Page 3 of The Chase
She could see that now.
Greer had betrayed her big brother with…this beast. And given Kurt her virginity in the process. Willingly. Eagerly. She had been such an idiot.
He had to have been laughing at how easy she had been the entire time.
Just like Carly Fueller. Carly had laughed at Greer a lot when Carly had been married to Gene.
She’d had such a problem with Greer back then, Greer had never understood why.
Kurt had probably slept with Carly, too. Maybe even while Carly had still been married to Gene. It wouldn’t surprise her at all now. Kurt Chase was nothing butman scumthrough and through.
Her first time. What was supposed to be a beautiful moment, a lifelong memory…and he had ruined it. She’d definitely never forget it, that was for sure.
She had thought she loved him.
He was just using her for sex.
One of the oldest stories in the book. She had been an idiot. Never had she been so sick to her stomach at anything she had ever done in the past.
She hurried into her clothes. All she wanted to do was get away from him. To forget him and put him behind her forever.
What kind of bastard tricked a woman into sleeping with him just to get even with her older brother? There were names for men like that. Foul ones.
But she deserved it. She should have listened to her brothers when they’d told her before that Kurtland Chase was a bastard. And to stay far, far away.
She should have listened to her brothers for once in her life. Should have just thanked that toad for helping her when her car broke down and then…stayed away forever.
She wasn’t ever going to be this stupid with a man ever again.
Greer grabbed her bag.
She still had to ride in his truck with Kurt tonight. There wasn’t exactly a taxi service out there right now.
For a moment, she considered calling one of her five brothers to come get her. To just scoop her close and make everything…better.But that was the coward’s way out.
She knew what Gene and most of the rest of her big brothers would do. They’d beat the tar out of him and then get themselves into so much trouble Giavonna and George, attorneys, wouldn’t be able to get them out of it. She could call Gunn, but her brother was a minister. The last thing she wanted was him seeing her like this, knowing what Kurt had done.
She was just…going to put Kurtland Chase behind her forever. And…be a lot smarter next time.
Lesson learned.
Kurt had broken her. And she felt it down to her very soul. She was never going to be this stupid again.
3
The womanwho came out of his bedroom wasn’t the same one who had gone in. Kurt knew that with one look. There was a brittleness about her now that made him sick to his stomach to see. To know he had caused it. How was he supposed to make this right? “Greer…I…should tell you…I…”
Hell, how did he find the words to tell her he’d let her down? In the biggest way imaginable? He’d never had a condom break before that he remembered. He was pretty damned close to panicking here. He never would have hurt her this way. Never.
She held up a hand. The look on her face had him falling silent. “I don’t want another word between us. As far as I’m concerned, you are the biggest mistake I’ve ever made in my entire life. And you ceased to exist the moment you couldn’t climb off me fast enough after you got what you wanted. Take me home. And then…stay away from me, forever. You made me feel sick. I’ll never forgive you for that, you jerk. Ever.”
He just nodded. He’d heard the tears in her voice. He’d made her cry. The last thing he had ever wanted to do was make her cry. Not her. “I?—”
Greer should never cry. She had a beautiful laugh. When she laughed, the world just felt brighter. For everyone around her. Especially him. She’d captivated him from the moment they had met. Even when he knew how dangerous that was.
As she grabbed her bag and her denim jacket and headed to the door it occurred to him—he would never get to hear Greer laugh just for him again. She would never look at him like he was the greatest man in the world ever again. Would never look at him with that somewhat bold, somewhat shy look that melted his damned insides every single time. Never again.
He’d never get to just cuddle her on his couch while they watched TV after a long, hard day ever again. He’d never get to hold her, and just know that he wasn’t alone—not ever again. This woman had made him feel like he mattered—for the first time in a long, long time. If ever.
