Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis [Shalvis, Jill]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Adult, Erotic, Romance
ISBN: 9781101612002
Google: L2GiRxtGzRMC
Amazon: B008EXNL6U
Barnesnoble: B008EXNL6U
Goodreads: 16719223
Publisher: Berkley
Published: 2011-12-31T11:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

A t the low, sexy voice in her ear, Holly closed her eyes but not before she gave him an elbow to the gut. Then she huddled closer to the fire, staring into the flames.

Adam flashed her a rare two-hundred-watt smile but backed up a step, giving her some room. Not, she was quite certain, because she’d actually hurt the big oaf but because he wanted to move. Adam didn’t do anything he didn’t want to do.

And just like that, unbidden, came a flash of what he’d wanted to do last night. Or rather, who he’d wanted to do.

Her.

She shivered before relegating the erotic images to the back of her mind, where she could pull them out later, when she was alone. Because right now her dad was watching her carefully, a small frown on his face. Though he was generally clueless to the workings of a woman’s mind, he was clearly getting a vibe from her.

“You really thought something bad had happened to me,” he said.

Holly sighed. “It could have.”

“You need to worry more about yourself.”

She slid him a look.

“You’re across the country from your husband, who, by the way, never appears to call or check on you. What is he so busy doing that he doesn’t have time for you?”

His new TA, no doubt. Worse, she was thrown off by her father’s reference to her marriage. They never talked about her marriage. “We’re talking about you,” she reminded him. “This whole thing is about you.”

“Well, now we’re talking about you. You had to have that guy, remember? There was no talking you out of it. So what the hell good is he if he’s not ever at your side?”

She shook her head, discombobulated. “In all this time, you’ve never asked about him.” She felt Adam’s gaze heavy on her. “Which means that this is nothing more than your latest distraction technique. But you can’t distract me, Dad. You nearly killed me with worry.”

Her father couldn’t be distracted, either. “What the hell is going on with you, Holly? And don’t say nothing. It’s about Derek, right?”

She narrowed her eyes. “Why are you suddenly asking about him?”

“Call it a gut feeling.”

She sighed. “Fine. He’s no longer my husband. Happy?”

“Ecstatic. But what the hell?”

“I left him, Dad. I left him a long time ago.”

“And you didn’t think this was pertinent information?”

“You never asked. You never even talked about me being married. And as far as pertinent, it’s no more pertinent than you and Mom giving lip service to being married when in reality you were separated almost all of my childhood.”

He blinked. “At least we didn’t traumatize you and Grif with fighting, like so many other couples do.”

“You were three thousand miles apart. I don’t think that proves much. Plus, it was all pretend. You both hid all your feelings. The calm front was just a façade.” She crossed her arms and turned away. She wasn’t doing this now. Not in front of Adam, who was watching their bickering session with carefully hooded eyes.

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