Crawling Back To Her Series Redemption and Refuse

Book6 Chapter2.

I pulled my coat tighter around me, but my heart felt even colder than the freezing weather.

This was the fifth time Ryan Mitchell had stood me up because of Lana Brooks.

It forced me to reassess our relationship.

After several rings, the call was finally answered, but it wasn't Ryan who picked up -it was Lana.

"Hey, Becca, Ryan went out to get me some porridge. If you need anything, just tell me, and I'll pass the message along."

Her voice was soft and sweet, like she'd just woken up from a dream.

Before I could respond, I heard Ryan's voice in the background.

"Next time, don't go out in this kind of weather. This is Northridge, not your southern hometown. A heavy snowfall like this can be dangerous!"

His tone was filled with warmth and concern.

That kind of tenderness-I had never heard it from him before.

I remember last time it snowed, I tried to get Ryan to warm my hands.

But he told me:

some delicate Southern belle like Lana, and besides, we're not

the time, I didn't think much of it-just assumed he didn't

there was more

want to

the phone tightly, trying to

"What's up?"

Ryan took

Coxphone, and the

swnoel

his voice was gone, replaced by

indescribable pain surged through me, and I felt tears

so badly to ask him why he couldn't treat me the way

I knew if I said it, he'd just think I was

a moment of silence, I

we shouldn't

with

you

met

like Lana still have

business." Content be/nished