Wanted by Her Lost Love

sake, Kelly, I’d just found out you slept with mybrother. You had my ring on your finger, we wereplanning our wedding and you slept with my brother.”“And of course he’s blameless in the whole thing,”she said scornfully. “Tell me, Ryan, how long did ittake you to forgive him? How long before he wascoming back over and you were having familydinners at your mother’s?”His face flushed a dull red and then he dragged ahand raggedly through his hair. “It took a while, allright? I was furious with him—and you. I had todecide whether to allow what happened to ruin ourrelationship. He’s family. He’s my brother.”She leaned forward, forgetting their vow not todredge up the past. “And I was the woman you weresupposed to marry, Ryan. Didn’t I deserve anythingfrom you? Besides a payoff and a get-the-hell-out-ofmy-life?”“I’m here now,” he said quietly. “I was angry. I hada right to be. I won’t apologize for that. But I’m herenow and I want us to try again. We both mademistakes.”She had to let go of the resentment and anger thatstill bubbled up every time they spoke of the past.