A Passion Rekindled by Rontora Nolan Read Free Book Online

again.
    Christian followed. “How are you?”
    “I am ok I guess.”
    “You guess?”
    “It’s a lot to take in you know.” She said staring down at the ground. Christian moved a little closer to her as she picked up a rock.
    “Yeah so when you get overwhelmed you get panic attacks?”
    She tossed a rock into the street. “What are you talking about?”
    “I can spot a panic attack when I see one.”
    She looked at him.
    “How did you know?”
    “One of my friends lost her brother a while back and she started to get them. You really have been through a lot haven’t you?”
    She picked up another rock and tossed it. “I guess.”
    “Come walk with me.”
    She stood looking around. “Walk where?”
    “Will you stop asking questions and just come with me.”
    He took her hand in his and pulled her close as he walked her towards the park on the block. They sat on the bench in silence for a moment or two. Scarlett sighed. 
    “It is so beautiful out here.”
    Christian looked over to her and grinned. “Yes it is.”
    “I have been so busy these last few weeks I haven’t been able to enjoy this kind of beauty.”
    “I can tell. You seem to be the one who puts everyone first.”
    Scarlett turned towards Christian taking his hands. “Christian why are you guys doing this? You know nothing about my family or me. There are things in my life that just…” she paused standing shaking her head. “There are people out there who need this more. The job was enough.”
    Christian stood and pulled her closer to him. “And that is why we did this. I was very impressed by you the moment I saw you and after talking to your mom my mom is convinced that you guys were meant to be helped by us. I grew up well off. My great grandfather struck it rich and we have managed the money ever since. My parents always had us doing charity work when we were younger. That is why Chris and I came up with the One million ways to help charity a Charity that our business is known for.”
    Scarlett shook her head as tears fell from her eyes as she sat back down and lowered her face. “But there are other people who need this, people who are worse off than we are.”
    Christian sat next to her as he lifted her face up. “Right now I only see you.”
    Christian wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled. “And your family of course you guys deserves this so please just accept it.”
    “There is no way I can pay you guys back for all this.”
    “You don’t need to pay us back for anything. This is what we do. So please let us help you.” He gripped her hand tighter.
    “Let me help you.”
    Scarlett bit her lower lip. “It's just hard to go from having nothing to having everything. I have done everything for this family and no one has ever done anything like this for me.”
    “It's my pleasure. Now can we please go back to your house?”
    “I just wish there was something I could do for you.”
    “There is.”
    Christian caressed her face.
    “You just keep being you.”
    He placed her hair behind her ear. She looked at him and he grinned.
    “Come on where’s that smile?”
    Scarlett shook her head. Christian smiled wider.
    “Come on. I know it’s there.”
    Scarlett smiled at him. Christian pulled her to him and hugged her.
    “Are you ok now?”
    She looked up at him, as she held onto him tighter.
    “You don’t know how much this means to us.” Christian wiped the tears from her eyes. 
    “Scarlett you are a stunning woman everything about you is just beautiful. I think you are a fighter and-”
    As he looked into her eyes the familiar force pushed him towards her and the need to feel her lips on his was overpowering. He leaned over and she allowed his lips to embrace hers. She accepted his lips as she wrapped her arms around him to kiss him back. He pulled her over to him and allowed her to straddle him. He kissed her then moved to her neck. Scarlett didn’t want her body to respond to him but she was so attracted to this