Nobody But You by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
ISBN: 9780312946852
Publisher: A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Published: 2011-07-21T07:42:47+00:00

“Caitlin, the hauler is leaving tomorrow for the Las Vegas Speedway. Frank, my driver, is taking my motor home that same day. The team owner has given us the use of his jet to fly down there on Thursday evening and we can all fly back late Sunday night or Monday.”

Caitlin had known this was coming, but she still sat there on the sofa across from Cameron later that night and she still couldn’t get the words out. His parents’ unhappiness and their warnings were too fresh.

She might have been able to shake his mother’s warning but his father’s was tough. He had said she should leave now before she ruined Cameron’s chance for a second Chase Cup. That bothered her the most. If she had thought he was being nosy or insensitive, she might have told him—respectfully—to mind his own business. But with the pain of his ruined marriage so vivid in his eyes and face, she couldn’t do that. All she could say was that she never wanted to hurt Cameron.

“Caitlin?”

She lifted her head and stared across at Cameron. He wore the jeans he preferred, a T-shirt with HILLIARD MOTORSPORTS on the front, and on the back a picture of him in racing gear beside the number 23.

“You know how I feel, Cameron.”

“I know, but Joshua is my son. I want him to know what I do for a living, and I want him there with me.”

“No.” She came to her feet. “I don’t want him seeing the race.”

His hands clenched, then he stood. “We’ll talk about it once we get there, but he will be there.”

She folded her arms. “I guess all that talk about us working together was just talk.”

“If it was, I would take Joshua whether you wanted me to or not. I could hire a lawyer,” he said, and kept talking as her eyes widened. “If you’re unhappy he’s going to be unhappy. I don’t want us fighting over him. I’m willing to take this slow, but you have to be willing to meet me halfway, otherwise this isn’t going to work.”

She glanced away. “It’s hard.”

Crossing to her, he took her arms. “I know. The closer it gets to race day, the harder it will be for you.”

She might have known he’d remember and understand, but he wasn’t letting it sway him. “Why couldn’t you have been a salesman like I thought when we first met?”

The sides of his mouth hitched up in a smile. “I saw you and that was that. I never wanted a woman to say yes to a date so badly.”

“I couldn’t believe you really wanted to go out with me,” she admitted.

His arms slipped around her waist. “I’d tell you you were beautiful, but you probably wouldn’t believe me now any more than you did then.”

She shrugged. “I look in the mirror and just see me.”

His hands cupped her face. “I see a beautiful, courageous woman. I see the mother of my child.”

Her hands palmed his. “Not even close to being courageous.

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