Hit and Run by Cheryl Douglas

Author:Cheryl Douglas [Douglas, Cheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SM, Romance, contemporary, Sports, Literature & Fiction, contemporary fiction
Amazon: B01MSN47T3
Published: 2016-11-30T05:00:00+00:00

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Ace was at his ex-girlfriend’s birthday party, wishing he could have helped Dani celebrate hers. But as he watched Stacey cozy up to her ex-boyfriend while he tried to pretend that his life didn’t suck, he knew a birthday gift from him would only have reminded Dani that her brother would never be able to celebrate another birthday with her. Thanks to him.

“Hey,” Tenley said, bumping shoulders with him. Though for her that meant her shoulder hit his bicep. “Glad you could make it.”

“Wouldn’t have missed it,” he lied. He hadn’t planned on coming, but Rowan had stopped by and dragged him out of the house, refusing to allow him to stay home and feel sorry for himself, as he put it.

“Rowan told me what happened with Dani,” Tenley said, linking her arm through his. “I’m sorry, honey. That really sucks.”

He cleared his throat. “I knew it was risky. We have a lot of history. Most of it bad. It was bound to come back and bite us eventually.”

“If most of it were bad, you wouldn’t have wanted her back at all. You’re not stupid.”

“You’re right.” He brought his water bottle to his lips. “Most of it was good. There was just that one bad night, but it was bad enough to overshadow all the good up to that point.”

“Yet she was willing to give you another chance.”

“Yeah, that’s something I don’t think I ever really expected. I wanted to see her again, to apologize and share with her some things that belonged to her brother.” He watched couples slow dancing and wondered what Dani was doing… who she was with. “But I never thought there was a hope in hell the chemistry would still be there.”

“But it was.”

“Yeah, it was.” He bit his lip. “It may sound crazy, but all those feelings I’d had for her, the ones I thought I’d buried, all came back like no time had passed at all. With her, I am still that carefree kid with his whole life ahead of him. The one who believes that anything is possible.”

“Then why let her go? Why not fight for that?”

“It wouldn’t be fair to her. She’s already been through so much because of me. I couldn’t put her through any more.”

“Do you know how I’d feel if I were Dani?” Tenley asked, looking up at him.

“How?”

“I’d feel as though you didn’t care enough to fight for me. I’d think I wasn’t worth the effort.”

“That’s not true. She knows that’s not true.”

“You know what they say, Ace. Actions speak louder than words.”

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