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Excerpt from Twice Tempted
Putting the pick-up into reverse, Ryan pulled out of his space and into traffic. As if by habit, his hand slid over the console to link hands. Absently, his thumb stroked the back of her hand, enjoying the familiarity of her skin.
“It shouldn’t feel as if nothing has changed,” Suri quietly said.
From the corner of his eye, Ryan saw as she turned to press her forehead against the window, suddenly quiet. Then her hands slackened in his before she pulled away entirely.
With a screech of the tires, Ryan jerked the old pick-up over to the shoulder of the road where they sat in silence for several passing moments.
“I’m sorry I lied,” he said with quiet emphasis, gaze mindlessly focused on the speed limit sign up ahead. “I’m sorry I left.” Releasing his white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel, he turned to face her. “God, I’m sorry I ever even thought of leaving. But this isn’t just on me, Suri. You let me go. I gave you a choice. We broke up, but I came to you before I left, and still you let me go.”
She refused to look at him. Instead, she toyed with the strap of her purse, studiously avoiding him. Avoiding the fact that they both played a nearly equal role in destroying the only good thing either ever had.
“I know. And I hate myself as much as I do you for what happened.”
“You hate me?”
Laughing softly, she wiped an errant tear from the corner of her eye before giving him her full attention. “That was all you got out of that?”
“I’d say it was selective hearing, but that certainly wasn’t something I wanted to hear.”
“What did you want to hear, Ryan? What could you expect after all this time?”
“That you still loved me,” he admitted, his voice a soft growl of a sound.
Twice Tempted
“It shouldn’t feel as if nothing has changed,” Suri quietly said.
From the corner of his eye, Ryan saw as she turned to press her forehead against the window, suddenly quiet. Then her hands slackened in his before she pulled away entirely.
With a screech of the tires, Ryan jerked the old pick-up over to the shoulder of the road where they sat in silence for several passing moments.
“I’m sorry I lied,” he said with quiet emphasis, gaze mindlessly focused on the speed limit sign up ahead. “I’m sorry I left.” Releasing his white-knuckled grip on the steering wheel, he turned to face her. “God, I’m sorry I ever even thought of leaving. But this isn’t just on me, Suri. You let me go. I gave you a choice. We broke up, but I came to you before I left, and still you let me go.”
She refused to look at him. Instead, she toyed with the strap of her purse, studiously avoiding him. Avoiding the fact that they both played a nearly equal role in destroying the only good thing either ever had.
“I know. And I hate myself as much as I do you for what happened.”
“You hate me?”
Laughing softly, she wiped an errant tear from the corner of her eye before giving him her full attention. “That was all you got out of that?”
“I’d say it was selective hearing, but that certainly wasn’t something I wanted to hear.”
“What did you want to hear, Ryan? What could you expect after all this time?”
“That you still loved me,” he admitted, his voice a soft growl of a sound.
Twice Tempted
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