Free Save Me (Rock Romance #4) by A. L. Wood Page A

the bathroom.
    “An adolescent teen?” I question.
    “I’ve liked you for years, I thought you were someone you apparently aren’t. When I walked away that morning, I wasn’t just hurt by what you said. I was hurt that the person I built you up to be wasn’t the same person I came to know in that short period of time.”
    “ Abagail… ” She slams the door in my face.

Chapter 9

    She must have done a number on him, the girl who held his heart before. Not that I know if anyone ever has, but it’s obvious in the way that he has no trust for anyone other than his close circle of friends. I don’t even know why I chose to run into the bathroom other than to get away from the intense conversation he wanted to have. Okay, maybe I wanted the discussion too, it was long overdue and it seems that if my job is to be a successful and peaceful one, starting over with Gage would be a good choice.
    One thought keeps nagging at me though, he didn’t give me a chance then, why even ask me to explain myself now? When he could have months ago, or fuck , any time after that.
    Start over.
    Forget every mean word he spoke in my direction.
    I can do it, forgive, I mean. A new chance. Throw whatever feelings I still have for him and lock it away. He’s not a safe choice, his career requires just as much traveling as mine does. I want someone to be my safe choice, no risk, and my home, stable. Gage isn’t that for me.
    Reality stabs my heart, making it hard to breathe. The truth that I had wanted, in my past, him to be a choice, I was willing to make that risk for him, before he shoved me away with insults. Friends. That’s what I’ll try to be.
     
    “Gage?” I call out through the bathroom door, in my haste to get away from him I forgot to bring a change of clothes in the bathroom with me.
    No answer.
    “Gage?” I yell out a little louder, this time through the crack in the door that I made by opening it slightly ajar.
    Still no answer, I open the door slowly checking to see if he was actually in the room but just choosing to ignore me. I walk ov er to my bed the towel wrapped around my body, my suitcase still opened laying on top of the white down comforter I quickly grab a clean change of clothes out, in case Gage comes back into the room.
    “Ahhhh Jesus-fucking-Christ!” I scream, my hand flying to my chest completely forgetting to hold onto the towel was holding in place.
    “I was going to apologize for scaring you, but now that I think about it, I’m really not sorry. Actually I’m pretty damn happy that I decided to sneak up on ya.”
    I roll my eyes, before bending down to retrieve the one scrap of modesty I have left.
    “You don’t have to cover yourself, I mean I have seen it before.” Gage says while trying to pull the towel out of my hand.
    “I’d rather not do this with you, please just let go.” I beg with my eyes, my tolerance with him has hit its limit for the day.
    Instead, he pulls harder on the lightly damp towel, my hand holding onto it just as tightly causes me to be yanked in the same direction he pulls.
    To him.
    I land with my naked chest rubbing against his clothed one, one of his hands clutching the towel, the other gripping my hip. My breath hitches and he hears it.
    “Gage, I don’t think…”
    He cuts me off, “stop thinking. Just stop.”
    His lips land against mine roughly, taking and giving. He swipes his tongue along my lips, begging for entrance. I cave, opening my mouth to him, silently asking him to plunge into the depths with me.
    He bites my lip, then soothes it with the swipe of his tongue. He clutches me to him, every contour of his body aligned with mine. His mouth possesses mine, he takes all of me.
    I pull back, just a little, “ please .” I plead breathlessly.
    He grips my hip roughly with one hand, while slowly grazing his fingertip over my nipple.
    “More.”
    This time he pulls back. “Tell me what you want.” He demands of me, his eyes looking directly into