TARA (The Trouble Sisters Saga Book 2) by Taylor Lee

Author:Taylor Lee [Lee, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Publisher: idesire
Published: 2018-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Tara struggled to breathe. She was grateful that she was able to get any air in or out of her constricted lungs. The only part of her that hurt more than her scrabbling-for-air-lungs was her heart. It wasn’t hard to know why. The devastated expression on Griffin’s face was more than reason enough. She was shocked that she’d been unaware of the terrible things that had been happening in his life. She knew she was a private person, but apparently Griffin had her beat by miles, if not eons. That she didn’t know any of the things that he had been dealing with was frightening. Forcing herself to think about him, not why he hadn’t told her any of this, she said softly, “I . . . I’m so sorry, Griffin. I . . . I didn’t know . . . anything . . . ”

He blew out a hard snort. “How could you, Tara? To put it mildly, I’ve been in a bit of a crisis mode. Unfortunately, my tendency in a disaster—be it professional or personal, is to close down, to become even more detached than usual.” He shook his head and said bitterly, “Let’s just say I’m a master at compartmentalization.”

He was quiet for a long moment, then met her troubled gaze and said softly, “The difference this time was that you happened . . . ”

Determined to keep the focus on him, not on her dismay at what he’d been going through, a hard thought caught her off balance. Before Tara could stop them, the words flew from her lips. “Griffin, are you telling me that all those calls, the texts, you sent . . . the ones I didn’t accept . . . That you were telling me what was happening to you? What you were going through?”

He breathed out another audible sigh. “Yeah, I was. At least in the beginning. It was an anomaly for me. I had never done that before. But something happened to me that night with you, Tara. As it did to you. We just handled it differently. For the first time in my life, I reached out.”

Tara shook her head and said grimly, “And I acted true to form. I closed down.”

Griffin nodded in agreement. “Yeah, you did. But then after you’d rebuffed me a few dozen times, I reverted to my form. I got madder than hell and was determined to let you know that no one blows off the great Griffin Black. Especially the woman who has gotten under his skin in a way that no one else ever has.”

They were silent for a few long moments, then Griffin rose to his feet and began making a production of building a fire in the outdoor fireplace. Tara watched him silently, deeply troubled by what he’d told her about his ex-wife and children. Knowing what she knew now, she was horrified that she’d refused to answer his calls when he’d reached out to her. What frightened her even more was what she’d done since that auspicious night.

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