Worth Any Cost: (Adam & Mia #4) (Gaming The System Book 6) by Brenna Aubrey

Author:Brenna Aubrey [Aubrey, Brenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Silver Griffon Associates
Published: 2017-02-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Adam

I had no idea how to answer her. Not in any way that wasn’t going to dig me in deeper than I already was.

“This conversation is over,” I muttered, turning on my heel into my office and hoping she wouldn’t follow. Of course, I knew better, but I’d expended every ounce of energy I had for the day—and it wasn’t even nine a.m. yet. Sinking into my chair with a long sigh, I glanced at her through the doorway.

I’d left a stunned fiancée standing out in the hall, staring at me in wonder. After a long moment, I finally spoke, “You can leave and we can cool this down and talk later. Or we can talk now, but I’m warning you that I’m still pretty pissed off.” I wasn’t about to admit that I had to sit down or I would have fallen over, but likely, my exhaustion showed anyway.

She slowly entered, giving me a once-over with an aspiring doctor’s eye.

“I agree that we probably shouldn’t continue that argument. But I have to know, and it really can’t wait. What did you mean by that?”

My eyes avoided hers, and I rubbed my forehead, trying to think my way around the subject. This was the last thing I wanted to discuss with her—especially now. Especially after all the vulnerability and insecurity she’d revealed to me last night.

And her words. I’m not ready for your world.

She had no idea what “my world” was demanding of me—and of her. What I’d been trying to protect her from. And the mere thought of holding that back any longer was making me want to fold up in my chair.

“What did I mean by what?” I asked stalling.

She sank into the seat on the other side of the desk, opposite me, a frown creasing her forehead. Even when I was irritated with her and she was obviously annoyed with me, she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever laid eyes on.

My throat tightened so that I could barely swallow the emotion that rose up. And suddenly, a flash of memory—that moment last night when she’d told me she couldn’t do this. That cold fear chilled my veins. I dreaded that she’d say it again, or worse—act on it. My chest tightened as I remembered those warm tears I’d wiped from her big brown eyes when she’d cried into my t-shirt.

Her voice was quiet when she spoke. “You said that I had no idea about your choices and something about having to fend things off for us. What does that mean? There’s obviously something going on that you aren’t telling me.”

I rubbed my forehead, staring out the window. The bright sunshine glinted off the water of the back bay, and even in the chilly late fall weather, boats bustled toward the harbor and the ocean.

“Adam…please tell me.”

Unsure how long I’d sat staring out that window while she waited for my answer, I was yanked back into the present by her plea. She was leaning forward, both palms pressed flat to the desk, eyes wide with concern.

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