Whisper Through The Pain (A Novella) by Renee Wynn

Author:Renee Wynn [Wynn, Renee]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Revel Publishing LLC
Published: 2015-05-21T17:00:00+00:00

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Fully dressed, Jake was stretched out on the living room sofa with one foot planted on the floor. He lay awake, with long fingers curled around the glass sitting on his chest. Now halfway through a second bottle of scotch, his body was still, eyes alert and ears keen to any sound in the suite. He wanted to be drunk but it evaded him. He only heard the tick-tock of the clock in the corner. The sound reminded him of the countdown to the gallows, informing him time was running out.

The liquor did nothing to ease the tension or erase the disgust he felt. It’d been hours since Melissa locked herself in the bedroom. He’d knocked on the door but received no answer. After a while, he turned the knob on the door and found it still locked. He’d called to her and pounded on the door.

The clock on the wall said it was three in the morning and he hadn’t slept at all. He was scheduled to fly back to L.A. in two hours.

How the hell did he end up here with his marriage in shambles and hurting his wife? He felt nauseated as he remembered the hurt and sorrow etched on her face.

Her eyes had reflected it all—the sadness—the grief—the silent howl of a wounded animal.

She broke into pieces before him. It sickened him to know he was the cause of it. He’d let his pride dictate and ruin the best thing in his life. Damn. He had to fix it. But God how?

His mind drifted to the night he and Melissa had made love. Afterwards, he hated the fact that he’d succumbed. Losing himself with a woman wasn’t something that happened to him but she was his Achilles heel and there was nothing he could do about it.

When he’d accused her of sleeping with her ex-husband and her slow response of denial had fueled his anger. Everything changed. Instead of backing away from her, he was drawn.

To her scent—her power—and finally her warmth.

The next morning, pissed with how easy he’d fallen under her spell and into bed, he left the house without waking her. He needed to think. To wrestle back command of his libido. The New York trip could’ve waited but he used it as a crutch so he wouldn’t have to face her.

He hadn’t wanted Bridget, but her fawning during the week had stroked his ego. A big fucking mistake! What in the hell was he thinking?

Taking a sip from the glass, he could now admit Melissa’s indecisiveness between him and Sinclair hurt like hell. But it was no excuse. The look in her eyes had castrated him.

When he’d seen Melissa standing in the doorway of his bedroom in a short, red nightie, barefoot with her dark lovely hair flowing loose around her shoulders he knew she’d chosen him.

She had stood before him like a vision of feminine perfection, every man’s fantasy and Jake had known at that exact moment she was all his. The untapped possessive streak rose deep within him.

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