Drake Sisters 04 - Dangerous Tides

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    "None of it was true."

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    Head still on the wheel, he turned to look at her, anguish in his eyes. "What do I do that's so wrong all the time? I've seen exasperation in your eyes, the same as I've seen in Sam's, in my parents. What is it I do that you don't do, that Sam doesn't? The rest of the world? What makes me so damned unlovable?"

    Libby brushed caressing fingers through his hair. "People can love someone and still be exasperated, Ty.
    They can get angry and have terrible fights. You've removed yourself emotionally from the world for so long you don't recognize things that are normal. It's when you feel very strong emotions that you can have passionate reactions. Believe me, my parents were often exasperated with Joley, but she is very, very loved."

    "I don't feel sorry for myself, Libby. I never thought how much my life was missing until recently."

    Libby leaned closer to him, rubbed her cheek against his shoulder. "Maybe you aren't for everyone, Ty.
    Neither am I. Most couples find one another because they're right for one another. Maybe someone else couldn't live with you forgetting dates."

    "I've never remembered my own birthday let alone someone else's."

    She laughed softly. "Somehow, hon, that doesn't surprise me in the least. I can live with reminding you about the big things."

    "What if we have children?" He put his palm on her stomach. "What if you're already pregnant? I'd make a terrible parent. I'd probably forget to come to their birth."

    "Fortunately, I'm a doctor, so I'd get through it and then I'd skin you alive and you'd remember for the second one. And just for your information, I'm on birth control. I suppose it wasn't very responsible of us to not talk about all of that before we jumped into having sex."

    "I made love to you, Libby. I didn't fuck you and I didn't have sex with you, I made love to you. I'm in love with you. Whatever else is going on, at least believe that."

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    me." He was still radiating so much pain that Libby needed to get out of the car. But she didn't want to take the chance he might view her distance as a rejection. The things Sam said, the way his cousin had treated him, brought his childhood, so carefully hidden away, straight to the surface.

    "He hurt you, Libby."

    "He hurt you, Ty," she pointed out gently. "Your parents hurt you. People we love can do that. We give them power over us by loving them. That's part of living. You can't sit on the sidelines and you can't hide in a laboratory forever. Life is messy, Tyson. If you don't trust me with your love, you're never going to know if we work or not. Whatever Sam thinks, or Sarah thinks, ultimately doesn't matter. It's what we think."

    His hands fisted in her hair and he pulled her close to him, holding her head still. "I think I want you more than I've ever wanted anything else in my life. What do you think, Libby?"

    His piercing blue eyes blazed down into hers and she felt that same curious melting sensation she always felt when she looked at him. More than that, more than the ache between her legs and the tightness in her breasts, was the feeling of rightness. Love could be overwhelming and for a long moment she could only look at him.

    Tyson never took his gaze from her face. Didn't blink. His world, his future, the rest of his life had come down to this one strange moment, sitting on the side of the road. Her delicate scent drifted to him and her hair felt like crushed silk in his hands. Libby Drake, with her large bedroom eyes and her sensual mouth and her innate innocence. She couldn't hide her thoughts from him if she tried. She had the most expressive face of any person he'd ever met.

    And there was love in her eyes. There was no mistaking that. He might not have ever seen it before, but it was unmistakable and quickened his heartbeat until his pulse was thundering in his ears and tears burned close behind his eyes. To prevent making a fool of himself, he leaned down and took the words as they formed, from her mouth. Tasted them. Savored them. Held them inside of him.

    Emotion rose from some well deep inside he'd slammed shut a long time ago. It flooded his body, his mind, his heart, until he shook with it. He kissed her until he