Say I'm Yours (The Hennington Brothers, #3)

by Corinne Michaels

It’s hard loving a man who will never love me back, though, and I’ve spent almost twenty years waiting for Trent Hennington to give me his heart.

Time to move on, don't you think?

I’m trying, darlin’. I’m workin’ so hard to get my shit straight.”

Try harder, dude! It's been TWENTY YEARS!

I told you last week it was over, but then you show up last night, and I find myself right back here again. Where you’re all sweet and loving and then you pull the rug out from under me. You can’t do this to me anymore.

Honey, he knows you don't mean a single word you just said.

He’s not my type. He’s nice, caring, attentive . . . normal. I’m into the broken and unwilling to commit type.

What does that say about you?

My skin burns where we had contact, and I crave more. “You forgot the part about where I want to be someone’s world.” His eyes soften, and his hand moves down to hold my neck. I feel his thumb on my jaw, the way the callous rubs back and forth causes the pit in my stomach to grow. His body closes in, but he doesn’t look away. “You forgot the part where you already are.”

Y'all need to quit playing childish games and grow up.

“When I was fourteen and didn’t have a date to the dance, remember when Johnnie stood me up?” Emily nods. “Trent didn’t hesitate to run upstairs and put on his suit. His mama didn’t have to urge him.

So, he's not such a bad guy after all?

There was the time that my horse died, and he stayed in that stall with me for twelve hours as I cried.

Sweet

The first time we made love, he made sure I was comfortable, safe, ...

“When my sister died, do you know that Trent stayed with me for two weeks?

“I lost my world that day, and Trent made it a little easier. He held my hand, kissed my tears away, he gave me everything I needed, and I never had to ask.

And you'll never be able to walk away from him.

“She won’t ever love you, Coop.” My words fall from my mouth as he opens his door. “I’m not tryin’ to be a dick, but I know her. She’s tryin’ to be strong and push me away, but you don’t know what we had, either.”