The Last Resort by Ember Leigh

Author:Ember Leigh [Leigh, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erotic Romance
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2017-01-10T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

If only she’d been able to get out the words your daughter is safe before the signal dropped. She’d been given the opportunity from the heavens, and she’d screwed it up.

The fiasco of the phone call outside had both muted and shredded her heart, sending her straight into a hot bath to thaw and secretly cry. She needed the time to process, so her interactions with others wouldn’t betray anything suspicious. Blowing her cover now would only lead to bad things. Besides, it wasn’t like she could waltz up to the brothers now and say, Guess what, I’m not actually Emmy’s mom. I forgot to mention that.

So she definitely couldn’t face anyone until the disappointment of the failed phone call had completely disappeared from her mood.

She couldn’t help thinking this too was somehow her fault. Rose laid her head against the side of the bathtub, sighing heavily. The sound of Emmy’s mother’s voice rattled between her ears for the hundredth time.

At this rate, she might never get out of the bathtub. The picture reel of fuckups going through her head blasted on repeat, and the longer she mulled over the missed opportunity, the harder it was to convince herself to stand up.

“Rose?”

She lifted her head at the sound of Garrett’s voice and wiped away the few tear tracks escaping from her eyes. “Yes?”

“Can I come in?” The door opened slightly, his fingers wrapped around the side.

“Sure.”

Garrett stuck his head in.

“Just taking a bath.” Rose smiled up at him.

His eyes flashed and lingered on her. A small portion of her malaise disappeared, replaced by a distinct explosion of warmth between her legs. One look from him and this happens? The guy must be a magician.

“Lunch is ready. We’re about to eat.” He paused. “Unless you’d like me to join you immediately in the bathtub.”

She cracked a grin. “It sounds like a fine idea…but maybe after lunch? I’m starved, and Emmy needs to eat ASAP.”

“Well, get out of the bath tub immediately.”

Her grin widened. “Could you lend me some clothes? A T-shirt and some shorts, or whatever.”

“No problem. I’ll grab them right now.”

Garrett disappeared with a smile and something else hurt inside of her, though in a very different way from earlier.

He was so nice. Nice as in kind, but also nice in a way that came as a relief, a warm blanket arriving when she had never realized she’d been shivering. It wasn’t like he offered her clothes or a place to stay—Wesley had done the same, and she didn’t think about him like she did Garrett. It was much deeper than simple niceness.

Which frustrated her even more. What did she think, this was some sort of inalienable soul mate? That he’s meant to be? It was absurd. Partnerships happened or they didn’t—all of the predetermined junk, well, it was fancy bullshit. An actual pile of poop with a bowtie on.

So get over it and move on.

But why did a part of her love the idea Garrett might be somehow

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