A Fool's Gold Wedding by Susan Mallery

Author:Susan Mallery
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2020-06-11T18:24:05+00:00

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JOAQUIN FOUND HIMSELF oddly excited to return to Fool’s Gold. He left a couple of hours earlier than he’d planned, simply to return to the town. No, he amended as he drove east on Interstate 80, not the town. Abby.

He’d missed her. He’d been gone just over forty-eight hours and he’d missed her. He wasn’t sure how that was possible or what it meant but the need to see her and talk to her urged him to drive faster so he could get there sooner.

He couldn’t wait to have her smile at him and tell her about his weekend with his brother. He’d always assumed he and Davis had nothing in common, but he’d been wrong. Maybe when they’d been younger, their life experiences had been so different they couldn’t relate to each other, but that wasn’t true now. They were both successful in their chosen careers, they both liked baseball more than football. They’d had a great time at the game on Saturday, cheering the Giants on to their win. Conversation had rarely ebbed. Joaquin had even been interested in the talk about the wedding and where Davis was taking Melissa for their honeymoon.

The detailed description of the beachfront resort on Maui had gotten him to thinking about a vacation...with Abby. He would love to go snorkeling with her, try off-roading, ride bikes down from Haleakala at sunrise. He could imagine her laughing next to him as they explored the tropical paradise together. Or maybe they should go to Aspen. They could snowboard, then spend their evenings in front of a fire. Later, in bed, he would touch her and taste her and please her and—

He returned his attention to the highway. No more thoughts of Abby, he told himself. Not until he was safely back in Fool’s Gold.

But as he saw the sign telling him he was only thirty miles from his destination, he felt a flicker of apprehension. Simon’s words were ever present. He was going to have to tell Abby why he’d come here in the first place. He was going to have to convince her that those reasons weren’t why he stayed and trying to do that was what had him hesitating.

He didn’t want to hurt her. He didn’t want to make her feel she wasn’t special, because she was. She needed to know she was important to him and he didn’t know how to tell her the truth without shattering whatever it was between them. But he would figure it out. He had to.

He’d tried to practice by telling Davis, only he’d never quite gotten the words out. The second time he’d tried, his brother had told him he was pleased that Joaquin was finally taking time off work. As if Joaquin had gone to Fool’s Gold to rest up. Guilt had assaulted him, making him unable to speak the truth.

He wanted to have decided to visit for a different reason, only he hadn’t and there was no going back. He knew there was no way he would have simply visited anywhere.

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