A Needful Heart
“What the hell had he been thinking, telling her that? As if he didn’t have enough issues without stoking the tension between them. He’d already decided not to pursue anything with her, but when she perched on that chair with the sun highlighting her kinky hair, it was all he could do not to toss the damn sandwich away and grab her.
In the deepest part of his heart, he allowed himself to admit that there was nothing he wanted more than to mean something to Gina Carruthers. For four years, fourteen hundred and some odd days, he’d wondered what she liked to eat, and what her favorite color was, and who she talked to when she went home at night. He’d seen her out with men before, and he wondered what he could do to be like them, to make her want to smile at him the same way. But he was man enough to admit he was scared, too. He knew his life was not normal. His upbringing had damaged him to the point that he retreated as much as he could. What right did he have to even contemplate bringin...g Gina into it?MoreLess
In the deepest part of his heart, he allowed himself to admit that there was nothing he wanted more than to mean something to Gina Carruthers. For four years, fourteen hundred and some odd days, he’d wondered what she liked to eat, and what her favorite color was, and who she talked to when she went home at night. He’d seen her out with men before, and he wondered what he could do to be like them, to make her want to smile at him the same way. But he was man enough to admit he was scared, too. He knew his life was not normal. His upbringing had damaged him to the point that he retreated as much as he could. What right did he have to even contemplate bringin...g Gina into it?MoreLess
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