“Created reality.” When he’d questioned her, she had gone on to explain how we choose our reality by allowing or disallowing certain thoughts to occupy our minds.
Dex had stared at her as the absolute truth of her words hit him like a Mack truck. She’d just smiled shyly and said, “You hold all the power you know…you can let all the horrible things you see taint your future or you can learn from them…it’s always your choice.” He’d been stunned by the simplicity of her words and the fact two different women had sensed how emotionally adrift he’d been was more than a little humbling.
Looking at Meri—her eyes so filled with wonder and appreciation of the beauty surrounding her, Dex couldn’t help feel she held his heart in her hand already, but neither of them had been notified yet. Oh brother, you really have fucking lost it and if Ash gets wind you’ve detoured into the deep end of the romance pool , there will be no living with him. Dex finally broke the silence by saying, “Tell us why you didn’t tell us who you are.” He knew his comment lacked any sort of finesse, but the words had tumbled out before he’d had the chance to polish them.
Chapter Five
Meri heard several different underlying emotions in Dex’s demand for an explanation, but the one that surprised her the most was hurt. It had never occurred to her that he and Ash might be offended by her duplicity. It wasn’t as if she had intentionally kept the information from them, and in truth, they likely knew they shared more than a little bit of the responsibility. They hadn’t been interested enough to ask questions, so why was he offended? Well, I didn’t grow up in Texas without learning a thing or two about game-day strategy and every Cowboy ' s fan knows that sometimes the best defense is a good offense . She took a deep breath and looked out over the darkening sky, “Well, if you will think back, I’m sure you’ll realize you rarely expressed much interest in idle chit-chat. And I’m not sure exactly when I would have worked the details of my financial portfolio into the time we’ve spent together.”
She hadn’t intended to sound quite so snippy, and the sudden tension in the air told her it was time to tone it down a little. “I used my first and middle names on my club membership to fly under the radar as much as possible. I’m sure you can see why that was important. And I’ve used it before for travel because I don’t always take personal protection with me and security is sometimes an issue.” And wasn’t that an enormous understatement at the moment. She had purposely tried to keep her reference to security challenges vague, but in her peripheral vision Meri had seen both men swivel their faces to her.
“Excuse me?” Oh brother. Ash’s voice had sounded almost menacing and suddenly Meri was grateful for the encroaching darkness. “You wanna run that by us again, pet? Because that sounded a lot like you’ve had some security issues and I don’t remember hearing them mentioned either. You really do seem to be racking up punishments at an astonishing rate.”
Dex leaned closer and asked, “Have you mentioned this to anyone? Anyone at all? Because I have to tell you, I have a bad feeling about this. That little pissant reporter was fed information by someone and you need to take any security issues you’re having very seriously. Just because your foundation does good work doesn’t mean you won’t make enemies along the way.” And isn’t that a fact? Damn, this conv ersation is sliding downhill fast .
“Listen, I’m not discounting my safety, but I’m not going to get bogged-down with paranoia either. If I let every threatening email and security breach at the mansion get to me, I’d have become a recluse years ago.” Instead of easing their tension, her words seemed to have ratcheted it up even further. “I had planned to talk to Micah and Jax, but I haven’t had a chance to speak with
Dex had stared at her as the absolute truth of her words hit him like a Mack truck. She’d just smiled shyly and said, “You hold all the power you know…you can let all the horrible things you see taint your future or you can learn from them…it’s always your choice.” He’d been stunned by the simplicity of her words and the fact two different women had sensed how emotionally adrift he’d been was more than a little humbling.
Looking at Meri—her eyes so filled with wonder and appreciation of the beauty surrounding her, Dex couldn’t help feel she held his heart in her hand already, but neither of them had been notified yet. Oh brother, you really have fucking lost it and if Ash gets wind you’ve detoured into the deep end of the romance pool , there will be no living with him. Dex finally broke the silence by saying, “Tell us why you didn’t tell us who you are.” He knew his comment lacked any sort of finesse, but the words had tumbled out before he’d had the chance to polish them.
Chapter Five
Meri heard several different underlying emotions in Dex’s demand for an explanation, but the one that surprised her the most was hurt. It had never occurred to her that he and Ash might be offended by her duplicity. It wasn’t as if she had intentionally kept the information from them, and in truth, they likely knew they shared more than a little bit of the responsibility. They hadn’t been interested enough to ask questions, so why was he offended? Well, I didn’t grow up in Texas without learning a thing or two about game-day strategy and every Cowboy ' s fan knows that sometimes the best defense is a good offense . She took a deep breath and looked out over the darkening sky, “Well, if you will think back, I’m sure you’ll realize you rarely expressed much interest in idle chit-chat. And I’m not sure exactly when I would have worked the details of my financial portfolio into the time we’ve spent together.”
She hadn’t intended to sound quite so snippy, and the sudden tension in the air told her it was time to tone it down a little. “I used my first and middle names on my club membership to fly under the radar as much as possible. I’m sure you can see why that was important. And I’ve used it before for travel because I don’t always take personal protection with me and security is sometimes an issue.” And wasn’t that an enormous understatement at the moment. She had purposely tried to keep her reference to security challenges vague, but in her peripheral vision Meri had seen both men swivel their faces to her.
“Excuse me?” Oh brother. Ash’s voice had sounded almost menacing and suddenly Meri was grateful for the encroaching darkness. “You wanna run that by us again, pet? Because that sounded a lot like you’ve had some security issues and I don’t remember hearing them mentioned either. You really do seem to be racking up punishments at an astonishing rate.”
Dex leaned closer and asked, “Have you mentioned this to anyone? Anyone at all? Because I have to tell you, I have a bad feeling about this. That little pissant reporter was fed information by someone and you need to take any security issues you’re having very seriously. Just because your foundation does good work doesn’t mean you won’t make enemies along the way.” And isn’t that a fact? Damn, this conv ersation is sliding downhill fast .
“Listen, I’m not discounting my safety, but I’m not going to get bogged-down with paranoia either. If I let every threatening email and security breach at the mansion get to me, I’d have become a recluse years ago.” Instead of easing their tension, her words seemed to have ratcheted it up even further. “I had planned to talk to Micah and Jax, but I haven’t had a chance to speak with
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