Falling For the Younger Man: An Older Woman Younger Man Romance (Summer Secrets) by Emma Tharp

Author:Emma Tharp [Tharp, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-30T16:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Grace

Chance grips my shoulder and turns me toward him. The look of intense concern on his face stops me in my tracks.

"Why didn't you tell me that Cameron would be here?" My voice comes out in short sobs.

He shakes his head. "I didn't know he was coming. I swear to you. He had to stop by to grab keys for a coworker. Not to mention, I didn't realize you would be here so early."

"My last meeting got rescheduled. I guess I should have called to let you know I was on my way," I tell him as I pace the living room.

"It's no one's fault that this happened. At least now we don't have to sneak around."

I turn to him, giving him an incredulous stare. "Chance." My voice is so defeated. My heart breaks in my chest. "Maybe this isn't such a good idea."

Chance stalks toward me and is in my face in a second, grabbing my shoulders. "No. You’re not doing this. I think everyone needs to calm down and think for a minute."

I rake my hands through my hair and swallow the lump of emotion that's lodged in my throat. "This is such a mess. The gap between my son and me just keeps widening and I don't know what to do to fix it."

Chance looks deep into my eyes and my knees weaken under his intensity. "Let me help you."

"I'm afraid you're only going to make this worse. I have to go and think."

Chance pinches his eyes shut before opening them again. He drops his hands, removing them from my shoulders. "All right. I’ll let you go and have some space, but I’m not letting you walk away from this. Okay?"

My heart and my brain are at war. It would be so easy to sink into Chance’s embrace and let him console me, but I have to fix my relationship with my son. He is my first priority. I give Chance a weak nod. "Okay," I tell him as I grab my purse and walk toward the door.

As soon as my broken heart and I get in my car and close the door, tears run down my cheeks. I can't erase the image of Cam and the look of revulsion on his face. I've barely just started to accept the fact that I have feelings for Chance and there is something going on between us. I'm nowhere near ready to tell anyone about it, with the exception of my best friend.

Putting my car in drive, I dial Kristin's number.

"Hey, you, how are things?" The sound of her voice is a comfort and only serves to make me cry harder. "Hey. What's wrong?" she asks.

I do my best to quiet my sobs. "This is bad. Cam caught Chance and me kissing. He's livid. I have never seen him so mad before." I cringe inwardly as I remember the exchange.

"Oh, Grace, maybe you should tell Cam the truth. About everything."

I gasp. She must be crazy. "No!"

Kristin sighs into the phone.

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