Wild Alaskan Hearts by Jennifer Snow

Author:Jennifer Snow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2021-06-15T15:25:47+00:00

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HE WAS MESSING this up.

He’d just wanted to break the awkward silence, ease the tension that had been simmering between them since they’d left the hospital, but he was making things worse. Of course Alisha didn’t want to hear about his journey when it had meant the end of the two of them.

“Sorry... I guess I’m just not sure what to say,” he said.

She heaved an exasperated sigh.

Shut up. Got it.

Still... He had to say it. “I missed you.”

She scoffed and his head whipped around toward her. “You don’t believe me?”

“I thought we weren’t going to talk.”

“I just think if we’re going to be living together...”

“We’re not living together. You’re staying here for a few weeks. Max.”

He nodded. “Okay...since I’m staying here, I thought we should clear the air a little. So this isn’t so awkward.”

“I’m not awkward.”

“I beg to differ.”

She turned to face him, her expression even more intense than the electricity blazing through the night sky. Maybe he should have respected her request for silence. “Okay, you want to clear the air?” she asked.

“That’s why you called, wasn’t it?” he challenged. No turning back now, and he was curious about what she’d been planning on saying. Sixteen months was a hell of a long time to prepare a speech. One she deserved to deliver if it would make her feel better.

She nodded. “Yes. Okay. Here it is.” She took a deep breath. “I was falling in love with you and life fell apart and you left. It’s been over a year and I’m completely over it.”

Bullshit. He could tell she was still struggling with feelings for him. Maybe they were no longer love, but there was definitely the same chemistry, the same spark there had always been. The way she’d looked at him in the hospital had told him everything he’d been longing to hear on those lonely nights when all he could think about was her. Even if she’d convinced herself otherwise.

“When someone is truly over something, they don’t need closure,” he said.

She flushed. “Fine. You want me to admit that I’ve thought of you a few times?” She shrugged, but it looked anything but casual. “Sure, I thought of you. But the biggest memory I have is of you leaving and never hearing from you again.”

“I needed to get away. I know that’s hard to understand.”

She shook her head. “Nope. Not at all. You’re an adventure seeker. You live for excitement and new challenges. New scenery. It was just a matter of time.”

“So you think you have me all figured out, huh?” She didn’t have a clue if that was what she thought. She was right about the adventure-seeker part, but he’d had no intention of going on those life-changing trips alone.

“You’re thirty years old and live in a sleeper van and coast through life one adventure to another. There’s not much to figure out.”

Her casual dismissal of who he was hurt. But he knew it was just a defense mechanism. It actually gave him hope.

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