A Hundred Million Reasons (Lonesome Point Bachelors Book 10) by Lili Valente

Author:Lili Valente [Valente, Lili]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-10-17T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

Yasmin

By the time Yasmin got home Wednesday night, it was too late for her to be calling up anyone for some major life advice, so she waited until bright and early Thursday morning before phoning her friend Layla. If anyone could give her advice on how to move on after an ugly relationship, it was Layla Lawson. Layla might be living happily ever after with a red hot cowboy now, but not long ago she was in a marriage that gave new meaning to the word nightmare.

But she’d gotten out, learned to trust her own heart again, and moved on with the man of her dreams.

Yasmin hadn’t wanted to bother Layla with her questions before—she knew Layla had her hands full with her new baby—but now she didn’t see any other way forward. She needed advice, and she needed it now before she did something she would live to regret.

“Good morning,” Layla said, delight clear in her tone. “Your ears must have been burning. I was just talking about you.”

“Really?” Yasmin smiled. “Good things I hope.”

“Great things. The hotel hasn’t been the same since you left. The spunkiness level at the front desk is down at least fifty percent. Is this the call telling me you’re coming back to town at the end of the summer, so I don’t have to hire my maternity leave replacement full-time?”

“Sadly, no,” she said, nibbling her lip. “Or maybe not so sadly. I’ve sort of…met someone. Here in Lonesome Point.”

“Really?” Layla sounded surprised but covered it by adding in an enthusiastic voice. “Well, that’s great! Tell me all about him. Is he okay with the whole single mom plan and everything?”

“Um, well, he’s kind of the sperm donor.”

“What!” Layla sucked in a breath. “Oh my God, you’re kidding me.”

“No, we met and things just clicked in a totally weird way. But it feels so right, Layla. Noah is so sweet and understanding and—”

“And sexy. He’s a total hunk, right?”

“Yes, he’s a total hunk,” she said, her cheeks heating as she remembered what it felt like to be pinned beneath him on the quilt last night. “But he’s also smart and gentle and crazily, he seems to feel the same way about me that I feel about him. Like there’s this connection between us that we can’t ignore.”

Layla made a thoughtful sound. “And why is that crazy, babe? You’re a pretty impressive package, yourself. Sweet, beautiful, smart, funny, and one of the best friends I’ve ever had.”

Yasmin blinked against the unexpected stinging at the backs of her eyes. “Well, thanks. But I’ve also proven I’m not always the best judge of character, Layla. What if I’m making a mistake, taking this guy at face value?”

“This is about Clint, right?” Layla asked, her voice sobering. But she had every reason to be sober. Clint had killed her brother-in-law’s first wife and left scars on the Lawson family that would never completely heal, no matter how many years passed or how many new loves were found or new babies were born.

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