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but they were grown adults, and she could handle the truth.
    After several long and torturous minutes, he leaned back in his seat and took a deep breath. “If I didn’t leave, I would have ended up fucking everything up.”
    Okay, not exactly what she thought he was going to say, but a start. “How?”
    “Because, if I would have stayed, I wouldn’t have ever left you. It’s what I really wanted, what I still want, but I can’t ever let it happen.”
    Her heart skipped a beat at his admission. “But why? Why couldn’t we have been together?” The very knowledge that Adrik wanted her sent a thrill of excitement through her, but she didn’t forget everything else he said, about how that could never happen. “Was it the age difference? My brother?” She racked her brain for answers.
    He was shaking his head before she even finished. “Your age had nothing to do with it. You were nearly an adult anyway. You can’t help who you fall in love with.”
    She gripped the hem of her dress in trepidation. “Was it my brother?” She prayed Kaleb wasn’t involved, but a feeling in the pit of her stomach told her otherwise.
    “It’s better if he tells you the reasons, which I do think you need to know.”
    These riddles, these hedging answers, irritated her. “Why can’t you just tell me what I need to know?”
    “I think it would be best if your brother tells you that story.” Adrik ran a hand over his hair, disheveling the blond locks and making him look even more irresistible.
    Kayla knew Adrik and her brother hadn’t gotten along, but to make it about them pissed her off. Who were they to decide what was best for her?
    The night waned on, but Kayla found herself going back to what Adrik had said. What was he talking about? Was there something wrong with her, something wrong with her family?
    Once their time in the restaurant ended, Adrik led her toward the SUV. They held hands, his so much larger than hers. The valet pulled the vehicle around, and Adrik helped her inside.
    As they drove away, she thought about her big, empty house and the loneliness that filled it. “I don’t want to go home yet.”
    She looked at him, hoping he would stay out with her a little longer. His confession of how he felt for her was also a factor in why she didn’t want to go home. After all these years, she had finally found out Adrik felt the same way for her. It was hard for her to grasp, seeing as she had lived with the conception that he thought of her more like a big brother would a sister. Why couldn’t they be together, though? It made no sense, but she wasn’t going to push—yet. It was an accomplishment that she had gotten the admission from him in the first place.
     
     

Chapter 5
    Adrik drove down Route 26, Kayla’s scent completely saturating the vehicle and driving him mad. He was insane for telling her how he felt, but with each passing moment that had gone by, staring at her beauty and wishing he could hold her, he had said fuck it. He should have told her long ago, but he hadn’t wanted to cause an even bigger rift with Kaleb. Her brother had opinions that Adrik didn’t agree with, but Kaleb was her family.
    According to Kaleb, their kind weren’t supposed to mix.
    So many years had passed, though, all those wasted moments when he could have been holding her, cherishing her. As he had gazed upon her, he came to the realization that he didn’t care about what anyone else thought. He loved her.
    Adrik reached his hand across the seat, feeling a strength he didn’t know he had around her, and held her hand. He looked over at Kayla, the light from the console illuminating her pixie-like features and making her seem ethereal. His cock had been hard from the moment she opened her front door, and as the night progressed, it had just gotten stiffer.
    “Would you like to see my home?” Maybe not the smartest thing for him to offer, but the very idea of her being in his home, his scent surrounding her, sent a