All I Want for Halloween by Marie Harte

Author:Marie Harte
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2017-07-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Sadie snarled to cover the sheer pleasure of being with her lover again. “Hey, get off.”

“Call me Harrison again and I’ll make it impossible for you to sit for a month.”

“Now that’s what I call a man’s man,” Elliot said, his eyes gleaming with mirth as he worked on dough for his homemade baguettes. “I too have dated a man’s man and found it difficult to sit for a month. Only the most dedicated of lovers can—”

“Shut up,” she and Gear said at the same time.

Next to Elliot, Rose laughed. “You’re right, Elliot. They are cute together.” She waved at Gear and left for the front of the shop.

Elliot smirked. “Sorry, but you two are so easy.” He shoved his dough into the proofing oven, then went to wash his hands.

Gear let go of Sadie’s arm, only to grab her hand. He squeezed.

She looked at him, saw him seeming not quite right, and squeezed back. “You okay? Elliot was just teasing.”

“Yeah, I’m good.” He kissed her, totally disregarding Elliot’s presence.

“Oh wow. I’m out. Enjoy your privacy, but promise not to be naughty on my prep table. I haven’t cleaned all the flour off it yet.”

“Elliot,” Sadie said when she could breathe again.

But her brother had already gone.

She watched Gear, saw his worry, and stroked his shoulders. “What’s wrong?”

He sighed, pulled himself away, and started pacing.

“Gear?”

“I ran into Sahara and Brian today downtown near the ferry. Oh, and their camera crew,” he growled. “What a couple of fucknuts.”

“Yeah.”

“Do you know they had the audacity to replace me with Finn O’Hara?”

“Um, who is Finn O’Hara?”

“The most dishonest, thieving asshole on the face of the planet. He steals ideas, can’t fix shit, and is a general dickhead twenty-four seven. Just because.”

“You’re a dickhead too.”

“Yeah, but I’m good at it,” he snarled and kept pacing.

She wanted to laugh, but she could see he’d been hurt by his replacement. “Gear, you’re off the show.”

“I know that.”

“And you know they can never replace you. You were too good at what you did.” That seemed to mollify him.

“Well, that’s true.”

“So really, it’s a good thing they brought in a loser. He’ll just make you look that much better by comparison, right?”

Gear sighed and stopped pacing. “I guess. It’s just… Sadie, I worked so hard to make Madnezz the place to be when it comes to building bikes. He’s going to ruin everything I busted my ass to create.”

She crossed to him and gave him the hug he needed.

“I’m sorry.” No platitudes, no trying to convince him he was better off away from the show. That he could rebuild, better, somewhere else. He hurt, and he needed to own that hurt.

They stood together for a few moments, then he did that thing that totally ruined her, the thing that made her realize her feelings for the big doofus were so full of love she was like a fat red valentine waiting to be popped by Cupid’s arrow. He kissed the top of her head and sighed her name.

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