A Promise To Keep by Christina Tetreault

Author:Christina Tetreault [Tetreault, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: small town, contemporary romance, brother's best friend, sports romance, second chances, girl next door
Publisher: Christina Tetreault
Published: 2017-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

Gone. Everything she owned, including her house, was gone. The gravity of what she’d lost hit her head-on as she followed Drew toward his bedroom. All she had were the clothes on her back, which at the moment reeked of smoke, and her car. At least she hoped her car had survived. It had been parked in the garage. From where she stood, it looked like the garage had suffered only minimal damage.

Closing her eyes, Kelsey stopped and grabbed the doorframe. She couldn’t breathe as her body shook. Please let this be a dream.

Something warm and solid pressed down on her shoulders. “Take some deep breaths and try to relax.”

She forced herself to breathe in and then out slowly, and opened her eyes.

“That’s better.” He led her toward the bed. “You need a soak in the hot tub. It’ll warm you up and help you relax. Sit here, and I’ll go turn it on.”

Kelsey didn’t argue. Since her parents’ deaths she’d been on her own. For once it was nice to have someone to lean on. Not to mention she was freezing. Drew had turned the heat up all the way in the car, but she still felt like a freeze pop. She doubted a soak in the hot tub would relax her, but it would hopefully warm her up.

When Drew came back, he took a long-sleeved T-shirt out of a drawer. “You can put this on when you get out. I’ll throw your clothes in the washer.”

She accepted the shirt. Ella had promised to bring some things over later, but until then she didn’t want to smell like an old ashtray. “Thank you.” Kelsey stood and hugged him.

The two words seemed insufficient. He’d rushed over when he’d heard the news. Stayed with her until she’d gotten the green light to leave, and opened his house up to her. Regardless of their relationship status, he didn’t need to do any of those things.

He nudged her chin up with his finger. “No need to thank me. I’d do anything for you, Kels. You know that, don’t you?”

Her vision blurred. So far, she’d kept the tears back. She wasn’t sure how much longer she’d be able to keep them from falling. “Drew….” She wanted to tell him she loved him. Admit she’d loved him since she was ten years old. Tonight wasn’t the time. Blinking to clear her vision, she nodded. “I think you’re right. A soak in the hot tub will help. I won’t be long.”

Kelsey stripped off her clothes and stepped into the bubbling water. Her skin tingled as heat seeped into her body. Stretching out her legs, she leaned her head back and tried to block out the fire.

“Better?”

She opened her eyes. Drew sat at the edge of the hot tub, her dirty clothes in his hands. “I don’t feel like one of those freeze pops we used to eat in the summer.”

For the first time all night, he smiled. “Good.” Leaning down, he kissed her lips. “I’m going to put these in the washer.

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