Leave Yesterday Behind by Alexa Aston

Author:Alexa Aston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books

Callie babbled incoherently between sobs, but Nick didn’t think what she said was important. Or if it were, she’d tell him when she needed him to know.

He’d figured it out before he made it to his doorstep. He felt like a moron. He’d watched her move, a little hesitantly at times. He’d poured over the news reports online. He knew how viciously she’d been attacked and how many stab wounds had been stitched up. Hell, she still had a nurse with her that put her through a rehab program on a daily basis.

“…Couldn’t... couldn’t let you... see...”

He finished it for her. “Couldn’t let me see your scars?”

Her head popped up, a wild look in her watery eyes. “Yes,” she hissed.

Callie pushed hard against his chest and stepped away from him, crossing her arms protectively over her middle. Nick watched the hard set of her mouth, her chin tilting slightly up, daring him to say more.

Which, of course, he did.

“What do you think happened between us, Callie?”

In response, she turned her back to him and scooped up her purse, slinging it over her shoulder. But she rose gingerly, and he knew she was hurting as she took a few steps away from him.

“Callie?”

She stopped in her tracks. He prayed she would turn around. That she wouldn’t walk away and out of his life because she was the proud type who wouldn’t budge an inch.

Just in case prayer didn’t work, he thought he’d better sweeten the pot.

“It was never like that before for me. Not with anyone. Even...” He stopped a minute and decided to push on, his own pride be damned. “Even with my wife.”

She turned slowly, her brow furrowed, worrying those sexy lips of hers to distraction.

Nick took a step forward, hoping she wouldn’t bolt like a deer. She stayed. So did he.

“I... those... were the most intoxicating kisses I’ve ever tasted.” He moved a few feet closer, his opened palms itching to take her in his arms again.

“I... me, too,” she admitted.

Her gaze fell to the ground. He moved close enough until she could see his sneakers come into view. Quickly she looked up, and he became lost in her emerald eyes.

Gently he placed his hands on her shoulders, kneading her like a small kitten. “I was never good with girls back in high school. Later, women flung themselves at me when I hit the Big Show.”

He closed the gap between them, his hands encompassing her waist. “It was always about sex. Quick, meaningless sex. Almost like I wasn’t there. Not involved. Just watching from a distance.”

Nick brought a hand to her cheek and stroked it. “Then I met Vanessa and thought it was love. We did it fast, slow, every way in-between. But I still seemed like an observer. I thought something was wrong with me.”

He bent and brushed a kiss along her jaw. “Then I found out she didn’t love me. Never had. Just used me to become famous. She never took the time to know me. Never even tried.

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