All Roads Lead to You by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2022-09-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Beth was sorely tempted to first punch stupid Finn Kelly in the nose and then to put her arms around him and give him the same hug he’d just given her.

Punch him because he was being such a stubborn ass about this pregnancy.

Hug him because he’d lost his wife and the look in his eyes as he’d told her how Sheri had wanted to protect him had torn at her heart.

That had hurt him, she could see, and no wonder. Much like his brother, he was a protector, and finding out he hadn’t even known Sheri was ill must have been exquisitely painful for him.

Sympathy ached inside her, both for Sheri, who’d tried to protect him from the worst, and for him, for not being able to protect her. They must have loved each other so very much.

Unlike you and Troy.

Beth turned away to look out the windows again so Finn wouldn’t see her face or read the complex mix of emotions that was no doubt plastered across it whenever she thought of Troy.

No, she’d loved Troy and he’d loved her. At least, she’d thought he’d loved her. Turned out he’d only loved her when things were going well and when they weren’t, not so much.

But Finn isn’t like that. You saw the expression on his face. It hurt him badly that she didn’t tell him…

Well, yes, and the thought of him being hurt was oddly upsetting to her. But she didn’t know why she was thinking of Finn in conjunction with Troy. The two had nothing to do with each other. And she definitely wasn’t thinking of Finn as a husband because no way.

He was a…friend. That’s all.

And the father of your child.

Not to mention a stubborn ass.

“Well?” His deep voice scraped over her raw nerves.

She glanced at him.

His expression was very neutral, all traces of the grief and anger she’d seen glittering in his eyes just before gone. It was as if he’d closed a door between them, shutting his emotions firmly away.

It made her want to reach out and open it again, the way it had opened that night they’d spent together up in HQ, when she swore she’d caught a glimpse of his soul.

Don’t go there, girl.

No, she really shouldn’t. Not when she could still feel the heat that had ignited between them when he’d given her that hug.

Wow, had that been a mistake. His arms had felt so good around her, keeping her safe and protected as he’d held her against his iron-hard body. She’d had the sense that nothing could harm her while he was near, not with his strength and utter certainty at her back.

But that was the issue, wasn’t it? It wasn’t so much their physical chemistry as it was their emotional connectedness. Because whether she liked it or not, she was connected to him now. They were having a child together, and he had a lot of qualities she admired very much.

He was standing there looking at her, sexy as hell in his usual uniform of well-worn jeans and black Pure Adventure NZ T-shirt.

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