Season for Love by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-06-07T14:56:19+00:00

Laura awoke with a start. She’d been dreaming about falling, spinning through space with nothing to break her fall. All at once, she became aware that she was sleeping in Owen’s arms. His familiar scent and the steady beat of his heart under her ear calmed and soothed her. Then she remembered what had happened the night before, and she started to pull away from him.

“Stay,” he whispered. “Just for a minute.”

Reluctantly, Laura returned her head to his chest but couldn’t seem to relax into his embrace the way she usually did. At what point during the night had she moved across the bed to him? Justin was right. She couldn’t do anything by herself. Even sleep. The thought disgusted her.

Owen ran his hand over her back in a soothing rhythm. “What’re you thinking about, Princess?”

The nickname she’d once loved now rankled. “Nothing.”

“Come on. I know better than that. You’re always thinking about something.”

Laura wished that wasn’t the case. She wanted to turn off her brain and forget about the ugly encounter with Justin. The desire to unsubscribe from her thoughts reminded her of the weeks after her mother died when she’d been desperate to stop the merry-go-round of painful memories. She’d learned then that there was no way around these things, only straight through them to the other side, as painful as that might be.

“I’m sorry about last night,” she finally said. “I totally punched out on you.”

“Don’t be sorry, honey. I don’t want you to worry about me. Let’s focus on what you need right now, okay?”

“You’re too good to me.”

“We’re good to each other. That’s what it’s all about.”

His kind words brought tears to her eyes. She closed them, trying to contain the flood.

“Whatever he said to you,” Owen continued in a soft, soothing tone, “it doesn’t matter. He doesn’t matter and neither do his opinions. If you let him get to you, he wins.”

“I know.” She brushed at the dampness on her face. “I need to call my dad. He’ll be wondering what happened.”

He nudged her hand out of the way and finished the cleanup job for her. “I talked to him last night. He said to tell you to call whenever you’re ready.”

“Thank you for thinking of that.”

“No problem.” Owen’s lips were soft against her forehead. “Do you want to talk about it? Maybe if you let it out, you can let it go.”

Laura didn’t want to talk about it—now or ever—but Owen had been so good and so patient. She couldn’t allow her mess to cause him unnecessary pain. “He… He implied the baby wasn’t his.”

Owen’s entire body went rigid. “What? I hope that’s when you smacked him.”

Laura couldn’t help but laugh. “You saw that, huh?”

“Um, the whole place saw it—and heard it.”

“Good. It was the least of what he deserved.”

“What an awful thing to say. I’m sorry you had to hear that, honey.”

“He had me followed. He knew all about the baby, the island, the hotel. And you.”

“Shit.” He released a long, deep breath.

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