The Broken One by Cardello Ruth

Author:Cardello, Ruth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

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SEBASTIAN

I had never come so close to pulling someone out of a car and demanding they not drive. Once again, Heather had revved my engines, made me smile, and left me in a tangled mess.

The rational side of me knew she was probably a safe driver. She didn’t come across as someone who would speed needlessly, and she hadn’t ordered so much as a glass of wine with lunch. Still, my heart was pounding painfully in my chest.

One’s entire life could be changed forever with one misstep.

The official report of Therese’s accident said the fault was an impatient driver who had run a red light—an act that had ended his life as well. No way she could have avoided him.

That accident was completely unrelated to Heather almost backing into a passing car or waving at me while pulling out onto the road.

My gut was clenching, though, and I was fighting a demon I thought I had beaten. What the fuck? Why was it rearing its ugly head again?

Heather.

Did I really want to go back to caring about someone if this was how it felt? I got into my car and headed to my meeting with the son of the owner of Bhatt Markets. The purpose of the meeting was still a toss-up. He’d asked me to meet him away from his family’s office, and I’d agreed only because I was already going to be in the area anyway.

Did he intend to threaten me? Beg me to reconsider? Neither would sway me. Emotion had no place in business.

“Full disclosure, I ditched my underwear in the trash.” I smiled as I remembered how Heather had blurted that particular gem out. How was a man supposed to concentrate on anything else after hearing that?

God, how long had it been since anyone had left me smiling—wishing we’d had more time together?

Heather had made what she wanted clear, but although the idea of spending an afternoon driving her wild was deliciously tempting, I didn’t want to fuck her—not just fuck her. I tapped the breast pocket of my suit coat, rattling her dice.

Full of bold promises, yet somehow innocent at the same time.

Like Heather.

I smiled again.

She’d turned me down, and I’d liked it. Therese had loved me, but had I made her happy? I’d never know. I couldn’t go back and change the man I’d been for her, but I didn’t want to be that man again.

Was I capable of better? I wanted to think so.

The night Ava had been sick, Heather had said, “I’m a good mother. I don’t have to prove myself to you. I don’t require your approval. If you’re looking for someone who will tiptoe around your moods, that’s not me.”

Good. I wanted to know when I crossed a line.

But did Heather need a man like me in her life? I wasn’t asking myself if I was good enough for her. My ego was too robust for such a question.

There was no denying, though, that we were very different people.

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