Ruthless King (Stone Creek Series Book 1) by Tami Mason

Author:Tami Mason [Mason, Tami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Molly

Ifelt my entire blood supply drain from my face as his words pierced my heart. “I’m sorry. Can you repeat yourself?” I know he didn’t just say he knew about my dead brother. I had carefully kept that information to myself, and only a select few had that knowledge, but they would never betray my confidence. He took another shaky breath before continuing.

“I know this is hard for you to talk about. That’s why I haven’t brought it until now. I just didn’t want there to be any secrets between us, Buttercup. I’m falling in love with you, and unless I misread the situation, I think you feel the same way.”

My heart was racing at this newfound information, and my breathing became erratic. I wasn’t ready to have this conversation, not like this, but he was right. I was irrevocably in love with this sexy man who had swept me off my feet, never to hit the floor again.

I opened my mouth to respond, but he held a finger up and pressed it to my trembling lips. “Molly, do you want to know how I know about Michael? How I know you’ve spent the last two decades mourning your other half? How your parents had to bury a part of themselves?” His midnight eyes met mine, and I expected him to look away, to not be able to look at me, but he didn’t break his stare. God, to see the anguish on his face gutted me. “Please, let me finish.” His voice was barely a whisper. “I didn’t know you were the sister of the kid who died those years ago. Not at first, anyway.”

My hand flew to my mouth, and I choked back a gasp. Hearing this felt surreal, and I didn’t know if I’d survive the memory. He lifted his chin and continued. “My family lived on Mackinac Island at the time your family would vacation there. I saw you two that day playing by the frozen bay.” I couldn’t wrap my head around what he was saying. It made no sense.

“How?”

“Our house was on the same street as the boat launch. I watched you from our front steps.” His words held an apology that confused me. I did the math in my head. I knew he was thirty-eight, so he would have been eighteen then, just a kid himself.

“I don’t understand. How do you know what happened?” He reached for my hands, and I allowed the connection. His face took on an ashen pallor, and I closed my eyes against his unspoken words. Please, God, no. Don’t let it be true.

“Molly, baby, what do you remember about the accident?” His words sucker-punched me.

I worked so hard the last two decades to distance myself from the horrible events of that day, and now he wanted me to relive them. I couldn’t, I wouldn’t, not for anyone, even him. “I can’t do this, Courtland. Please don’t make me go back there.”

“Buttercup, I’m sorry. I just need to know.

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