eyes. “Don’t you know how much I envy you for that? You have been so lucky up until the unfortunate incident when your father was taken from you and Caitlyn in the most awful of circumstances. But believe me when I say that Drew still loves you very much. I would hazard a guess to say you have two men who are still in love with you: my boyfriend…and Colin.
“He would do anything to get you back, Deirdre, anything . What ever happened between you two just doesn’t end because a relationship hits rough sailing. Don’t go down the path of starting an affair with a man who knows some very dangerous people. It isn’t good for you and if this Mikayla still has any feelings for Drake then you are screwed. I wouldn’t put it past her to try to have you knocked off because she felt you to be a threat. That is all I am saying. Tread carefully with Drake and remember Colin will always there for you. I don’t think he would even know how to leave your side. You two were meant to be together—isn’t that enough for you?”
I stared back at my cousin with determination and renewed strength. “I honestly don’t know, Aubrey.”
Chapter Eight
Somehow, despite the odds, I made it through dinner with Drake to my left and Colin to my right. It started out awkward but once the alcohol began to flow, everyone loosened up and I truly did remember what a great person Colin still happened to be and how much fun he was to be around.
However, Drake was even more of a gem and the better he acted towards my situation with Colin, the more sexually attracted I felt to him. It wasn’t that I didn’t love Colin or I wasn’t sexually attracted to him because I was but my feelings for Drake were different. More intense and not so readily identifiable in the strictest sense; they didn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason and that is what I had a hard time wrapping my head around.
He was the opposite to Colin in every way who was blond, blue eyed and fair skinned though he held a hint of color in his skin to stop him from looking pale and sickly. Drake was dark with the exception of those beautiful eyes with lightly tanned skin, a five o’clock shadow he shaved more often than not and that air of being a bad boy Colin could never quite pull off because he had such an innocent face and a calm disposition. Oh I knew Colin was deadly but Drake radiated danger and somehow I found myself drawn to him like the old moth to a flame cliché.
Shortly after dinner, we all gathered in the living room but before I could sit down properly with my third glass of Pinot Grigio, Colin touched my arm gently. “Do you think it would be all right if we talked out on the patio for a moment?” He paused, his crystal blue eyes bright with early signs of intoxication but he was far from drunk. “Seriously, just talk, nothing else. I promise I won’t try to corner you or make you do anything you don’t want to do.”
I looked in Drake’s direction but he was too busy talking cuisine with Drew and Aubrey. “All right but I’m warning you now I’ve made up my mind and I won’t be coming back to Seattle any time soon—”
“You made that perfectly clear in the hospital,” he interrupted gently in an even-toned voice.
We walked out to my patio and I turned on the light so we could see one another. Both of us felt more comfortable leaning against the balcony, him with his Heineken and me with my wine glass of Pinot Grigio.
“Listen, I’m not here to try to talk you out of your relationship with Drake because it’s obvious to me and everyone else you’ve made up your mind.”
“Hold up. First of all, I am not in a relationship with Drake,” I replied defensively.
Colin touched my cheek softly before he snatched his right hand away as if I’d burned him. “He’s going to make his move soon enough and you’re more than receptive. I can see that. Although it hurts my heart very much and the thought of another man touching you and being
“He would do anything to get you back, Deirdre, anything . What ever happened between you two just doesn’t end because a relationship hits rough sailing. Don’t go down the path of starting an affair with a man who knows some very dangerous people. It isn’t good for you and if this Mikayla still has any feelings for Drake then you are screwed. I wouldn’t put it past her to try to have you knocked off because she felt you to be a threat. That is all I am saying. Tread carefully with Drake and remember Colin will always there for you. I don’t think he would even know how to leave your side. You two were meant to be together—isn’t that enough for you?”
I stared back at my cousin with determination and renewed strength. “I honestly don’t know, Aubrey.”
Chapter Eight
Somehow, despite the odds, I made it through dinner with Drake to my left and Colin to my right. It started out awkward but once the alcohol began to flow, everyone loosened up and I truly did remember what a great person Colin still happened to be and how much fun he was to be around.
However, Drake was even more of a gem and the better he acted towards my situation with Colin, the more sexually attracted I felt to him. It wasn’t that I didn’t love Colin or I wasn’t sexually attracted to him because I was but my feelings for Drake were different. More intense and not so readily identifiable in the strictest sense; they didn’t seem to have any rhyme or reason and that is what I had a hard time wrapping my head around.
He was the opposite to Colin in every way who was blond, blue eyed and fair skinned though he held a hint of color in his skin to stop him from looking pale and sickly. Drake was dark with the exception of those beautiful eyes with lightly tanned skin, a five o’clock shadow he shaved more often than not and that air of being a bad boy Colin could never quite pull off because he had such an innocent face and a calm disposition. Oh I knew Colin was deadly but Drake radiated danger and somehow I found myself drawn to him like the old moth to a flame cliché.
Shortly after dinner, we all gathered in the living room but before I could sit down properly with my third glass of Pinot Grigio, Colin touched my arm gently. “Do you think it would be all right if we talked out on the patio for a moment?” He paused, his crystal blue eyes bright with early signs of intoxication but he was far from drunk. “Seriously, just talk, nothing else. I promise I won’t try to corner you or make you do anything you don’t want to do.”
I looked in Drake’s direction but he was too busy talking cuisine with Drew and Aubrey. “All right but I’m warning you now I’ve made up my mind and I won’t be coming back to Seattle any time soon—”
“You made that perfectly clear in the hospital,” he interrupted gently in an even-toned voice.
We walked out to my patio and I turned on the light so we could see one another. Both of us felt more comfortable leaning against the balcony, him with his Heineken and me with my wine glass of Pinot Grigio.
“Listen, I’m not here to try to talk you out of your relationship with Drake because it’s obvious to me and everyone else you’ve made up your mind.”
“Hold up. First of all, I am not in a relationship with Drake,” I replied defensively.
Colin touched my cheek softly before he snatched his right hand away as if I’d burned him. “He’s going to make his move soon enough and you’re more than receptive. I can see that. Although it hurts my heart very much and the thought of another man touching you and being
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