calloway Creek: The McQuaids) by Samantha Christy

Author:Samantha Christy [Christy, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-five

Hudson

I’ve never been one to believe in fate or fairy tales. But call me a blind fool if Gator Girl isn’t destined to be mine.

Her lips. Her perfect goddamn lips. They kept me awake all night. I’ve never been kissed by a woman that way. There was a desperation in her kiss that came from the circumstances, but there was so much truth to it. I could feel it. Taste it.

Slowly, I watch the time pass on my phone, tapping it every so often until it reaches 9:20. I pull on sweatpants and a shirt, fetch a cup of coffee, and sit on my front porch knowing she’ll walk by in a few minutes. Because that’s what she does every other Saturday. She walks to the train station and goes to the city for the day.

Today, I plan to stop her.

Right on time, I hear her front door shut. When she comes into view as she nears the end of her driveway, all I can think of is how she was on my lap. How I wanted nothing more than to take her right there. How I’ve never wanted any woman as badly as in that moment.

She’s on the sidewalk. She doesn’t see me. She doesn’t even look in my direction.

“Going somewhere?” I shout from my porch.

She startles and stops walking. “To the city. But you already knew that.”

I nod to the small shopping bag in her right hand. “What’s in the bag?”

“Nothing.”

“A gift?”

“Hudson, I really have to go.”

I stand and lean against the porch pillar. “Don’t go to the city.”

Her chest visibly rises and falls. “I have to.”

“Why? Why do you have to, Dakota?”

“I have a commitment.”

“Break it.”

“I can’t. I’m sorry. I really need to go.”

I contemplate going after her. I want to. But Hudson McQuaid isn’t a beggar. I watch her walk down the sidewalk and disappear around the corner, then I go inside, slam the door like a tantruming teenager and realize that’s exactly what I was for the last thirty seconds—a pathetic beggar.

How have I sunk so goddamn low?

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.