Sugar Creek by Toni Blake

Author:Toni Blake
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-06-17T16:00:00+00:00

Wow. She’d tried. She really had. She’d tried her damnedest to get back that part of herself she feared she was losing here—but now she was afraid she’d just lost it a little more. His mere touch had simply been too powerful.

“So, what now?” she asked, seated beside him again in the car, her underwear back in place.

“Uh, we go to Grandma Romo’s party,” he said, zipping up.

She blinked. “Just like that?”

“Just like what?”

“Well, aren’t you going to give me a hard time, shove it down my throat about how easy I gave in right after I told you we couldn’t do that?” She wouldn’t even blame him, in fact. Resistance had been beyond futile.

Yet when Mike lifted his gaze to meet hers, she was surprised at how calm, even somber, he looked. “No,” he said quietly. “But it would be nice if I knew you didn’t…think you’re maybe a little too good for me.”

She pulled in her breath. Oh God, he thought that was the problem? “Mike, no.” And sure, maybe in the beginning she’d thought he was some blowhard, small time cop, even if he was sexy as hell—but now she couldn’t deny that he was smart, and funny, and…well, maybe she even thought he was pretty darn strong, knowing what he’d gone through in his youth. And yeah, she’d had plenty of moments when she’d looked down on Destiny—but never him. She grabbed his hand, shook her head. “I swear. It’s not that.”

“Then what is it?”

How could she explain? She let out a breath—and tried. “It’s this place, this town.” She shook her head helplessly. “It’s making me a little crazy.”

Mike let out a sigh. “I need more to go on, Rachel.”

So she bit her lip and tried harder, reached deeper into the truth, even though it was difficult to let herself confide in him so unexpectedly. “I…really did see leaving here after high school as an escape. And I’ve worked hard to build a life I’m proud of in Chicago.” She struggled to find more words, more explanation, and finally she came back to what she’d realized at the park last weekend. “Somehow, being back here just makes me feel…like I’m going backward in life. Does that make any sense?”

“Not much,” he said, still unsmiling, his eyes seeming to probe hers. “Unless…you’re afraid something might happen to make you end up staying here.”

At which she gasped. It was an absurd thought. “No. No—there’s nothing that could.”

An expression she couldn’t read passed briefly over his face—before he tilted his head toward hers. “Then can I give you some advice?”

Advice from Mike Romo. Would wonders never cease? “Okay.”

“Quit taking it all so seriously, for God’s sake.” Then his gaze locked on hers again. “And stop denying you’re into me. It’s silly. Now let’s go have some birthday cake, okay?”

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