THE ROOMMATE: A Sizzling Stepbrother Romance by Lindsey Hart

Author:Lindsey Hart [Hart, Lindsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Passion House Publishing
Published: 2018-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Leanne

The guy had no redeeming qualities. Absolutely none. His father wasn’t that bad. Leanne actually liked Carl. She was happy for her mom. Truly happy. How could a nice guy like that have fathered a piece of shit son like Markus?

“You… you…” she searched for just the right descriptor to hurl at him, but words unfortunately eluded her. There didn’t seem anything that would do that level of despicableness justice.

“Me what?” Markus challenged her. He took a step forward and closed the distance between them. “I did save your dog’s life. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry. I was just trying to point out to you that he probably doesn’t have a whole lot of time left anyway. If he’s suffering, I just made it worse, instead of letting him go peacefully.”

“He’s not suffering!” She wailed. She wished she wasn’t crying, but she couldn’t help herself. They were tears for Charlie, because she loved him, not tears of anger or frustration. “He was fine this entire time!”

“Until he just died there on the grass. Clearly, something isn’t right.”

“Well, mom will get him fixed up at the vet. You’ll see. He’ll live for another ten years!”

“That would be unlikely. A dog’s lifespan-”

“Just shut up! Just shut up, would you Markus? For once in your freaking life?”

Instead of getting herself under control, the tears came harder. The sobs that wracked her body were horrible and shuddering. She knew her face was a swollen mess, that she had tears and probably snot and god knew what else all over. She didn’t care. The thought of Charlie not making it, of him leaving her behind, was too much. It broke her heart.

She swiped at her cheeks in an attempt to wipe away some of the tears. She tried to take a few breaths, but it didn’t work. The sobs just kept on coming.

And then… out of nowhere, Markus wrapped his strong arms around her. His hands slid around her shoulders and guided her in against his broad chest. She pushed against him, trying to get away, but he held her tight.

“It’s alright,” he said soothingly. He ran his hand over her long hair, combing out the snarls with his strong, sure fingers. “He’s going to be okay. Like you said, he’ll probably surprise us all and end up setting a world record for the longest living dog. I’m sure my dad will find a vet and they’ll get him fixed right up. He probably had a heart attack or something. People have those all the time and they’re fine after a few weeks and live long, healthy lives after.”

Leanne let him, strange as it was, soothe her. She could no longer find the strength to fight him at the moment, so she just let him hold her pressed to his grey cotton t-shirt. She inhaled and even past her stuffy nose, she could smell the deep, woodsy scent of him. He was spicy and masculine and below that, just a hint of the scent of lake water, from his middle of the night swim, remained.

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