And most importantly, could I regain the trust I’d once had with him?
Chapter Thirty-One
Sadie
The next morning, I woke up with my face on Harrison’s bare chest and his arms wrapped around me. I immediately sat up and got out of bed. He kind of groaned and rolled over. I stared at him, then hurried into the bathroom, pulling on my robe as I went. I splashed water on my face and stared in the mirror.
What had I done? Had I just made the biggest mistake of my life? Was I going to go out with him a few times and then find him in bed with his secretary or some other bullshit? I paced around in the bathroom, afraid to come out and face him.
There was a knock on the door. “Sadie? Are you okay in there?”
I rolled my lips inwards, not wanting to answer.
“I know you’re in there. I can hear you pacing back and forth.”
I walked over and whipped the door open. “I might be freaking out a little.”
“About what?” His brown eyes were kind. There was no trace of the arrogance that had crept into them during the time we were at Carruthers.
“Whether what we did was…”
“Awesome?” He grinned and planted a kiss on my cheek. “Amazing?” He kissed my other cheek. “The best sex I’ve ever had?” He kissed my forehead and then pulled me into his arms.“I think you cracked my soul open last night and stole every part of me,” he whispered in my ear. “I’m yours, Sadie, if you’ll have me.”
I looked up at him, cupping his face in my hands. “You don’t think it was a huge mistake?”
He shook his head, a sweet smile on his face. “Not even a little bit.” He looked at his phone. “I hate to alarm you, but I know Melinda’s mom and Drake’s mom have a wedding breakfast planned this morning at the banquet hall. It’s in thirty minutes and is ten minutes away,” he cringed. “Our alarms either didn’t go off or we slept through them.”
“Oh my God!” I pushed him out of the bathroom, slammed the door in his face, and proceeded to get ready faster than I ever had in my life.
“We can’t ride together,” I bit out, as I clomped down the steps in my heels.
“Why not?”
I turned to look at him. “Are you serious? Is this how you want to out our possible reconciliation to the entire town? That we had a night of wild, passionate sex after Melinda and Drake’s rehearsal dinner?”
“Itwaswild and passionate, wasn’t it?” he asked with a dreamy look on his face.
“You’re missing the point.” I hurried down the rest of the stairs. “I’m riding with my parents. You can call an Uber.”
“Good morning.”
I jumped and let out a little shriek as I turned to see my dad watching us from their back deck. He was dressed, ready for the wedding breakfast, and drinking a cup of coffee.
He had a strange smile on his face, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. It didn’t look altogether… friendly. “I think you should ride over with Tim, Harrison.” He took a slow sip of his coffee. “He said he had some interesting and little-known areasof the quarry he wanted to talk to you about. Apparently, there are submerged mine shafts and caves that go back thousands of feet from the main opening. Seems like you could hide just about anything in one of those areas, and it would never be found again. Wouldn’t you say so, Harrison?”
Harrison paled, and my dad’s smiley face made more sense.
“Yes, sir.”
“Tim’s about ready. He’s just grabbing a map of the interior cave system to show you on your way over to the wedding breakfast.” He got a thoughtful look on his face. “Did you know that local police have always thought some of our missing persons cases could be solved if they could get divers into those areas?”
“N… no.” Harrison’s voice was raspy and he pulled at the collar of his shirt.
“Yeah. Apparently only specialized quarry divers are able to do those sorts of operations.” He turned to me. “Sadie, did I tell you Tim got his diving specialization for the quarry last year?”
I had to fight back a laugh. I knew there was no such thing as specialized quarry divers. But Harrison didn’t, and it was freaking hilarious. I wouldn’t spoil their fun. “That’s fantastic! I bet it comes with a raise. Alright, then,” I turned to Harrison. “Have fun with Tim. I’ll see you over there.”
He grabbed my hand. “Are you sure you don’t want to ride with us?”
