Truly Madly Mine (Swoon Series Book 4) by J.H. Croix

Author:J.H. Croix [Croix, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Dani

I wanted to lie, just as he demanded, but I found I couldn’t. Wade, after all, wasn’t the one who caused me so much pain. He was collateral damage, a reminder of what had all gone so wrong when I was too young to have the emotional fortitude to manage it well.

The playful glint in his eyes faded, and he eased his grip on my hair. His touch gentled as his hand cupped the back of my neck lightly. “What is it, baby? I see how hard you’re thinking.”

Emotion coursed through me, and I shook my head sharply.

“Not gonna lie?” he asked, all teasing traces gone from his voice.

“No,” I whispered, letting my forehead fall against his strong and solid chest.

The boy I once fancied myself falling in love with held me as the man he was now. Somehow, he just knew talking was not the thing for me, not right now. His other arm slid around me, and he held me close as I breathed through the tears. I wasn’t ready to be a crying mess in Wade’s arms. Yet, here I was.

I didn’t know how long we stood like that, with him holding me and his fingers lightly sifting through my curls as I breathed and marveled at how we’d gotten here.

The one man I’d tried so hard not to let my guard down with had ripped away the walls around my heart. I couldn’t even figure out how to rebuild them. At least, not with him.

It was all so confusing. I never should’ve been angry with Wade. It was just, it all hurt so much. In hindsight, I supposed a small part of me wished he had somehow known how deeply I was hurting and that he had somehow known I needed him after that.

When I gathered myself together, I finally lifted my head, leaning back slightly to look at him. My mouth twisted to the side. “I don’t know,” I said because that was the only thing I could think to say.

Wade’s dark eyes searched mine. “You don’t have to know everything, Dani,” he replied softly. “So tell me, why are we arguing about this?”

A flash of defensiveness rose inside of me, but it collapsed when I searched his gaze and realized he wasn’t even teasing. He was dead serious.

I managed to gulp in a breath and shrugged, letting my forehead fall onto his chest again. It was hard to look in his eyes and keep myself together. “Because I don’t like to lie,” I mumbled into his chest.

Wade was quiet, his fingers sifting lightly through the curls at the base of my neck. When I finally scrambled together the nerve to lift my head, I found his gaze thoughtful.

As we looked at each other, it felt as if a storm was gathering in the sky. There was a sense of leashed energy, a humming electricity, and a quickening. Part of me was near frantic for Wade to just kiss me.

Then, I could lose myself

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