“And I deserve some fucking answers.”
“You’re right.” Mac stared back at him. “You do. And you’ll get them, I promise. But right now, I really need you to trust me when I say it’s not safe for you to be here.”
“Trust you?” He laughed humorlessly. “That’s a good one.”
It was killing her to see how deeply her deception had hurt him, and she prayed there was a way to make him understand.
“I swear, I’ll tell you everything the second I’m back home.”
“Wrong. You’ll tell me now.”
“Damn it, Sean—”
“This isn’t up for debate, McKenna.” He clenched his jaw. “We can either do this here or at your hotel. Your choice. Either way, the bullshit stops now.”
Shit. Fuck. Shit.
“Okay.” Mac drew in a breath, holding it half a second before letting it out slowly. “We’ll go to my room. I’ll follow you.”
The drive would give her time she desperately needed to figure out what the hell she was going to say.
“Fine.” His eyes narrowed. “And don’t even think about trying to ditch me. I’ll just find you again, anyway.”
Coop turned and stomped across the manicured grass, not waiting to see if she was actually following him. Maybe, on some level, he did still trust her.
Mac wanted to scream with frustration. She’d hoped to come here, take care of what needed to be done, and go back where her life could return to normal.
Problem was, she didn’t know what that looked like anymore.
Maybe this was a good thing. Chances were, once Coop discovered the kind of person she really was, he’d catch the next flight home and forget all about her.
That’s what she wanted, right? For him to be as far away from here as possible?
You should tell him now. That way, he’ll leave sooner rather than later.
The tiny voice was right. They were the only ones left in this area of the cemetery. May as well come clean now and get it over with.
Her short legs worked double-time to catch up to him. “Coop, wait!”
He didn’t.
“Stop.”
“You’re not changing my mind, Mac,” he threw out over his shoulder.
“I’m not trying to.”
The stubborn man kept walking.
“Damn it, Sean. Will you please stop walking for five seconds?”
“Why?” He spun around, stopping next to a large oak tree. Heartache and disappointment filled his gorgeous eyes as he looked back at her as if she were a stranger.
Because that’s what you are to him now. A stranger.
Schooling her expression, Mac lifted her chin. “No sense in putting off the inevitable, right?”
The inevitable being she would lose the chance of having any sort of future with him. As a lover or a partner.
