Swept Into Love: Gage Ryder (Love in Bloom: The Ryders Book 5) by Melissa Foster

Author:Melissa Foster [Foster, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, new adult
Publisher: World Literary Press
Published: 2017-08-15T18:30:00+00:00

“BRR.” SALLY RUBBED her hands together as Gage opened the door to their room several hours later.

“Come here, baby.” He reached for her, rubbing her icy hands between his. “Why didn’t you tell me you were so cold?”

“I was having too much fun.”

They’d learned to snowboard, enjoyed a late lunch at the café, and spent hours practicing, taking silly pictures, and trying to learn tricks from a group of teenagers. They’d spent the afternoon making memories. Sally had been adorable, refusing to give up until she almost mastered the ollie and the nollie, which involved jumping off ramps. She blew him away with her agility and her determination.

“Let’s take a hot bath,” Gage suggested as he helped her off with her coat. “That’ll warm you right up.”

Sally disappeared into the bathroom and he filled the tub, adding vanilla-scented bubble bath and setting the champagne and glasses within reach. They’d been on a dead run since attending the conference in Vegas. A quiet evening was just what they needed. He grabbed a few condoms and set them by the tub, not altogether sure how well that idea was going to work in the tub, but hell, he was looking forward to figuring it out. He gathered candles from around the room and lit them along the windowsill. Perfect. As an afterthought, he snagged the Naughty Sex Guide and set it by the tub, and stripped down to his briefs, taking a last look at their little love nest. Something was missing.

My wife.

He saw himself smiling in his reflection in the window and had a feeling the happiness of being married to his best friend would never wear off. He gazed out at the sun skimming the horizon. He felt like a new man, with renewed purpose, since marrying Sally, and although he played it off well, he was also a man with new worries.

When he’d told his father about Stacy, his father had given him the standard lines parents doled out in painful situations. It wasn’t meant to be. It hurts now, but with time you’ll heal. And then Ned Ryder had set his large, strong hands on Gage’s shoulders, his eyes as serious as ever, and he’d said, “Son, I know you hurt more than anything right now, but do yourself a favor. Try to step back from that hurt long enough to see your years with Stacy for what they were.”

Gage hadn’t accepted what his father had wanted him to see until last night when Sally had asked him to be there with her when she skied for the first time since losing Dave. There was a world of difference between building a life with a woman who wanted you to be part of it and spending time with a woman who wanted to experience the world without any ties to bind her. It wasn’t the act of skiing, or learning to snowboard, or the way they’d cheered each other on and tumbled into the snow in a tangle of limbs and laughter.

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