“How about we turn might to will, so I can get out of your hair and you can rest?” he responded, his Southern drawl more pronounced.
“I’m not sure I’m going to be able to rest,” she admitted.
“Give it a try. You’ll heal better if you do.” He touched her cheek, his fingers brushing lightly down her jaw. Such a simple gesture, but longing shot through her, so intense that it filled her heart and her throat. “You’re going to have a bruise there. You’d better put some ice on it.”
She nodded, afraid if she spoke, he’d hear everything she was feeling. He frowned. “Maybe I should stick around until Randal gets back.”
“I’ll be fine.” She forced the words out, because she really needed him to leave.
“You’re sure?”
“Yes.”
“Then, I’ll see you next week.”
“Wait!” she nearly shouted as he turned away.
He swung back around to face her again. “You changed your mind about wanting me to stay?”
“No, I...” What? She couldn’t think of one good reason for calling him back. Except that she was scared and that as soon as left, she’d be alone again. “Just...thanks.”
“Anytime.” He walked down the hall, offering a brief smile as he stepped outside and closed the door. The house felt emptier without him in it, and that wasn’t a good thing.
Tessa had been doing things on her own for so long, she’d forgotten what it felt like to have someone around. Seth made her remember.
After Logan finished dusting for prints, she’d face the attic head-on, drag her suitcase to her room and start packing, because she couldn’t stay. Not just because of the danger that seemed to be dogging her, but because of Seth.
He was his own kind of danger.
The kind that could fill a woman’s heart, seep into her soul. Make her want things that she shouldn’t want. Long for things that were out of reach.
Tessa didn’t want to go down that path again.
She didn’t want the heartache it would bring.
Sometimes, though, she wanted more than a big old house and an oversize dog.
Sometimes, she wanted forever with someone she loved.
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