A Weekend to Remember by Michelle Irwin

Author:Michelle Irwin [Irwin, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michelle Irwin

Part II

Maddison

It was impossible not to feel at home lying in Zach’s arms.

He’d always been my shelter. My safe harbor in the storm of life.

At least, he had been until he wasn’t any longer. Until he was the pain rather than the pleasure. The torture rather than the sanity.

Behind me, his breathing leveled out.

I blew out the anxiety that had twisted in my stomach with one long exhale. Since agreeing to stay the night, I hadn’t been able to sleep. I hadn’t been able to turn off the cogs in my mind long enough.

Why did I agree to this?

Why did I come here at all?

Why did I let him seduce me straight into bed like I always had?

Logic told me I should’ve stayed at home with the kids and let the weekend pass just like any other. My heart had never listened to logic though.

I rolled over to stare at the ceiling. The night had been unsettling. For so many reasons. Most of all the way my body still tingled from head to toe because of the way Zach had caressed me. His touch had always been able to do things to me no one else’s could.

Not that many others had ever really had the opportunity to try . . .

With a sigh, I carefully extracted myself from his hold and padded across the room to my bag. I needed to check whether the babysitter had called.

When there were no messages on my cell, my breathing slowed, and the twisting sensation around my body loosened a little.

Still, I had to know for certain the kids were okay. I headed to the bathroom and dialed the sitter’s number.

“They’re all okay, Mrs. Whitlam,” she said before I’d even had a chance to say anything.

“I’ve told you before; I’m going back to my maiden name, so you should call me Ms. Sawyer. Or better yet, just call me Maddy.”

“Okay, Maddy.” She said the name with such a lack of confidence I was certain we’d be back to formal terms by the time I returned on Sunday.

“How’s Junior?” I asked. “His fever didn’t come back, did it?”

“He’s fine. I checked him just before I put him to bed. He’s feeling much better too. The twins haven’t shown any symptoms yet, so I think they’ll be okay.”

“Maybe I should just come home. I don’t really need to be here.”

“Mrs.—uh, Maddy, I really do have it under control. Little Zach is perfectly fine. So are the twins.”

“Are you telling me to stop worrying and just enjoy myself?”

“Maybe even try getting laid, if that’s not too forward a suggestion.”

“It might be when it’s coming from someone who isn’t able to drink legally.”

Her peal of laughter trilled down the line. “Okay, I’ll keep that in mind in the future.”

“Mel?” I asked, regretting the idea as soon as it built within me.

“Yeah?”

“Are you sure nothing happened between you and Mr. Whitlam?”

“I told you already, absolutely nothing happened. He just gave me a lift home, and the car broke down. I thought he told you the whole story already.

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