Uncovered by Ivy Layne

Author:Ivy Layne [Layne, Ivy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense, Romance, Contemporary Romance
Goodreads: 47872391
Publisher: Ginger Quill Press, LLC
Published: 2019-09-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Alice

I'm sorry,” he said, his eyes fixed on mine. “I’m sorry I believed my father. I’m sorry I let my mother get anywhere near you. I’m sorry I hurt you. It's always been you, Alice. Only you. Since the day you walked through my door.

“Even when I thought there was no chance, it was you. These last few weeks have been perfect. Because of you. All I want is this. Us, together. Tell me what I need to do, and I'll do it.”

And just like that, I found my voice. “I'm sorry I ran. I was so embarrassed I couldn't face you.”

Cooper smoothed my hair off my face, pressing his lips to my forehead and murmuring, “No, no, Alice. You have nothing to be embarrassed about. I'm the one who fucked up.”

“Cooper.” That was all I could say. Cooper. It was enough.

“Will you come home with me?”

I nodded, my throat tight, body loose with relief. Home. With Cooper. That was what I wanted. To go home with Cooper.

Because home was Cooper.

D.C.

Atlanta.

It didn’t matter as long as Cooper was there.

I leaned into him, winding my arms around him, ready to stay like that, his heart beating under my ear, my body pressed to his, forever. A face invaded my mind and I jerked back, knowing it wasn’t this easy.

Taking a careful step in retreat, I looked up into Cooper’s wary eyes.

“What is it? What’s wrong?”

“I want to go home with you, but there’s something we have to get clear first. About Lacey.”

“Alice, you don’t have to—”

I shot up my hand, and like he had before, Cooper stopped and waited. Too bad that little trick wouldn’t last beyond today. Cooper was way too headstrong to be shut up so easily under normal circumstances.

“She's your mother, so I’ve always tried to be polite. Respectful. I'm not putting up with her anymore. The name-calling. Her snide comments. I know she's unhappy, but I'm done with her throwing her misery at everyone but your father when he’s the only one who deserves it. I’m not going to be a bitch, but if she comes after me, I’m not going to take it. Not anymore.”

Cooper pulled me back into his arms, resting his cheek on the top of my head. “I fucked up there, too. I didn’t realize how bad it was or I would have put a stop to it before this. I talked to her before I came up here, told her if I have to choose between you two, I choose you. You, Alice. I’ll choose you.”

Silence as I digested what he’d said. “Did you really tell her that?”

“I did. And I meant it.”

“Did she lose her shit?” I shouldn’t have enjoyed that picture in my head, but I did. I enjoyed it a lot.

A wry chuckle from Cooper, his arms tightening around me. “She did, but then she went back to her apartment and poured herself half a bottle of wine. That was after the gin she had at my place.

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