The Fearless Maverick by Robyn Grady

Author:Robyn Grady [Grady, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-09-19T14:30:00+00:00

Libby blew out a quiet contented breath. Was it imagination or did he feel as blissful lying here as she did? Amazing, given she’d had little to no confidence these past few years as far as intimacy with a man was concerned. This was the first time she’d made love since before her accident but, with his help, she’d overcome her nerves. In fact, she felt more whole and desirable than she ever had.

For long peaceful moments, she lay there, absorbing the way he watched his fingers toy with her hair, sweeping back strands, curling a section behind her ear.

‘I bet you looked unbelievable on a board,’ he said.

She held her breath but the regret she sometimes felt when she recalled that lost part of her life didn’t surface. Rather, this time when she thought back, she was filled with nothing but a sense of happy nostalgia.

‘It came naturally,’ she said. ‘My gran said I could swim before I could walk.’

‘Guess our talents come out early. I rode a push-bike at a little over two. Was doing stunts and mad stuff when I was six.’ He touched his nose. ‘Almost lost this when I came off shooting down a hill at warp speed.’

Imagining the blood, she flinched. ‘Your mother must’ve been beside herself.’

A muscle in his jaw flexed. ‘My mother died before my second birthday. Drug overdose.’

Libby’s heart sunk. She couldn’t imagine it. She’d known his childhood had been tough but to have lost a mother as well, and in such circumstances …’You wouldn’t remember anything about her, then.’

From the wooden look on his face, she thought he might simply close the subject. He often looked so troubled when talk turned to his past. But then he tugged his ear and even found a lopsided smile.

‘Apparently Amber, my mother, was a bit of a party girl but not much good at bath times or changing nappies. Still, from what I was told she loved her children. There are snaps of her dressing us up for games, taking us to the beach to build massive sandcastles. William even came along a couple of times. In their own unhealthy way, I think my parents might have been happy. Amber seemed to bring out the best, as well as the worst, in him. A lot of people did.’

He dropped his gaze but not before she glimpsed the pain and regret lurking in the shadows of his eyes. Clearly he hadn’t meant to go that deeply into it. Given just how dark his past was, she more than respected that. She wished she could go back in time and protect the innocent little boy Alex once had been. Since she couldn’t, perhaps shedding a bit more light on her own yesterdays might help.

‘I was surfing up in North Queensland on holiday with a friend when my accident happened,’ she began. ‘It was my fault. I should have been more careful.’

Focused again, he pushed up on one elbow. ‘In what way?’

‘Firstly, I should’ve waited for my friend before I plunged in.

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