Bound to the Greek (2011)
“His bedroom was cloaked in darkness, but in the glimmer of moonlight Eleanor made out the huge shape of a king-sized bed, the sheen of a satin duvet. Jace turned to face her, and her breath caught. He looked so intent, so intense, so… reverent. And so beautiful.
She realised then just how much she wanted this. Had been waiting for this. Even so, a flutter of fear forced her to admit, ‘It’s been a long time… for me.’ ‘Me too, actually,’ Jace replied, and Eleanor heard the smile in his voice.
‘Re...ally?’ She couldn’t keep the disbelief from her own voice. Somehow she’d imagined that Jace had been enjoying countless easy and meaningless love affairs in the last ten years while she’d had only a handful of failed relationships.
‘Really,’ he confirmed, one eyebrow lifting in irony. ‘And just why would you think otherwise?’ She shrugged, unable to admit that when he’d left her she’d painted him as a womaniser, a user. It had made her own loss more bearable. She was still holding onto what she’d once believed?assumed?about him, rather than what she really knew.MoreLess
She realised then just how much she wanted this. Had been waiting for this. Even so, a flutter of fear forced her to admit, ‘It’s been a long time… for me.’ ‘Me too, actually,’ Jace replied, and Eleanor heard the smile in his voice.
‘Re...ally?’ She couldn’t keep the disbelief from her own voice. Somehow she’d imagined that Jace had been enjoying countless easy and meaningless love affairs in the last ten years while she’d had only a handful of failed relationships.
‘Really,’ he confirmed, one eyebrow lifting in irony. ‘And just why would you think otherwise?’ She shrugged, unable to admit that when he’d left her she’d painted him as a womaniser, a user. It had made her own loss more bearable. She was still holding onto what she’d once believed?assumed?about him, rather than what she really knew.MoreLess
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