Secrets of You
“Arianna shrugged and sipped her coffee. It was too early for a whiskey, but she’d thought about it. Several times. Instead, she’d called Quinn who had arrived at the studio in fifteen minutes carrying two coffees and her favorite yogurt parfait. “It just came up.”
“Arianna. You’re talking to me. I know you, in some ways better than Ash does. Nothing ‘just comes up’ with you.”
“I thought he loved me.” She hated the neediness in her voice, the desperation coated with pain. She would get p...ast this and learn once again that people invariably disappointed, no matter how lofty the promise.
“He does love you.” And then, “Men in pain are strange creatures.”
She met his gaze and didn’t try to hide the tears. There hadn’t been tears in years and since Ash Lancaster returned, she’d become a regular faucet. “I stayed faithful, even when I believed I’d never see him again.”MoreLess
“Arianna. You’re talking to me. I know you, in some ways better than Ash does. Nothing ‘just comes up’ with you.”
“I thought he loved me.” She hated the neediness in her voice, the desperation coated with pain. She would get p...ast this and learn once again that people invariably disappointed, no matter how lofty the promise.
“He does love you.” And then, “Men in pain are strange creatures.”
She met his gaze and didn’t try to hide the tears. There hadn’t been tears in years and since Ash Lancaster returned, she’d become a regular faucet. “I stayed faithful, even when I believed I’d never see him again.”MoreLess
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