Harlequin Desire September 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Naima Simone

Author:Naima Simone
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Grant drove a little too fast getting home. He didn’t care about rules or limitations or, apparently, traffic laws right now. Frustration was grinding away inside his head, filtering down into his body and getting entirely too comfortable. How could last night with Tara go so spectacularly only to have everything fall apart this morning? Damn Astrid and her amateur sleuthing. Damn that stupid kiss cam.

And there in the back of his head was the real thing that was bothering him—why did everything he touched seem to go just ever-so-slightly off the rails? Was this a sign of what was to come now that he was at the helm of Sterling? Because Johnathon never had a problem running the company and he’d certainly never seemed to have a problem with women, especially Tara. Yes, their marriage had ended, but he’d been the one to cut it off. He had three years of wedded bliss with her and a good year before that. Grant would’ve gladly taken that time with her. He would’ve taken a fraction of it.

Grant pulled into one of three garage bays at his home in La Jolla, perched up on a cliff overlooking the Pacific. He turned off the ignition, drew in a deep, cleansing breath and knew he had to find a way to win out over his own inner struggle. His heart and body had been greedy last night. Tara was right there, breathtaking and bold, everything he’d ever wanted in a woman, and everything that wasn’t his to have. And so he’d gone there. He’d stomped on loyalty. He’d slept with the woman who had once been his best friend’s wife, the woman who he also had to run Sterling Enterprises with. It was as stupid a choice as he could have made. He had to own that.

He strode into the house, his big empty showplace. It was modern and minimalist, and situated in one of the most enviable settings in the world, windswept but pristine, with the untamed cobalt ocean at its feet. It was everything he could ever want in a home. Except that it was also a multimillion-dollar testament to his unwanted bachelorhood. He didn’t want to be the sole inhabitant. He’d never wanted it that way. Hope had always been in the back of his head, or perhaps in the center of his heart. He’d always thought he’d meet the right woman, get married and have children. He’d even envisioned little ones riding tricycles or kicking a ball through these expansive halls, across the wood floors that cost a fortune, quite possibly ruining them, and Grant not caring at all. Sure, it was traditional and not terribly original, but it was his true desire. Coming from a loving family and having four siblings might make for dull cocktail-party conversation, but he’d always been thankful for it. In this high-stakes, big-money world he lived in, those roots kept him grounded.

In his bedroom, he took off his clothes, forcing himself to throw them in the hamper destined to go to the cleaners.

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