Stealing Ryder (Sharing Harper, 2) by Murphy V

Author:Murphy, V [Murphy, V]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-12-05T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Harper

I couldn’t believe what I saw could possibly be true. My heart was jumping inside of my chest, and my breath was rushing out of me hard. It felt like I couldn’t pick up my feet, but somehow, I flew across the lawn. Inside my head I felt numb and like I was running through quicksand. I needed to feel something. I needed to breathe.

I jumped in the first cab as Ryder screamed from behind me. I couldn’t understand what he was saying, it felt like words were speeding past me. All I could picture was the sweet, sentimental moment that I just witnessed between Ryder and his family.

His family.

Something I could never be for him, because he already had one. I knew he came here to be with…her. I couldn’t even think her name; it seemed all too unreal.

To some outside person, it looked like a beautiful picture. A photograph of a husband and wife together, with their wonderfully perfect little daughter. To me? It looked as though Ryder was with someone else. It looked as if Ryder came all the way to Houston to deal with his parents, and in turn, found his own perfect, cookie-cutter family. He’d found comfort in the arms of his ex-wife. Just as quickly as he came into my life, he was gone.

He had to go, but I knew he wouldn’t. It was up to me to leave. I told the cab driver which hotel I was staying at and gave him an extra twenty, just so he would speed away so Ryder couldn’t chase me. I needed him gone quickly. It was like ripping a band-aid off. I knew it needed to be done, but I was so scared of leaving him. Running away was in my blood, but was I really ready to run away from Ryder? I knew he would try so hard to fight for me, but did I want someone who fit so perfectly with someone else?

My logic seemed askew, but sometimes life sends you mixed messages, and it’s your job to muddle through them and find an answer.

But I didn’t know what to do or who to be. I was scared, frightened that something was just so…different. Ryder was different. I didn’t think he would be the type of guy to go after her. I thought he was over her, but I knew when he thought about moving back to Texas with Kylee and Evelyn, that everything we had would just go down the drain.

The cold realization started to sink in. Ryder came down here, and something between him and Kylee rekindled their love for each other. I was going to mean nothing to him, and honestly, he needed his family. I couldn’t be that other woman that took him away from all of that. I needed to support him; right now, by supporting him, I had to go. I had to leave him before he sank into this miserable routine, and we ultimately ruined our relationship.

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