Secret Series: A Stealthy Billionaire Romance Box Set by Gabrielle Snow
Author:Gabrielle Snow [Snow, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Gabrielle Snow
Published: 2020-01-12T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 6
GWEN.
My hands were still shaking slightly, and I was glad that Nick was busying himself in the kitchen. He’d been nothing but sweet and kind, a stark contrast to the person I was used to that I hardly knew what to make of it.
All I knew was that I’d never been more glad to see anyone in my entire life. My knees had nearly given way under duress, buckling when he pulled Sam away and placed himself squarely between us, protecting me from danger.
Usually, I’d be mad at him for pulling a stunt like that, a move clearly meant to indicate his status as an alpha, but at that moment, I honestly didn’t care. I wanted Sam gone, and if that was the way to do so, then so be it.
Oh, Sam.
I didn’t know what had happened to him in Colorado, but he was definitely not the same man I said goodbye to a year and a half ago. I had no idea what turned him into this person I didn’t recognize.
Frankly, I was not even sure I wanted to know because it no longer mattered.
Sam wasn’t the man I wanted, and I was tired of fighting whatever was brewing between Nick and I. Sitting on the couch in the living room, listening to him struggle to make tea in the kitchen, was all the proof I needed.
My feelings for Nick were a lot deeper than I wanted to admit, and they weren’t going away anytime soon. Being around him made me feel safe and powerful all in the same breath, a heady potent I was unfamiliar with.
Right now, with so much uncertainty surrounding the ranch and my future there, he was my anchor, the lighthouse in the middle of the sea, a bright beacon guiding me home.
To him.
Startled with the clarity of my thoughts, I shifted on the couch and placed my head atop the pillows, watching Nick scurry around, muttering under his breath every so often, treating the task like it was astrophysics as opposed to the menial task it was.
My lips twitched in amusement as I continued to watch him, the low stirring in my stomach increasing and washing over me. He pushed himself up to his toes, reached for the jar of sugar and spun around, his gaze colliding with mine.
“How many spoons of sugar?”
I swallowed past the sudden dryness in my throat. “One and a half.”
He nodded, making no mention of the fact that I was staring at him. “So, you have a sweet tooth, huh?”
I turned my head away and clasped my fingers in front of me. “Yeah, I do.”
A minute later, he returned with two piping hot mugs of tea and set them down atop the coasters, taking a seat opposite me. Expectantly, he opened his arms, and against my better judgment, I crawled towards him, pressing my head against his chest.
“Me, too,” he admitted. “My dentist hates me for it.”
I giggled, letting the laughter trail off before I grimaced. “You don’t have to do this you know.
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