A Bitch In Time
PART ONE
His jaw is like iron. White with tension and his lips are flattened by his fury. “Why can’t you be normal, Marina? Why have you always got to be so damned complicated?”
Stung, I sit up and flinch as my head protests the swift movement. That whiskey might not have been the smartest decision I’ve made this morning.
“I resent that!”
“How can you after what you’ve just told me?” He shakes his head and moves away from the bed to stride back and forth along the breadth of the room. The carpet probably has a groove in it from all the pacing. It’s a path I’ve trodden many a time during my stay.
I sink down to an elbow and with lowered lashes, watch him. “Do you hate me, Nate?” I hate how important the answer is and wish I hadn’t asked the question, but it popped out.
Thank you, whiskey.
His head whips around to look at me and the swift frown and even faster sigh leave me in the dark. What he’s thinking eludes me and it’s annoying how much his opinion means to me.
Marina has never taken the easy road. Why should she, when she prefers a storm to a perfect summer’s day? But even for her, Marina’s life is in a mess and she knows it.
Too many wrong decisions have put her life in danger and the only way to safety is to embrace the past. But Marina moves forward, steam-rolling ahead rather than focusing on the mistakes she’s made; the mistakes that have brought her to this point. And while she is happy with her head buried in the sand, Nathan Conroy won’t let her.
He loved her once, could love her again, but for her safety, even if it causes her to hate him, he’ll do anything to protect her from the mess she’s in.
From big city living to a huge ranch in the middle of nowhere, Marina’s safety comes at a price. But to her the physical danger is no less frightening than the peril to her heart.
Can she rewind ten years to right the wrongs she once made? And even though the future depends on it, can she unbend enough to do just that?
Too many wrong decisions have put her life in danger and the only way to safety is to embrace the past. But Marina moves forward, steam-rolling ahead rather than focusing on the mistakes she’s made; the mistakes that have brought her to this point. And while she is happy with her head buried in the sand, Nathan Conroy won’t let her.
He loved her once, could love her again, but for her safety, even if it causes her to hate him, he’ll do anything to protect her from the mess she’s in.
From big city living to a huge ranch in the middle of nowhere, Marina’s safety comes at a price. But to her the physical danger is no less frightening than the peril to her heart.
Can she rewind ten years to right the wrongs she once made? And even though the future depends on it, can she unbend enough to do just that?