The Bridal Path: Ashley by Sherryl Woods

Author:Sherryl Woods [Woods, Sherryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460345429
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 1996-12-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Poor old Mrs. Fawcett should see us now,” Dillon said as Ashley stretched luxuriously beside him.

“Are you kidding? She’d burn up the phone lines trying to find my father.” Apparently feeling emboldened by what they had just shared, she lifted herself until she was sitting astride him, then gazed into his eyes. “And I for one am not interested in being joined up here by him.”

“Ditto,” Dillon said, trying to ignore the provocative sensations that were already slamming through him again. To his deep regret, making love to Ashley hadn’t gotten her out of his system. He feared he might be well and truly hooked. “But we should talk about what just happened here.”

“Why? We’re two adults. We both knew exactly what we were doing.”

“Did we? How would you describe it?”

“We made love.” Her expression faltered ever so slightly. “Didn’t we?”

“I did.”

“You say that as if you’re not so certain that’s what I did.”

Dillon hated to ruin a perfectly incredible afternoon, but he wanted things to be very clear between them. Whatever had drawn Ashley to this hideout hadn’t magically gone away. It would be terrific if he could be part of the solution, but he sure as hell didn’t want to become part of the problem.

“I’m not certain,” he agreed.

“Dillon, I don’t do things like this every day. That should tell you something.”

“It tells me you wanted me, that for today, at least, you needed me. It doesn’t give me a single clue about what’s really going on in that brilliant head of yours, though. For all I know you may be on the rebound. You may be using me as a way to mend a broken heart.”

She was shaking her head adamantly before he finished. “No, this had nothing to do with another man. You can trust me on that.”

“Okay. But you were using me, you were trying to prove something.”

She rolled away from him and gathered a sheet around herself. “Look, I’m sorry if I did something wrong, if this didn’t work for you,” she said, tears brimming in her eyes.

Dillon promptly felt like the worst possible kind of a jerk. Kneeling in front of her, he framed her face with his hands. He brushed her tears away with his thumbs. She trembled at his touch.

“Sweetheart, I assure you there was nothing wrong with anything that happened here. Nothing,” he repeated emphatically. “But I need to know why it happened. I’ve been here with you for days now. I’ve seen something in your eyes I’ve never seen before. You’re vulnerable. I don’t want to think I’ve taken advantage of that.”

“You haven’t.”

He wasn’t reassured. “Then, please, tell me what this was all about.”

Even though her lips quivered, they began to tilt into a smile. “Do you realize that thousands and thousands of men and women hop into bed together every single day and they don’t need explanations?”

“No-fault sex?” he suggested. “Sorry, sweetheart, but despite popular opinion of my sorry reputation, it doesn’t work that way for me. When I sleep with a woman, it means something.

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