Second Chance Romance Boxed Set~A Second Chance Romance by Ellie Danes

Author:Ellie Danes [Danes, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Taylor

I just stared at the computer screen. My brain was having a hard time computing what it was reading. The Twitter feed and Facebook lit up with pictures of Eric being arrested, and Dean standing tall over the little shit, George. My calm, clear-headed, easy-going brother, arrested? I got up from my chair and paced around the room. The bar was closed. Seized for delinquent taxes. I was too stressed to even think about Googling that to find out what it meant for us.

I wanted to get to Eric and make sure he was okay. I grabbed my purse off the beanbag chair and took the stairs two at a time, nearly tripping over my own two feet. I heard the car before I saw it. The Viper pulled into the driveway, spewing gravel all around the yard. I thought distractedly that the lawn mower would have a field day with that.

He opened the door and jogged over to me.

I did what came naturally, I smacked him in the chest. “Why did you let this happen? You came home, and everything is falling to shit!” I turned away from him to head to the garage. “I need to get to Eric.”

Dean grabbed my arm, pulling me to him. I could feel his heart racing under my hand. “I called Kris and Henry. They’re on their way over there now.”

I jerked away from him. “He needs me.”

Dean’s eyes captured mine. He was so close that I could breathe in his distinct musk. I felt myself warming up to him.

His lips came down on mine and for a split second, it was just us. I wanted to just stay and let it be just him and me with all the goodness it entailed. But I was also a sister and right now, my brother needed me.

I pulled away from him. “Dean, I just can't. I have to get to Eric.”

He moved closer, towering over me. “Eric’s fine. It’s you I’m worried about.”

“Why are you worried about me?”

He devoured me with his gaze. “I’ve always been worried about you.”

“Really. Always worried about me, Dean. Nine years you were away from us. Nine very long years for me and not once did I hear from you.”

Dean gazed away into the mountains. When he turned back to me, he put his hands on my arms, gently. “I thought about you every single day when I was in prison. I thought about you when I drove over here after I got out five years ago. I thought about you when I came to the back door that night with flowers for you. I thought about you in my life until that very moment when I saw you with someone else.”

His thumbs rubbed my arms, sending thrills through me.

“What do you mean you saw me with someone else?”

Dean smiled a sad little smile. “I saw you with Joe.”

He saw me with Joe. You could have floored me with a feather.

He took his hand away and actually chuckled to himself.

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