Wrecked by Cynthia Eden

Author:Cynthia Eden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-05-30T07:00:00+00:00

“I’m sorry, Ana.”

She was back home. Safe and sound . . . such bull.

Asher stood in her living room, shifting from foot to foot, looking nervous as all hell, and Asher wasn’t the nervous type.

They’d driven through the darkness. She’d stumbled into her house, showered for far too long, hidden in her bedroom, then realized . . .

I won’t hide. I won’t. She hadn’t done anything wrong. She hadn’t lied. She hadn’t screwed with someone’s life. That had all been Cash. “What tipped you off about him?” Her bare toes pressed onto her hardwood floor. She was wearing an old T-shirt and her sweats. Her comfort clothes. She wanted as much comfort as she could get right then.

“You were different when you talked about him.”

She frowned at her twin. “I don’t even know what that means.”

“I think you were falling for him.”

She looked away. “No, I wasn’t.” I’d already fallen. Too fast. Too hard. And now I’m paying the price for my mistake.

“I was a bastard, okay? An interfering bastard. But you softened when you said his name. You slipped up. Didn’t call him Agent Knox. You said, ‘Cash’ like he was a friend. A lover.”

She flinched. “We aren’t going there.” She grabbed for a cup of coffee. Straight black. She needed that caffeine hit hard right then.

“You never seemed . . . interested in other men like that.”

She’d been interested in plenty of men.

“There was emotion when you talked about him. I saw it. And I . . .” He raked a hand through his hair. “I checked him out because I wanted to make sure the guy wouldn’t be a threat to you. I just wanted to make sure he was everything you needed. You deserve the damn best, and I wanted to make sure you got it.”

Everything you needed. Her palm pressed to the mug of coffee, letting it warm her skin. “What do you think I need?” She was curious about that.

“Someone who will always put you first. Someone who would walk through fire for you. Someone who looks at you and knows just how wonderful you are. A guy who can’t be bought, can’t be threatened, a guy who won’t back down from anything or anyone, not when it comes to you. Because you are his everything.”

She had to laugh at that. “Oh, Asher, a guy like that doesn’t exist.”

“I want him to exist, for you. I want you happy.”

His guilt. It was always there between them, no matter how many times she told him that nothing had been his fault. “Look, just because you fell in love and you get the whole white picket fence deal with Bailey, it doesn’t mean that’s happening for me.” She took another long sip of the coffee. “And now I have to ask . . . do you investigate every guy I meet?”

“No.” He held her stare. “I only did it this time because you were different.”

“Something made those alarm bells of yours ring, and I don’t think it was because my voice went soft when I said Ca—when I said his name.

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