The Billionaire Boyfriend Proposal: A Kavanagh Family Novel by Kendra Little

Author:Kendra Little [Little, Kendra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense, Contemporary Women, painter, special forces, green beret, alpha male, opposites attract, military romance, small town romance, exmilitary hero
Google: qF2cBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00NXFPL4Y
Publisher: Kendra Little
Published: 2014-10-09T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 8

Blake was still in my bed when I awoke in the morning. His arms were looped around me, holding me against his chest. I didn't know why I expected him to be gone. When we were younger and Gran was alive, he would sneak out through my window and down the drainpipe before daylight, sometimes after I'd fallen asleep. There was no need for subterfuge anymore.

"Hey," he said as I stirred. "Good morning."

"Hello." Ugh, I sounded so formal. I drew in a deep breath and got a lungful of the twin scents of Blake and sex.

He swept my hair from my shoulders and gathered it in his hands. "You're beautiful in the mornings."

My face heated, damn it. "Um, we should get some breakfast."

"Why rush?" He kissed my mouth, his hands still buried in my hair.

Typical man. He thought years of problems could be swept aside by a night of passion. Wrong, Blake. So wrong.

I pulled away and he watched me from beneath heavy lids. "You okay?"

"Sure." But I shook my head. "No. Blake, this isn't right. Last night and the night before just happened. I wasn't thinking and—"

"Why should you think?" He sat up and leaned back against the headboard, his blue eyes watchful, his lips full, inviting.

I got out of bed and threw on a robe. I could feel his gaze on me, but I avoided looking at him. "I told you last night. We can't go back, Blake. It's impossible."

"We don't know until we try."

"I don't want to try."

He greeted my response with a long silence that forced me to look at him. He climbed out of bed and stood in front of me, naked.

Don't look down.

But I couldn't look in his eyes either. They were too intense and troubled.

"I thought last night was beautiful, Cassie." He shook his head, as if trying to shake the right words loose. "I felt like we connected again, like it wasn't just sex, but something more. It sounds trite, but I thought something profound happened between us. I was sure you felt it too."

I stepped away and tied up the robe. "You're mistaken." It had felt like goodbye sex to me. Clearly it hadn't for him.

He clicked his tongue and rubbed his hand through his hair and down the back of his neck. "Damn it, Cassie. I don't think I am."

I said nothing. There was no point arguing about it.

"Why don't you want to try?" He didn't shout, but his raised voice had a hard edge of demand to it. "Why don't you want to see if we can work?"

"Because unlike you, I can't forget. I can't set aside what went wrong between us like you can."

"We can work it through if we love one another enough."

"That's the problem, Blake. I don't believe we do." The fire that usually burned low in me ignited, fueling me. I had to get some things off my chest or I'd combust. I met his gaze with my own and was shocked to see the confusion there.

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