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 newlyweds anymore.

think much of it-just assumed he didn't

it seems there was more

want to talk to

phone tightly, trying to

"What's up?"

Ryan took

Coxphone, and the

swnoel

gone, replaced

of indescribable pain surged through

him why he couldn't treat me the way he

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

of silence, I

shouldn't

with

you

met

It seems like Lana still

business." Content be/nished