I’d completely screwed up, and I wanted to fix that as quickly as possible.
Maybe I didn’t know exactly how Cole was going to react to the news that my brother had killed his father, but I trusted that Cole would never do anything to intentionally hurt me.
Talk to me.
God, I really wish I’d done exactly that.
I wish I hadn’t let my fears of losing him control my actions.
I didn’t need an overnight bag anymore to go to Cole’s ranch. I’d gotten into the habit of leaving things there so packing wasn’t necessary anymore.
I shot off the couch, found my car keys, and was in my vehicle in less than a minute.
Cole
I wasn’t going to sleep.
I’d known that from the time my head had hit the pillow a few minutes ago.
The last week had been utter and complete hell for me.
Something was happening with my woman, and I had no idea what she was thinking.
That wasn’t normal for us.
Okay, I’d given her last weekend because I figured that sometimes women just wanted to do female things with friends.
Wehadspent almost every free moment we had together for the last few months.
If she wasn’t at the ranch, I was taking her out for dinner or spending time at her place. On the evenings we didn’t see each other, we still talked by text or on the phone.
I’d liked that just fine, but I thought maybe it had been a little too much for Lauren.
However, when she’d skipped every single morning workout this week, I’d known that something was wrong between the two of us.
She’d been avoiding me, and I had absolutely no fucking idea what to do about that.
Yeah, she’d assured me earlier that this was about her and not me, but I wasn’t buying that bullshit.
I knew Lauren.
If this wasn’t about me, she’d be here talking to me about whatever was up.
We were tight emotionally.
She’d share her problems with me.
There was nothing we couldn’t talk about anymore.
I’d given Lauren her space, but I was done with that.
If I’d done something wrong, I wanted to know what the hell it was so I could fix it.
If she wasn’t here in the morning, I was going after her.
A guy could only take so much before he lost his patience, and I was at the end of that rope.
I pounded the shit out of my pillow because I wasn’t comfortable, but when I finally flopped back again, it still felt as hard as a rock.
