Roses Are Red by Jasmine Hill

Author:Jasmine Hill
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Erotic Romance Fiction, Contemporary, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages)
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Published: 2014-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Rhett was angry with himself and absolutely incensed with Camille. He knew that she wanted to resurrect their relationship. She had called him often enough and he’d worried about dealing with her when she returned to town, but he hadn’t figured on her arriving early and breezing into his office to announce that she was still his fiancée!

He could only imagine what Lucy was feeling after that little incident and what she must be thinking of him. She needed some space at the moment and he expected that he was the last person whom she wanted to see, but he needed to explain.

He pulled up outside Lucy’s house and cut the engine. Taking a deep breath, he rehearsed briefly what he was going to say to her. Approaching the front door, Rhett noticed that it had been left ajar. Apprehension pricked his skin as he stepped over the threshold. Why had the door been left open? He hoped fervently that Lucy was all right. Cautiously, he moved towards the lounge room where he heard lowered voices, one of them a man’s, and he immediately relaxed. Whoever it was with Lucy, she obviously knew him.

He moved closer so that he could make out what was being said.

“I still don’t understand why you are here, James,” he heard Lucy say.

Rhett froze and peered into the lounge. Lucy was in front of the fireplace. A man was standing before her, too close, almost touching. He was probably about five feet nine, fit-looking and ruggedly handsome—the ex-husband? What the fuck is he doing here?

“I want us to try again. I miss you. We had over twenty years together, Lulu. I was stupid for leaving you. Call it a midlife crisis—I don’t know—but I want you to give me, to give us another chance.”

“You should have thought about that before you ran off and had an affair,” Lucy responded bitterly.

As Rhett watched unobserved from the doorway, James reached out and caressed Lucy’s cheek. “Please, sweetheart,” he murmured. He leaned towards her and brushed her lips with his own.

What the fuck! Rhett didn’t wait to see any more but strode purposefully into the room.

“Get your hands off her,” he ground between clenched teeth. “You forfeited your rights when you fucked around behind your wife’s back.”

Lucy and James jumped, then moved apart, startled by his presence and his vehement outburst.

“Who the hell are you?” James asked, eyes wide and incredulous.

“I’m Lucy’s friend. In fact, I’m more than a friend and I take it that you are her ex.” He wanted to remind the guy that he no longer had any claim over Lucy and that she was free to see whomever she wished. He recognised that after what had transpired earlier in his office, he had no right to get angry, but he couldn’t help himself. He knew that this jerk had cheated on Lucy for a year with his secretary before he’d walked out on her and demanded a divorce. He couldn’t believe the audacity of the prick to come back and beg her forgiveness.

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