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quickly. “I love her, you know,” he said after a moment. He tasted the words on his tongue, and he found that he liked the taste. He should tell Eve, he decided. If the words tasted this good when speaking them to someone else, he could imagine how heavenly they would taste if he spoke them to the woman in question. “I’ve never loved anyone the way I love Eve.”
For a moment he thought Alec might tease him, but he didn’t. There was a time when he would have, but fatherhood and marriage truly had changed Lind’s best friend. He had become a more mature man, one that didn’t necessarily run from emotions anymore—his or anyone else’s.
“I know you do,” Alec said. He hesitated. “Does she?”
“I don’t know,” Lind admitted.
“Well, have you told her?”
“No.”
“Then maybe you should.”
Lind nodded. He definitely should.
“Now get out of here before you pass out.”
Lind gave his friend a grateful smile. “Thank you,” he said sincerely. He didn’t have to add the, “For everything” ; it went without saying. It was unspoken, and Alec heard it as loud and clear as Lind had heard his friend’s unspoken words from earlier.
Alec nodded gruffly. “Now go,” he mumbled.
Lind smirked. His friend might be willing to finally embrace emotions and feelings, but that didn’t mean they didn’t still make him uncomfortable. He patted Alec’s back as he walked past him and out of the room where he had spent the better part of his nights over the past few weeks.
As he left the room and finally allowed himself to relinquish control over his mission, he felt lighter than he had in a while. Yes, all the realizations he had just experienced had packed a punch, but it was a hit that he had needed to take. Despite the sleep deprivation, his head felt clearer than it had been in days. He was finally putting things in the right perspective. The way he had gone about protecting Eve had been the wrong one, but he knew exactly what to do now to make it right again.
He trusted Alec enough to let him handle the matter of Douglas Taylor for one day. Today, Lind decided, his priority would be Eve. Like it should have been all along.
CHAPTER NINE
Eve’s head was spinning in a way that couldn’t even be compared with how it had spun before—and God knew there had been many occasions for head-reeling over the past few weeks, and especially over the past few days.
“I love her, you know. I’ve never loved anyone the way I love Eve.”
She had not meant to eavesdrop, it just happened. After she had called Lind earlier that morning to suggest they have breakfast together and he had brushed her off yet again , Eve decided that she’d had enough. Despite all of her fears, doubts, and insecurities, she had tried to give their relationship one more chance and had been looking to reconnect with him. Lind, however, would resist all of her attempts. It was like hitting a wall over and over again and still trying to push through.
She didn’t know what it was about his latest refusal, but something finally snapped within Eve and she came to a decision. She wasn’t going to stand for this anymore. She was living like a prisoner in her own house, in her own life, and she was sick and tired of feeling that way.
Her heart broke even as she drove to the Diamondbacks’ headquarters, with Lucas in the passenger seat. The man knew something was up, but to his credit he didn’t ask any questions and left her alone throughout the whole ride.
She had felt like a prisoner before, back when she was stuck in a life that simply did not represent her anymore. Back when she was stuck with Alan in the worst of ways. She never thought she could feel this way with Lind, too. She had expected so much more from him, from them . She had been naïve; she knew that now.
And so it was with a heavy heart that she parked outside of the
For a moment he thought Alec might tease him, but he didn’t. There was a time when he would have, but fatherhood and marriage truly had changed Lind’s best friend. He had become a more mature man, one that didn’t necessarily run from emotions anymore—his or anyone else’s.
“I know you do,” Alec said. He hesitated. “Does she?”
“I don’t know,” Lind admitted.
“Well, have you told her?”
“No.”
“Then maybe you should.”
Lind nodded. He definitely should.
“Now get out of here before you pass out.”
Lind gave his friend a grateful smile. “Thank you,” he said sincerely. He didn’t have to add the, “For everything” ; it went without saying. It was unspoken, and Alec heard it as loud and clear as Lind had heard his friend’s unspoken words from earlier.
Alec nodded gruffly. “Now go,” he mumbled.
Lind smirked. His friend might be willing to finally embrace emotions and feelings, but that didn’t mean they didn’t still make him uncomfortable. He patted Alec’s back as he walked past him and out of the room where he had spent the better part of his nights over the past few weeks.
As he left the room and finally allowed himself to relinquish control over his mission, he felt lighter than he had in a while. Yes, all the realizations he had just experienced had packed a punch, but it was a hit that he had needed to take. Despite the sleep deprivation, his head felt clearer than it had been in days. He was finally putting things in the right perspective. The way he had gone about protecting Eve had been the wrong one, but he knew exactly what to do now to make it right again.
He trusted Alec enough to let him handle the matter of Douglas Taylor for one day. Today, Lind decided, his priority would be Eve. Like it should have been all along.
CHAPTER NINE
Eve’s head was spinning in a way that couldn’t even be compared with how it had spun before—and God knew there had been many occasions for head-reeling over the past few weeks, and especially over the past few days.
“I love her, you know. I’ve never loved anyone the way I love Eve.”
She had not meant to eavesdrop, it just happened. After she had called Lind earlier that morning to suggest they have breakfast together and he had brushed her off yet again , Eve decided that she’d had enough. Despite all of her fears, doubts, and insecurities, she had tried to give their relationship one more chance and had been looking to reconnect with him. Lind, however, would resist all of her attempts. It was like hitting a wall over and over again and still trying to push through.
She didn’t know what it was about his latest refusal, but something finally snapped within Eve and she came to a decision. She wasn’t going to stand for this anymore. She was living like a prisoner in her own house, in her own life, and she was sick and tired of feeling that way.
Her heart broke even as she drove to the Diamondbacks’ headquarters, with Lucas in the passenger seat. The man knew something was up, but to his credit he didn’t ask any questions and left her alone throughout the whole ride.
She had felt like a prisoner before, back when she was stuck in a life that simply did not represent her anymore. Back when she was stuck with Alan in the worst of ways. She never thought she could feel this way with Lind, too. She had expected so much more from him, from them . She had been naïve; she knew that now.
And so it was with a heavy heart that she parked outside of the
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