Harlequin Presents: December 2022 Box Set 1 of 2 by Natalie Anderson

Author:Natalie Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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It had taken all of Rose’s considerable will not to cross the distance between them and fling herself into his arms the moment Ares had stepped through the door and into the cafe.

She’d never expected him to come to Paris for her, not even once.

The past month had been a busy one, though he’d never been far from her thoughts. She’d finally gathered her courage to make contact with the brother she’d thought she’d lost, and their reunion had both torn her apart and then put her back together again.

Castor had welcomed her with open arms, and she’d got to meet his lovely wife, Glory, and their son, her nephew. It had been so bittersweet, giving her back parts of herself she’d thought she’d lost for ever. Yet one part was still missing. The part of herself she’d given away.

Her heart.

She’d stayed for a couple of weeks in that lodge in Iceland after Ares had left, not knowing what to do. Whether to go to him and beg to be taken back or go to Paris and try to forget he ever existed.

Except she couldn’t do either of those things. Firstly, even if she’d wanted to beg him to, she suspected he wouldn’t take her back, and secondly, she was never going to forget him. She was never going to want another man. It was only and always ever going to be him.

Yet she couldn’t let him be alone either. She had a new-found family in Castor and Glory now, but who did he have? No one. He was alone with only that lonely legacy of a company, and she hated that thought more than anything in the world.

So, when the divorce papers had come through, she’d simply refused to sign them, because she’d wanted him to know that she wasn’t going to let him go so easily.

She’d just never thought he’d come all the way over here to confront her.

But that meant something, didn’t it?

She could see it now as he stood by the door, so tall and powerful and so beautifully scarred. The depths of his love worn proud for the world to see.

‘Your love didn’t kill Naya,’ she said quietly. ‘It didn’t, Ares. Your love made you go into a burning building for her, made you risk your life for her. Your love built a company in her memory, a company that helps people the world over. You didn’t fail her. She was taken from you, that’s the tragedy.’ She took a soft, shaky breath. ‘But you can’t go on letting a memory be your own reason for living. And you can’t go on living in your grief.’

His eyes were completely dark, his big, muscled body tense as a coiled spring. ‘That is not—’

‘You were badly hurt. And you’re afraid. But you’re lonely too, Ares. You need someone.’ She stared at him, willing him to see the love that was burning in her eyes, the love she had for him. ‘Naya loved you and she would want happiness for you, not this.

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