Chapter Eleven
‘I want you, Eden,’ he murmured. His voice was a masculine rumble from deep within his chest.
A tear fell from the corner of her eye. He reached and brushed it from her cheek with his thumb. She looked at him and all thoughts fled her mind. She wanted him beyond reason, but he was a temptation she mustn’t give in to, for the sake of her heart. She could go on if it ended now.
‘Tell me what I have to do, what I need to do. I want you so much …’ His voice cracked. His face was tight, pinched. There was an urgency in his eyes. And pain.
She wanted to believe. Needed to. ‘I do too, but —’
‘Tell me.’ His voice was harsh, aching.
He took his hands and held them between his own. They trembled. The pain and confusion of what had happened on the mountain top returned in full fo
