Weakness by Dana Pratola

Author:Dana Pratola
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: spicy romance, military romance, new adult, romance, first time, dominant, innocence lost, weakness, barista, ex-military
Publisher: Dana Pratola
Published: 2021-11-09T00:00:00+00:00

LISA AND MARGIE HAD almost convinced me to come back here and make love with Marcus all night long. Not that I’d needed that much prodding. I’d teetered a bit, but reason had fully kicked in about halfway back to the house, when I was once again alone with my thoughts and reviewing the evening.

We’d had exactly one date—the same night we’d had sex. Before that, there had been physical attraction and explosive heat, but he’d given me no reason to believe our time together had any romantic or emotional connection. In fact, he’d gone out of his way to make known he was playing some kind of twisted game with me. Pulling my strings, trying to make me do what he thought was right and acceptable.

Okay, he was protective, and I believed he wanted the best for me even though he had a weird, often domineering way of showing it, but protective and romantic were two entirely different things. Holding a gun to Tank’s head was protective, not romantic.

In my borrowed room, I sighed aloud and rubbed Tilda’s soft head as she slept curled behind me on the mattress. I still found it hard to believe I’d had sex. Sex. With a man. Not a groping teenager on prom night, but a fully grown—and oh, was he grown—man. It was everything I’d thought and nothing I’d imagined at the same time. But wow, how could I have been so stupid to give myself to a guy who didn’t love me?

As far as I knew, he might not even really like me! I was probably more of a girl improvement project than anything else. He wanted to tweak me and mold me into his version of a self-reliant female. And for what? Only to let me walk out the door first thing tomorrow?

I’d wanted to believe the look of sorrow on his face when I said I was leaving had been disappointment, but maybe he was simply regretting his poor decisions that brought us to that couch, and that conversation. He had raised no objection, other than an inane comment about not being in a hurry to be rid of me. It seemed like he wanted Tilda more than me.

I mean, when I came back to the house after Lisa’s, it was an awkward situation, and he’d tried to kiss me, but what guy wouldn’t try to get a girl back in bed for another round? I was wondering if this wasn’t all about him feeling abandoned again. First Heidi and Teddy, now me and Tilda.

“Idiot.”

I thudded my head against the pillow. But self-deprecation wouldn’t help. I needed sleep and didn’t know how much I would get after this stressful day and having to relocate tomorrow.

At least I didn’t have to work and see Joy’s face. Just the thought of her made me angry. Not that any of this was her fault, but ... it kinda was. No more than my own, but she really thought I was an easy mark, didn’t she? Well, that had ended.

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