Someone to Love by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781958035443
Publisher: HTJB, Inc.

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Adrian

After Wynter leaves, I’m so keyed up, there’s no chance I’ll sleep. So I take the baby monitor down to my gym in the basement for a workout, hoping to burn off some of the excess energy buzzing through me.

An hour later, it’s clear that all the weightlifting in the world isn’t going to clear my mind and body of the desire she’s stirred in me.

I feel myself coming back to life when she’s around. Did I want that so soon after losing Sadie? Absolutely not. But what I’ve learned and seen is that you can’t plan these things. They just happen, and when they do, you have the choice to either go for it or run away from things that have the power to hurt you.

Wynter could hurt me—and my son—but I can’t imagine her ever doing that. Not intentionally, anyway.

I remember Gage’s reaction to finding a lump in Iris’s breast and how he ran away for a brief time, as he was unable to face the possibility of losing someone else he loved. Thankfully, his exile didn’t last long, and they powered through her surgery and treatment until she was cancer-free. Thank God for that, because we all need her to be healthy for many years to come.

The incident was a reminder of how much is at stake for people who’ve already suffered staggering losses.

Wynter is young and healthy and full of life. There’s no reason to believe she won’t be in our lives for decades to come. However, I thought the same of Sadie—and Alyssa, for that matter. You just never know what’s coming around the next bend, and having seen the worst of the worst, it takes tremendous courage to start over with someone else.

I appreciate that Wynter said she isn’t ready. I wouldn’t want to press her for more than she’s got to give. It’s just been a year for her with Jaden and me with Sadie. In many ways, we’re still in the earliest stages of widowhood. Like Gage said, the second year can be harder than the first, as the early fog of disbelief lifts to reveal the gritty reality. If that’s the case, I’d rather go through that with Wynter than by myself, and I’d want that for her, too.

After the workout, I go upstairs to shower, checking my phone before I turn on the water.

I have a text from Wynter: Home.

Thanks for letting me know. Sleep well.

Yeah, not likely. You’ve given me a lot to think about.

It’ll keep. Get some rest.

You too.

I stand under the hot water for a long time, letting it wash over me and beat down on muscles twitching from the workout. When I get out, I stand with a towel wrapped around my waist to shave so I won’t have to do it in the morning. Before I go to bed, I check on Xavier. I love to watch him sleep, always with his arms thrown over his head like his daddy. I wake up that way most days.

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