Too Good for Words (SILVERBERRY SEDUCTION Seasoned Romance, #5) by Brenda Margriet

Author:Brenda Margriet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: bad boy/good girl, steamy open door slow burn, opposites attract, divorce single parent, more than forty-year-old characters
Publisher: Brenda Margriet Clotildes
Published: 2023-10-12T00:00:00+00:00

WITH PENTA GRIPPING his right hand, Cash had difficulty getting the key in the lock with his left. It didn’t help that both his hands were trembling and his head spun dizzily.

Hearing her state—defiantly and definitely—that she wanted to be with him was more intoxicating than the strongest whiskey. He didn’t drink hard liquor anymore, but hadn’t forgotten its powerful seductive pull.

It was nothing compared to Penta’s impact.

His apartment was lit only by the glow of the light outside the window that looked onto the street. Blue shadows gathered in the corners and veiled the walls. The click of the refrigerator motor echoed loudly.

“How long have you lived here?” Her eyes reflected a liquid sheen as her gaze swept the space—small galley kitchen to the left, living room straight ahead—

—door leading to the bedroom on the right.

“Almost nine years. When I got out, I needed to rebuild my business. I rented a garage, slept in the back, cooked with a microwave. Ate a lot of soup.” He smiled wryly at the memory. Transitioning out of the system had been tough. Not falling back into old habits had been even tougher. Somehow, he’d managed. “A couple years later, a mechanic I knew decided to retire, wanted someone to buy his place. I could afford the payment—barely—but still couldn’t afford both the shop and a place to live. So I moved in up here. It wasn’t an apartment, of course. I fixed it up slowly, whenever I had a little cash.”

“It’s nice.” At his dismissive snort, Penta shook their joined hands. “No, I mean it. Cozy, efficient, neat, and tidy. Just like your shop.”

His heart swelled at her compliment, which terrified him. Having Penta’s approval meant he could lose it.

She studied the floor-to-ceiling bookshelf he’d built. It took up the entire front wall, framing the wide window. “That’s a lot of books. I didn’t know you liked to read.”

He hadn’t, not until he’d gone to jail. Then he’d discovered words could take him out of his cell, away from his enforced routine, shield him from the grim realities of prison. He didn’t say any of that to Penta, just grunted an acknowledgement.

“Is that the bedroom?” She nodded toward the open door through which a dresser and nightstand were visible.

Answering with action rather than words, he led her in. Another window overlooked the street, and cold white light fell onto the blue and red plaid bedspread. He’d always had a tendency toward neatness, which prison had hardened into an unbreakable custom. Compared to Penta’s cluttered, lived-in, well-used home, his tidiness seemed grim and forbidding.

“I’m a little nervous.” The words rushed from her in a clipped cascade. “It’s been a while for me.”

“Me too.” Longer than a while. He’d tried to be “normal,” to meet people, make friends, maybe find someone to love. But his past kept getting in the way, and he’d stopped trying years ago.

Until Penta. What had begun as a ruse had become so much more.

“And I’m not exactly...” She waggled her free hand at her body in a self-deprecating motion.

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