Vegas Miracle by Crowe Liz

Author:Crowe, Liz [Crowe, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Tri Destiny Publishing
Published: 2011-10-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Grace glanced up when she heard their door slam. Stifling a shudder of dread, she realized she was actually going to have to go through with her vow to keep Ryan at arm’s length, to give him a dose of his own aloof prescription in order to retain her sanity after this crazy night. One hand kept a death grip on the glass of red wine, the other clenched in her lap, clutching her knee in anxiety. She loved him, had let him seduce her, leave her, then sweep her off her feet knowing full well his emotional limitations. So here she was. Her bed to lie for certain. And she’d been rolling around in it too long, avoiding the emotional connection she needed.

Ryan’s heavy footsteps approached but she remained seated, staring out at the panoramic view of the Detroit River, taking shaky sips of wine to show her indifference. She didn’t look up when Ryan stood right in front of her, although it took everything she had not to leap up and throw herself into his arms. To beg him to tell her everything was fine, that he wasn’t fooling around, that he still loved her.

Grace had tried to draw him out of the shell he crawled into on occasion. It hadn’t worked then and she didn’t think it would now. So here they were, Grace staring at the floor, at the tips of her husband’s shiny shoes, anywhere but into his deep blue eyes. She heard him breathing, standing so near she could reach out and touch the crease of his trousers. But she remained stock still, not realizing she was holding her breath until he finally spoke.

“Grace,” Ryan said her name as he sometimes did, in a way that made her knees wobbly, before he knelt down. She looked away.

“Please look at me.” Ryan remained in front of her, hands clenched together and she shut her eyes against the temptation to cry.

“I deserve the silent treatment. God knows I’ve used it enough myself, right?”

She stayed quiet.

“So, tonight. I, um, probably shouldn’t have made it a surprise. I guess I thought you wouldn’t even consider going if I told you.” Grace kept her gaze trained on the horizon outside their window. The memory of Henri’s hands, lips and tongue on her body still lingered just below the surface. She wrapped the robe closer.

Ryan ran a hand across his hair and down his face. Grace knew this gesture like she knew her own physical ticks. Heart fluttery at the thought that this may be the last serious conversation they had as a married couple, she took a deep breath and continued to listen.

“I wanted you to have a good time tonight. I, um, know the guy who owns the place and who hosts and, well, I know you’re researching to write some steamier stuff. It just seemed, I don’t know, helpful for you to see some of that scene for yourself.” He stood and walked over to the

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