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“We need to talk,” he said as she drew nearer
“When we get home,” Alexis conceded
Yes, they did need to talk, but she had the feeling that Raoul wasn’t going to listen to her opinions no lance at his stony face, lingering on the pain that reflected in his eyes Pain that ht for him But she couldn’t do it on her own He had to meet her halfway
As they drove back to his house she stared blindly out the sidedoubting, for the first time since she’d come here, her decision to try and help out She was in way over her head with this situation and she lacked the objectivity she needed to get through it
How on earth could she be objective when all she wanted to do every tirief with sensation, with her love?
Raoul turned the Range Rover into the driveway at home with a measure of relief Ruby had fretted the entire journey hoer than the twenty-otten her home, but the relief didn’t coh his body Alexis had one job to do—look after Ruby That was it Except it wasn’t
Life was soHe’d relished his time alone Life was lonely, yes, but predictable Safe Now, every day was a challenge and he rose eachwhat he’d face It used to be that he’d relish a challenge like that, but not anye caht he’d never feel again
He pulled the SUV to a halt outside the house and got out, going around to the rear of the vehicle to extricate the bags and the stroller while Alexis took Ruby from her car seat
“I’ll just give her a bottle to calet her settled for a sleep”
He responded with a curt nod “I’ll wait for you in the study”
While he waited he paced, and then he paced some more He didn’t kno to handle this, how to handle Alexis, but he kneanted her gone Everything had blown up into larger-than-life proportions since her arrival, and he desperately wanted to fit everything back into its neat little boxes all over again—boxes he could keep closed or open at will
It was nearly half an hour before he heard her quiet knock on his study door She let herself in without awaiting his acknowledgment—a suitable simile to how she behaved with him on a daily basis, he realized with a rare flash of bleak humor