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‘I haven’t said yes’
He’d been cagey the night she’d overheard his side of the conversation Might as well pretend she knew nothing about that ‘Is it too close to your current one?’ As in, right here, staying in the apart to see her most days of the week, close?
‘It iss
That got her attention ‘Seriously?’ Definitely as in right here, staying in the apart to see her most days of the week, close Her heart whacked out of rhythm, unable to absorb this news
‘As I told you, I haven’t said yes yet’
He didn’t have to sound so down about it Sienna pushed the bottle across ‘So ?’ She wanted to be excited at the chance Harry ht be next door for a while to come, but how could she be when the dark expression on his face told her it was the last thing he wanted? She ht love him, but she didn’t want him at any cost He had to feel the same about her and obviously that wasn’t the case Had never been
‘Okay, not quite the sa, but the base director is leaving and his job’s mine if I want it’ The darkness was still there in his eyes, his ht, his cheeks pale
‘You’re not exactly leaping in the air with exciteet those words out was beyond her, but they had to be said, and in the long run this was about protecting herself Draining her glass, she struggled to s the now less than wonderful liquid for the lump in her throat
Don’t let him ruin your day
With grilasses and raised hers to tap the riht decision’
He didn’t return the tap ‘How does anyone know they’ve got it right? You hear so often about people at crossroads and selecting one hen it turns out the other would’ve been best’
‘Or worse’ This time it was easier to s ‘Like you’ve told me, don’t let the past hold you back Work out what you want and go for it, boots and all’
‘Where do you want to be in six enuine interest in his eyes and face, and his voice had lightened from that dark huskiness
Living with you
But that wasn’t soile, she could break if he didn’t treat her with care And he had no reason to She only had herself to blaress’
His face shut down, and he stood up, setting his glass aside ‘Ti day’
The fingers holding the stelass whitened ‘Sure Good luck with the decision about the job’
‘Yeah, it isn’t easy’ He stood looking down at her, so her heart whack harder But then he took a step away And another, ai for her back door ‘Thanks for the drink’
The door closed behind hiain
No ould Harrison take up the offer of a permanent position with the rescue service ‘He’s just like ne didn’t ease the pain, even as bubbles tingled on her tongue ‘Never stopping in one place long enough to make friends’ This had been a celebration that had turned tothe last of the wine into her glass she leaned back on her chair and stared at the door, hearing that click over and over Harrison had gone She’d been the one to leave him on Sunday, and the result was the same It hurt beyond what she’d ever known Worse than when her parents broke up and her dad left for good This was closer, was her pain It broke her heart, that hat it did Slue in the world that could hold it together now ‘I want to follow you to the end of the earth, Harry, but I can’t I would destroy both of us, living your way of life It’s init, hate the consequences So I won’t do that, no matter what the cost’
Si Harry had called her Si Tears welled up and spilled over, to run down her cheeks and drip off her jaw She liked that ‘I love you, Harrison Frost I love you like I’ve never loved before And won’t ever again You are the one’ She whispered these final sentences, afraid to say them too loud in case they ricocheted around the room for ever
CHAPTER ELEVEN
HARRY PAUSED AT the gate in the fence they’d begun using this past week Sienna was still talking To hi a yarn with herself, or one of the Santas on her tree
‘Just like my dad’