Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down by Sherrilyn Kenyon & Jaid Black & Melanie George

Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon & Jaid Black & Melanie George [Kenyon, Sherrilyn & Black, Jaid & George, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Anthologies
ISBN: 9781416501596
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2005-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

The slow clapping cut Savannah’s dramatic exit short. She whirled around to see Donovan leaning back against the armrest of the sofa, his body negligently draped across it, his jacket having been divested somewhere along the way, exposing his crisp white shirt and the hard plane of muscle beneath.

“That was a gifted performance of outrage. Oscar-worthy, in fact.”

Savannah fisted her hands at her sides, struggling to keep from throwing something at him. “You think this is funny? You could be arrested for kidnapping.”

“Are you going to press charges, Savvy?”

“Don’t call me that.”

“Bother you?”

More than he knew. “I’m getting married, Donovan. Do you understand? This is not a game.”

Jake had been there for her when Reese had nearly died from a virulent strain of the flu. He had stayed with her every step of the way.

During that long night, Savannah had realized she had feelings for him. Maybe those feelings were more of gratitude than love at first, but Jake had become an anchor for her, a safe harbor, and she had needed that.

“Guess now you’ll live safely behind your picket fence, planting your garden and taking stray cats into your perfect life.”

His assessment hurt and angered her. “That’s right. So why don’t you let me get back to it?”

His hands reached up to bracket her face. “Because, Savannah, I still love you.”

Emotions churned wildly inside her, feelings and needs that she had believed exorcised long, long ago. She pulled back. “You don’t mean it.”

“I do. The moment I saw you, I knew I had made a mistake in pushing you out of my life. But when I found out you were pregnant…” He shrugged and glanced away. “I figured you had moved on. I was so damn sure I was over you. But I wasn’t.” His gaze slid back to her. “I’m not. I know my timing isn’t good—”

“Isn’t good?” A bubble of irrational laughter rose up in Savannah. “That’s an understatement. Your timing stinks.”

She dropped down into a chair and gripped one hand in the other to keep them steady. She would not fall apart now.

“So what do we do now?” he asked as silence descended. “Do we pretend this never happened? That I never said what I said? Should we go so far as to believe that we were simply a figment of the other’s imagination and that what we shared was just a dream?”

Savannah leaned her head into her hands. “I don’t know.”

Donovan kneeled before her, taking her wrists into his hands. “Look at me.”

Savannah hesitated, then glanced up.

“Stay with me tonight. One night, Savannah. I can have you back in the morning before anyone knows you’re gone. All I want is this little bit of time with you. A few hours.”

“So you just want to have sex with me, is that what you’re saying?”

“I’m saying that I want to be with you. I came home for you, Savannah.”

Savannah wanted to put her hands over her ears. “You came home because your illustrious career abruptly ended. You’re going through a crisis, a trial of faith.

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