Wild Boys After Dark: Cooper by Melissa Foster

Author:Melissa Foster [Foster, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bestselling romance, alpga males, billionaire romance
Publisher: World Literary Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CICI FROZE AT his words. She hated knowing that, after all he’d gone through, their relationship had caused him any pain at all. At that time in her life she’d been standing on a razor’s edge. Losing Cooper might not have been the same as his losing his father, but the pain she’d experienced had cut just as deep. She knew she couldn’t minimize her pain just because his was deeper. She owed it to Melody—and herself—to be as honest as he was being with her. And, man, did she respect him, and love him, even more for his honesty.

“You did hurt me,” she admitted. “A lot. But I’m not going to send you away. Regardless of what you tell me, I do wish I had been there for you. We could have dealt with this together, found our way out of the darkness.”

He shook his head, and his stare turned dark and insistent. “No. I had nothing to give you. I would have driven you away. Hell, Ceese, I drove myself away. So fucking far away that it took me years to come back.”

She could barely breathe. She tried to imagine what it would be like if something happened to Melody, and just the thought of it made her tremble. She felt like she was right there with him, standing in a dark cave, angry and helpless. But she still needed to understand what had happened during those years, even if it tore apart their chance at a future. Their past was like an open wound, and she needed closure in order to fully heal. She had the sense that he did, too.

“Tell me what happened, Cooper. The worst of it. I won’t run.”

His long lashes lifted, revealing eyes glistening with fresh tears, and she drew closer to him. Her heart had belonged to him for so long. Even when he hadn’t been there, she’d still been his. As he wrapped her in his arms, she felt his powerful body against hers, and knowing that all that power, all that strength and determination still weren’t enough to fend off the devastation cut her to her core.

“I won’t hold you to that,” he said against her shoulder before pulling back and clearing his throat, obviously trying to regain control.

“For weeks, months, every minute was rooted in anger that I couldn’t let come out, because I still had to make a living, had to take care of my mother. I still had to make sure my brothers were okay. So by day I was living this lie, wearing a mask of civility, when inside I was so tightly wound I could barely breathe. And by night…Jesus, Cici. I’m not proud of this, and I won’t blame you if you tell me to leave, but by night I lost myself in anyone I could. One woman, two, whoever was willing to let me fight my demons without needing me to be fully present.”

He paused, and she knew he was waiting for a reaction, but she couldn’t even picture him doing that.

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