A Stranger in the Cove by Rachel Brimble

Author:Rachel Brimble
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-10-17T15:07:50+00:00

Chapter Twelve

KATE GRIPPED IZZY’S arm and pulled her to a stop outside the Coast. “Wait.”

“What is it?” her friend frowned. “Have you changed your mind about seeing Mac?”

“No. We need to go in there. It’s just...”

“Just what?”

“I don’t know.” Kate pressed her hand to her stomach to calm her nerves as she looked through the window. “The place is packed, and I can hear him playing.”

“And? Aren’t we here to see him play? Come on, Kate. I want to meet the guy. Besides...” Izzy tossed her long, blond hair over her shoulders, her gaze dancing with mischief. “If he’s half as good-looking and charming as you say he is, I’ll want him to know he has your best friend looking out for you and he’d better treat you right.”

“Hmm.”

Izzy frowned, her shoulders dropping. “What?”

“The last time Mac and I saw one another, we kind of argued. How do I know he didn’t ask me here to continue that argument? Maybe we should leave. The Coast is not the place I want to be talking with him about Marian.”

“Look—” Izzy slipped her arm around Kate’s waist “—we’ll get a drink and see what happens. You asked me here to act as a buffer between you, right?”

Kate shrugged, feeling like a child being taken care of by a grown-up. “Maybe.”

Izzy squeezed Kate closer. “Maybe nothing. I’m here, and I’ll make sure nothing happens that you don’t want to happen, okay? You like Mac, right?”

Kate shrugged a second time.

“Oh, for the love of...” Izzy rolled her eyes and released Kate. “Come on. We’re going in.”

Kate kept her feet planted on the asphalt as Izzy strode a few paces toward the door. What would happen once they entered the bar was anyone’s guess, and the dread that tensed Kate’s body warned her the outcome wouldn’t be pretty. Or sexy. Or romantic. Or any of the things she’d kept hoping for since she and Mac had parted ways.

She blew out a breath. “Iz, wait up.”

Her friend halted and turned.

Slowly, Kate walked forward and took Izzy’s hand. “Don’t let me do anything stupid.”

“Like what?”

“Like telling him how he’s been in and out of my thoughts all damn day. Like the fact I’m less pissed and more pained that he would get so upset with me when I’m starting to like him way too much. That sort of thing.”

Izzy nodded. “Got it. Now, come on.”

Izzy dragged her to the door and none-too-gently nudged her inside. Mac’s deep, smooth voice filled the bar, the sound of his acoustic guitar coming in second place to the blatant sex appeal of his husky, heartfelt singing. Kate drew on her invisible armor and strode toward Dave, who stood behind the bar.

She couldn’t look at Mac. Not yet. It was Friday night, and tomorrow was her day off. Liquid courage in the form of Ms. Sauvignon Blanc was needed...and lots of it.

Slapping her purse on the bar, she forced a wide smile. “Two glasses of dry white wine when you’re ready, Dave.

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