Returning for Valentine's by Victoria Pinder

Author:Victoria Pinder [Pinder, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

6

6 No he didn’t…

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His lips stopped her from speaking more than his name, “Nathan.”

Her arms relaxed around him when he put his hands on her back, pulling her in closer. He tasted better than any food she had ever tasted. Sweeter than chocolate, spicier than curry, and he smelled divine. Not enough odes to talk about a man’s smell, but his scent made her want to inhale more. Kissing Nathan spoiled her for any other man. She sighed, letting him hold her.

He pulled back, and her lips wanted more. “Tell me you love me, Beth. Tell me I’m not crazy.”

Catching her breath seemed impossible. “I can’t explain right now. Kiss me.”

She almost caught her breathe again when he kissed her again. This time he kissed her harder, more demanding than before and she burst on fire. She needed to understand him. Her body exploded in his arms. Firecrackers pinched under her skin making her more sensitive. Then sensitive skin became softer, her inner fire glowed brighter, and Nathan became her focus. His muscles on her small frame made her feel small, delicate and protected.

Again he stopped kissing her, and she couldn’t think. “Beth, I’m going to list every reason we should be together soon. I want to hear you tell me you love me.”

Her mother didn’t raise her to be foolish, though if he did write her as he claimed someone had deleted everything. “You haven’t told me you loved me Nathan, not without an explanation.”

“I don’t understand you.” He looked at her funny. His eyebrow arched up before he took his hands off her back and held her hands in his. “Beth, I love you. It’s why I came home. It’s why I went to the bar tonight. It’s why I talked to your mom this morning. I came home to you.”

She pulled back. She spent years pretending. Nathan loved her? She couldn’t believe this. She stood in her own way of happiness because she’d been afraid to be weak. “My mom meddles, and your mom hates me. She’s called me trailer trash when I’ve never lived in a trailer in my life, and I’m sure that most people who live there are perfectly fine.”

“Because of my mother, you can’t tell me you love me? Is that what happened here?” His voice stayed calm and even, taking charge of her body once more.

Shaking her head no, she told him, “No. That’s not it. Nathan, look around. I live in a small studio. Your bathroom is bigger than my entire place.”

“I don’t have a place yet. I’m staying at a hotel until I find one.”

She tried to be rationale. Loving Nathan meant opening up something she long ago closed off. The rattling in her brain scared her. “You flew in, just for me?”

“I wanted to tell you on Valentine’s Day. In London the other day, when someone told me the date, I thought of you. I thought you’d slam the door in my face, but I had to tell you.

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