Time After Time by Cynthia Luhrs

Author:Cynthia Luhrs [Luhrs, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cynthia Luhrs
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

How could he have been such a horse’s ass? Drake paced back and forth on the stretch of sand outside his door, the crashing of the waves doing nothing to soothe the churning in his guts.

He’d planned to fall to his knees, beg her to listen to his tale, but when he drove by and saw the police officer looking at her with love in his eyes, rage filled him that she had not cared for him as he cared for her, as he had loved her. ’Twas not his fault he’d lost his memories. Drake had thought he could explain what happened to him, and then what? He snorted. Did he actually think she’d welcome him with open arms after so many years with no word?

But the sight of her…for one instant, she appeared before him, her hair above her shoulders burnished silver, tiny lines on her face, and then ’twas if the lines blurred, the years fell away, and there was the girl he’d loved above all else standing before him, eyes of moonlight. With her blond hair flowing out behind her as they drove into the desert, her arms encircling his waist as they drove on his motorbike to go camping, this was how he would always see her. Full of life.

Drake knew every line of her body, could trace her in the dark, find her by scent, and now…she was no longer his. The police officer had made her his own. Drake should be comforted that she was not alone. Never. The jealousy was hot and dark, pulsing through him, and before he could hold the words back, they spilled forth, unkind and cruel. When what he’d wanted above all else was to crush her to him, touch her face, and tell her he’d been half a man all these years and was now whole again.

When the fates ripped the cursed papers from his hand and fed them to the ocean, ’twas a sign, of that he was certain. Another sign appeared as his phone rang, breaking the silence and sending a gull to the skies, the bird voicing his displeasure as he flew further down the beach and turned a beady eye on Drake.

He chuckled. “I know how you feel.”

The ring told him ’twas Caroline. He answered the call to hear her already talking.

“…Harry tells me he’s sending a second set of papers. Is there a problem?”

“Hello, Caroline.”

She huffed. “The invitations have all been sent out. Everything is set. In a little less than two weeks, we’ll be married. I don’t have time for you to get a case of cold feet.”

“Cold feet?”

“Drake.” Her voice lowered, the way it did when she wanted something. “I can understand seeing the woman you…cared for at such an impressionable age would have an impact. But it was one summer. Three months. We’ve known each other since I was a girl. What you had with her was fantasy, teenage hormones. We have history.”

“I’m sorry, Caroline. We are good business partners but not life partners.

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