A Summer to Remember by Toni Blake

Author:Toni Blake
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-09-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

ALLIE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT. She’d thought it was over—this weird intrusion into her usually quiet, predictable life. But no—the man who angered her, excited her, and everything in between stood before her once more.

His lips pressed together into a straight line. “Look, I know you never wanted to see me again, but it’s not my fault. The closing’s been delayed.”

“Oh. God.” Whoops, she’d really said that. Out loud. Way to act unaffected and casual. Then again, her first line had probably already blown that.

“Don’t worry, though. I should be out of your hair any day now,” he assured her. “Tomorrow, the next. Depends on a sick guy in Detroit.”

She drew in a deep breath, trying to get her bearings here. Because one minute life had been back to normal—or, well, at least getting that way—and then, boom. More Trent. Back in front of her. Looking totally handsome and hot and like everything she’d ever wanted—but hadn’t gotten. “Until then, though,” she said a little more softly, “you’re here?” She motioned around them.

“Not my idea,” he explained. “Dahlia literally dragged me.”

She blew out a sigh, putting pieces together. “Josh was supposed to help, but his mother’s ill.” He’d texted to tell her as he was packing a bag and saying goodbye to his wife and daughters.

“I heard,” Trent said. Then glanced at the kids, some busy with artwork and others running around the yard, playing. “I can leave you to do this by yourself if you want. You were always good with kids—you probably don’t need my help.”

It was nice that he remembered that about her. During their summers together, he’d sometimes tagged along when she had babysitting gigs. And not even with the hope of making out after the kids went to bed—she recalled them all playing board games and hide-and-go-seek, and that he was, perhaps unknowingly, pretty good with kids himself.

It would probably make sense to take him up on the offer to leave, though. She’d worked quite hard to get him out of her sight after they had sex the other day, after all. And—ugh, now she was remembering, vividly, that they’d had sex, just a few short days ago, and that it had been amazingly easy but horribly strange for her afterward. Was he remembering all that right now, too?

She bit her lip, sighed, scanned the area. There were a lot of kids—at least fifteen. And Dahlia wasn’t hanging around—she had to get back to the café. So, good with kids or not, Allie did need help. And she’d already been calling around, only to find out no one could do it—most of her friends were working at their own businesses, and her employees were minding the shop while she was away.

“No—stay,” she heard herself say. Even if it came out sounding a little pained.

“I feel so welcome,” Trent answered dryly.

She shrugged, made a can’t-help-it face. “Sorry, this is as good as it’s gonna get.” Then let out a little bit of honesty. “Because I just feel weird.

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