Luke (A Redemption Romance #1) by Anna Scott

Author:Anna Scott [Scott, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B017WKX5IY
Publisher: Anna Scott
Published: 2015-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Instead of setting me down, Luke carried me that way, my back pressed into his chest, my legs dangling straight down, over to the couch. He walked around to the front of it and sat, pulling me down with him so I was facing away from him on his lap. His hand moved from around me and blindly felt his way up the front of my coat. I hadn’t buttoned it, so he opened it, pushed me forward and pulled it down off my arms, then tossed it somewhere behind the couch.

One arm wrapped around me, over my chest and upper arms, not allowing me any room for escape. He dipped his head and somewhere between a snarl and a whisper, started to lay it all out.

“I fucked up Rory, all I wanted Sunday afternoon was to come back to you, and I’ve wanted to be with you every minute since I left. I’d already told you what I wanted, had already shown you how I wanted it to be between us. I wanted to know that you wanted it too. With everything swirling around us, I wanted to know that it was me you wanted; I didn’t want to think that anyone could have filled that role for you. I told you over and over that I wanted to be with you. How could you doubt me?”

The tears were still flowing, out of pain, sadness, the realization that I’d been a selfish bitch and that these past two weeks alone hadn’t had to be that way at all. He held me so tight against him, it was hard, but I shoved against his arm, he didn’t move it much, but it was just enough that I was able to turn around on his lap and bury my face in his neck.

Once he realized that I wasn’t trying to get away, both arms came around me and held me close. I could feel the heat of his skin through my shirt. I was able to get my arms between his back and the couch and I just held on.

I spoke into his collar bone “Luke, I was so hurt, so confused. I’m sorry. I thought you had decided that you didn’t want me, that you didn’t want to be with me. I thought we were good, then you were gone and nothing was right. I didn’t know.”

I fought through my sobs to get it all out, he needed to know. “I don’t ever chase men. I figure if they want to spend time with me they’ll let me know and you didn’t. You hadn’t made me any promises, I convinced myself that I’d been wrong.”

Luke’s face was resting on top of my head, but I felt him turn enough to kiss my hair. His arms got tighter around me and he buried his nose in my hair.

“Sometimes a man needs to know that feelings aren’t one sided, Rory. I was afraid that you’d just agreed to be with me, to spend time with me because you were so distraught.

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