Captivating In Love by Bella Andre

Author:Bella Andre
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Maverick Oak Press LLC
Published: 2019-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Gideon had admitted to Rosie that he’d failed both his team and Karmen. Yet Rosie hadn’t hated him for it. He’d been right: Sharing his story with her had been a release, easing more of the tension twisting his insides. The ache would never go away—but his body felt looser now. For the first time in a very long while, he didn’t feel like a coiled snake ready to strike.

After the boys finally agreed to get out of the pool and dry off, Gideon made spaghetti for dinner, with homemade sauce, not bottled. Rosie prepared the salad, while the boys slathered garlic butter on the bread and watched it toast under the broiler.

After the four of them ate, they played Monopoly. For just a little while, he thought about nothing but games and the boys. And about Rosie, of course, which was a given since he couldn’t get her out of his head, no matter how hard he tried.

At eight o’clock, Rosie told Jorge, “Time to go. Let’s clean up the board, guys.”

“Can Jorge sleep over?” Noah had perfected that please-please-please pout, his hands together in pleading. Jorge imitated him.

Gideon was sure she’d give in, but she shook her head.

“No, honey, you need to come home with me.”

“I won’t let anything happen to them.” Had she reacted more to his story than he’d thought? Didn’t she realize that he would never make the mistakes of his past, not with the boys?

“It’s not that,” she said, meeting his eyes. “I would never doubt you.”

His heart felt at least two sizes bigger with her sweet words. “Then what is it?” The boys were carrying the Monopoly box to Noah’s room, letting the adults battle it out. Smart kids. “I thought we’d promised the boys sleepovers for these two weeks.” Hah. Three days ago, he’d been the one fighting the idea.

She gathered up her stuff, tossed her iPad in her bag. “It’s nothing. We just can’t do it tonight.”

Nothing meant it was something. If anyone knew that, he did. “Tell me about nothing, then.”

She pulled the elastic band out of her ponytail, running her fingers through her silky hair. Just that quickly, he was back by the pool with lotion on his palms and her smooth skin beneath his fingers.

“Rosie…talk to me.” He’d shared with her, now he hoped she’d do the same with him. “Please.”

She crossed her arms over her breasts, hunched in on herself in a way he’d never seen her do before. “I’ve gotten a couple of hang-up calls.”

“You mean like obscene phone calls?” His skin crawled, and his fingers curled into fists.

She shook her head. “There’s just someone breathing on the other end of the line. And I…” She paused, her face going pale. “I think I know who it is.” She looked down the hallway toward Noah’s room. The door was closed. “I think it’s Jorge’s father.”

He’d wondered more than once about Jorge’s father, but he’d never felt he could ask either Rosie or Ari for information about Rosie’s past.

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