Sinfully Yours by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2023-05-13T22:01:11+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

THE HOUR-LONG RIDE back to Boston was quiet, the only words exchanged as they picked their way through the picnic that Theo had packed. Actually, he’d ordered it from a popular deli downtown, but he didn’t see why that made any difference. She was too keyed up to eat more than a handful of grapes and a small wedge of smoked cheddar, and he liked that she seemed worked up.

“Where do you live?” As he turned down their street, he realized how little she still knew of his life in the years between. “I can’t imagine you’re staying at the house. It’s been empty since...well, since your dad died.”

“I actually am.” He cast a sidelong glance at her in the growing shadows. Warmer weather was approaching, but the nights were still long and the light was already fading. He liked it—the blueberry tones of twilight seemed to wrap them in a little cocoon, where they could stay as long as they liked. “I stayed away for a while because...well, I just couldn’t handle going through his things yet. Not when I know what a disappointment I was to him.”

“You didn’t come to his funeral.” There was no judgment in her words.

“I did, actually,” he admitted, pulling the Jag into the long driveway that led to the stately mansion. Jo gaped at him as he put it into Park and turned to face her.

“Why didn’t I see you there?” A spark of anger licked at her words, and he knew he deserved it.

“I made sure you didn’t,” he replied simply, shrugging. “I wasn’t ready.”

“Ready for what, for the love of God?” She threw her hands in the air.

“I wasn’t yet the person I’d gone away to become.” He watched her steadily as she seemed to mull that over. He knew she had questions—she’d always displayed every single thing that she thought on her face without a filter.

“Have you been back in Boston since then?” she asked carefully.

“No.” He wanted to reach for her, to touch her, but wasn’t sure she’d welcome it right then. “No, I came back just for the funeral. I was in New York then. Had been for a few years. I only moved back to Boston a couple of months ago, when I opened the Crossing Lines office here. I stayed at the Boston Plaza until this week.”

“Until you were ready to let me know you were back?” She seemed to chew on that. He held his breath, wondering what she was going to ask next. “Is Crossing Lines that new of a company?”

“Yes and no.” He thought back, pulling up the details. “It’s been in the works for a few years. I didn’t want to use my dad’s money for it, so I had to raise funds, which took a while. Then there was the programming, structuring the company. I didn’t move the offices to Boston until we were officially open. Some of the staff came with me, which made me happy. I’m trying to

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