But she didn’t. With tears in her eyes, she slammed the door and sprinted through the storm toward her home.

Chapter Eight

Lightning struck in the distance, but it was Brett who felt like he’d been hit. He sat there in shock, unable to move.

Sidney doesn’t think I want her because she’s gained a few pounds? Is the woman fucking insane?

Not only did she have a gorgeous figure, but he’d been torturing himself by not touching her. He just didn’t want to be intimate with her until he was sure they were back together for good…because he loved her and didn’t want to screw things up again like he did the last time. But there was no way in hell he was going to let her keep thinking that he wasn’t attracted to her. That was ridiculous.

Brett turned off the engine and catapulted out of the truck as fast as he could, his boots sloshing in the water running off the curb. Cold rain beat down on him, but he didn’t even bother trying to cover his head. It was pointless. Within seconds of being out of the truck, his clothes and hair were already completely soaked through.

He dashed for her house and caught up to her before she was able to unlock the door and get inside. “Sidney.”

She glanced up at him with her wet hair hanging in her face and shook her head. “Go away.”

“No, we need to talk.”

She put her key into the lock and twisted it. “No, we don’t.”

“Just hear me out, okay?”

She threw the door open but didn’t step inside. Instead, she pivoted on her bare feet and glared at him with eyes of fury. “I don’t need you to console me. That’s only going to make me feel worse.”

“That’s not what I’m doing. I’m just trying to explain—”

“God, would you just stop already? I don’t need to hear some lame excuse as to why you don’t want to be with me. I get it, okay?”

“Apparently not,” he said, running a hand through his dripping wet hair. “I never once said I didn’t want to be with you.”

Rain water dripped off the tip of her nose. “No, but you still rejected me…twice.”

“Not for the reason you think.” He wiped water from his eyes and took a step closer. “Sid, I didn’t know you were insecure about your weight. You never have been in the past. But I promise that wasn’t the reason for me putting a halt to things between us.”

She fisted a hand on her hip. “Why then?”

“I wasn’t sure where we stood or if you even wanted to get back together. I mean, you went on a date with someone else. What was I supposed to think?”