Page 13 of Blossoms of the Heart
“Jesus Christ. You actually understand it?”
I nodded and started reading.
“The sun was warm today. It signaled a change in the season. No longer were we burdened with the cold of winter, but the hope of the oncoming spring. I saw the raven. It returned, and then a nightingale.”
“Damn.” His mouth dropped then a cocky smile danced across his sensual lips. “Beautiful and smart. I didn’t realize the effect of that combo until just now. It’s sexy.”
He scanned me again, taking me in, making me feel completely conscious of myself.
At that moment a pretty blonde woman appeared at the door. Slim built and elegantly dressed in a green summer dress that showed off her figure.
“Hi, I hope I’m not interrupting.” She beamed, revealing perfect white teeth.
Tai looked over to her in silence and then offered a polite smile. “No, I’m all yours.”
He didn’t introduce her or me. He moved over to her then glanced back to me.
“Let’s catch up later.”
“Sure.” I nodded.
He winked at me and left.
I would guess that woman must have been his girlfriend from the way that he placed an arm around her but I couldn’t be certain.
I released a breath I didn’t realize I was hanging on to and that eased the tension in my stomach.
Tension I hadn’t felt in a while. I’d say before Jason and I got married.
Or, maybe it was before that. Like… when I was eighteen and I last saw Tai.
I couldn’t get the way he looked at me out of my head. That look of desire.
I hadn’t felt desire in a long time and not for a man who looked as drop-dead gorgeous as Tai.
What was I thinking?
I was here on business. Business.
It was nice though. Nice to feel desired. Nice to be called sexy.
But there was one overarching thing I would always have to worry about from my disastrous marriage to Jason.
It was bad enough that he cheated and ruined my trust in him. It was awful that he continued to make his mark.
All those things boiled into one, but I would always blame him for the accident that left me unable to have children.
