The Anti-Cinderella by Tawdra Kandle

Author:Tawdra Kandle [Kandle, Tawdra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Book One
Publisher: Tawdra Kandle
Published: 2018-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

“I’m sorry, Ky.” Nicky repeated the words for the fourth time since we’d come inside. He was slumped in Honey’s favorite wing chair, his phone in his hands, as I lay on the sofa, watching him in silence.

“You didn’t do this, Nicky. And there was no way you could’ve anticipated it. So please stop beating yourself up.” I rested my chin on my bent arm. “You’re many wonderful things, Nicholas Windsor, but omniscient is not one of them. I’m okay with that.”

He turned eyes to me that were filled with a miserable mix of guilt and anger, though I knew neither were directed at me.

“The thing is, Ky, I did know . . . something. The other day when we snuck out to see your project plots—someone saw us, and the pictures were published. The reporters knew I was here. And I knew that they did. But I managed to convince myself that as long as we stayed on your grandparents’ property, we’d be all right. I was reckless and stupid.”

I pushed myself to sit up, frowning. “Why didn’t you tell me? About the pictures, I mean?”

He pushed one hand through his hair, leaving it standing on end. “I didn’t want to ruin our time together. I was going to tell you before I left, so that you wouldn’t be blind-sided, but I didn’t think there was any good reason to make you worry when we were still together here. I’m sorry. I was trying to do the right thing, but apparently, I’m incapable of figuring out what that is anymore.”

“No.” I shook my head. “You did do the right thing. I had a beautiful couple of days of relaxation, where I didn’t think about the outside world at all. I needed that, Nicky. I needed the break, and you gave it to me. The truth is that I’m not an idiot. I knew, in the back of my mind, that it was probably pretty likely someone had figured out you were here. I chose not to think about it while we were alone together.”

He smiled for the first time since Tom had interrupted us in the garden. “I guess that makes us both ostriches, doesn’t it? Willing to bury our heads in the sand for the sake of a little peace.”

“Well . . .” I uncurled my legs and rose from the sofa, advancing on Nicky where he sat. “If I’m going to be an ostrich, I can’t think of anyone I’d like to be in the sand with other than you.” Bracing my hands on either arm of the chair, I leaned over to brush a kiss over his lips.

“Funny, that’s exactly how I feel about you.” Nicky slid his arms around my middle and tugged me down to sit on his lap. “You know, here inside the house, no one can see anything. We could pick up where we left off, in the garden.”

“We could. Where’s Tom now?” I really wasn’t psyched about the idea of getting interrupted yet again by Nicky’s security detail.

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