Heartache Falls: An Eternity Springs Novel by Emily March

Author:Emily March
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9780345518392
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2011-04-25T23:00:00+00:00

TEN

As Mac reached for his boxers, he felt old and tired and worn. Not because of the sex. The sex itself left his body energized. What dragged him down were the thoughts running through his mind. So much for his hope that his wife had returned to her senses. Been here, done this before with Alison.

Welcome back to reality.

Welcome back to misery.

Welcome back to his frostbitten marriage.

He couldn’t reach her. She’d gone off into that world of hers where he couldn’t follow. No matter how much he tried, no matter how hard he reached for her, she shut him out. They were right back where they’d started.

Mac wanted to drop back his head and howl his frustration toward the heavens. Instead, he pulled on his jeans, reached for his socks, and took a few moments to consider his options. He could pretend he hadn’t noticed. He’d had more sex in the past twenty-four hours than he’d had all year, and the prospect of giving it up again was nothing to take lightly.

But the cost of such action was high. In those last few months when he’d continued to try with Ali, sex had given him relief but no pleasure. If that was all he was going to get out of the effort, his hand would do the job well enough with much less fuss.

His other option was to call her on it. Maybe if he did it in a nice, gentle manner, she wouldn’t get defensive the way she had the last time he’d attempted to broach the subject. Maybe if he’d confronted the elephant in their bed the first time he’d sensed it, the animal wouldn’t have grown so big so fast, and they might have avoided the trouble that eventually sent her running for the mountains.

The trick would be finding that nice, gentle manner within himself and maintaining it. He wasn’t feeling very nice or gentle at the moment.

He shoved his foot into first one boot, then the other. One thing he did know with complete certainty was that he didn’t want history to repeat. If they were ever going to fix whatever was wrong with their marriage, it had to be now. So hold on to your cool, Timberlake. Keep your eye on the goal here. You want Ali back home where she belongs and for life to be normal again. The way to make that happen is to lock away your emotions for the time being and use your brain.

Mac blew out a heavy breath, yanked on his shoelaces, tied the bows, and then rolled to his feet and turned to face his wife.

Ali had dressed in her underwear, then pulled on the wet shirt. Seeing her in the dripping shirt made him see red that had nothing to do with wine stains and everything to do with the sense that happiness was slipping beyond his grasp. “I told you I’d give you my shirt, Alison.”

“I’m fine.”

She said it all perky and sweet with a smile that didn’t reach her eyes.

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