Until Hanna by Aurora Rose Reynolds

Author:Aurora Rose Reynolds [Reynolds, Aurora Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

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Waking up to the sound of pounding coming from the wall next to my head, I roll over with a groan and start to pull the pillow over my face but stop. My eyes shoot open, and panic rips through my chest when I find the side of the bed Walker has been sleeping on empty, and the sheets are cold to the touch. For the last seven days, I haven’t once woken up or gone to sleep without him. But today, he’s leaving, so this moment feels a lot like déjà vu.

“Walker?” I call out and get nothing, not even the sound of him somewhere in my apartment.

Sitting up, I toss back the covers and rush to the closet with my heart thundering. I swing it open… and close my eyes in relief when I find his duffle bag right where it’s been for the last week, with his clothes still falling out of it.

“What are you doing?”

Startled, I jump and turn to find him holding Mizzy in the crook of his arm like a baby while rubbing her belly.

“I thought you left,” I admit, and his expression softens. Dropping Mizzy to the end of the bed, he pulls me against him and wraps his arms around me.

“I wouldn’t have left without telling you.”

“You did,” I remind him as I press my face into his bare chest. His arms get tighter before he loosens his hold and cups my jaw. When I finally meet his gaze, he presses a soft kiss to my lips, then leans back to look me in the eye once more.

“Does this mean you’re ready to admit that you like me?”

“No,” I lie, and he grins, walking me backward to the bed. When the back of my knees hit the mattress, I topple, and he lands on me, burying his face in the crook of my neck and making me laugh.

“It sucks I gotta leave today,” he whispers against my skin, and my heart constricts.

“I know,” I whisper back.

Kissing my collarbone, he leans back, resting his elbow on the mattress next to my head, and sifts his fingers through my hair while tears sting my nose. This time with him has flown by in a blink, and I’m not ready for him to go, not yet. Especially when I know that when he gets back on the boat, I won’t even be able to hear his voice.

“I’ll be back in a couple of weeks.”

“And then you’ll be gone again,” I say quietly, touching his jaw.

“Is that the next thing you’re going to use to push me away?” he asks, holding my gaze, and I shake my head.

“No, but it’s the truth, isn’t it? You’ll come back and consume my life for a week or maybe two, then you’ll be gone again, and all we’ll have is text messages or emails for weeks, and then we’ll do it all over again. And eventually, the distance will start to eat away at us, even if we put in the effort to keep in touch—something that will be difficult with both of us working.

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