Fake Fiancée For The Damaged Alpha: An Enemies To Lovers Single Dad Romance by Nina Flynn

Author:Nina Flynn [Flynn, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-28T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE: DAVID

The silence in the room is only punctured by Sarah's easy breathing. I watch her chest rise and fall with each inhale and exhale, getting lost in the hypnotic rhythm of her breath. She is never this peaceful when awake.

The room is almost pitch black but I have been up for almost an hour and my eyes have adjusted.

I watch Sarah sleep. I watch her eyeballs move beneath closed eyelids as she dreams, wondering what her mind could possibly cook up.

It’s 3 am and I want to bottle up this feeling. Sarah snuggles closer to me and I kiss the top of her head. I want to shield her from the world with my arms. She must have heard my thoughts because her muffled voice resounds from my chest.

“You don’t plan on choking me while I sleep, do you?”

She pulls her face back to look up at me.

“I’m not going to choke you while you sleep, Sarah.” Sarah nods and rubs at her sleepy eyes by resting her head back on my chest.

“Why are you up then?”

“I’m fine, trust me. I'm just enjoying the moment, I guess. I think I fear that when the sun comes up, it might break this spell and pop our little bubble of tranquility. Right here, right now, I don’t have to explain us to anybody.”

“Not even to Mr. Patel?” Sarah quips.

I laugh softly, “No Sarah, not even to Mr. Patel. Explaining this would be ruining it. I don’t want to ruin this. I’m prone to self-destruction.”

“Hey, don’t say that. This is not fair on yourself.”

“But it’s true. I usually ruin the good things in my life except for business. It’s the one thing I have total control over, the one thing I’m good at. All that other stuff— how to deal with those you love, I suck at it.”

Sarah turns to face me in the dark room and struggles to focus on my face. I can see concern written in her brows and I don’t like it.

“Before you tell me it isn’t true Sarah, the facts are right there. I’m divorced and my 10-year-old daughter won’t even speak to me. She already hates my guts. I don’t know how to deal with those people to whom you owe your love and devotion. I never seem to do enough.”

All this pours out of me in a rush and I’m surprised where it all comes from. It feels good to finally say this to someone. I kind of feel lighter.

Sarah sits up on the bed and drapes a bed sheet across her naked body. She looks wide awake now.

“I’m sure you do a lot, David. I’m not trying to blame your ex, but it takes two people to end a marriage. It's never easy dealing with loved ones and there is no magic formula to it. All we can do is try. We try every day to be there for them and to be good enough.”

She leans into me and grabs my hand, squeezing with all of her might.

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