Wanted by Her Lost Love

Eleven“She doesn’t give up, does she?” Kelly murmuredas she watched Roberta approach their table, adetermined expression on her face.Ryan looked up and to his credit heaved a sighand appeared to be extremely irritated with theimpending interruption. After a morning and most ofthe afternoon in bed, they’d ventured out for dinnerand now here was Roberta, circling like a hawk.And it wasn’t that Kelly was jealous. Honestly,Roberta wasn’t Ryan’s type, though she supposedhis type could have changed after he’d broken theirengagement.What bothered her was the seemingly publicknowledge of their relationship. It just proved Kelly’sassertion that his family and friends alike loathedher. Something Ryan was finally coming to accept.But acceptance didn’t make anything easier.While love was supposed to be “everything,” shewasn’t naive enough to think that relatives hating youdidn’t put an unbearable strain on a relationship.