Anywhere with You (Starlight Hill Series) by Bell Heatherly

Author:Bell, Heatherly [Bell, Heatherly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heatherly Bell Books
Published: 2015-11-02T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Joe didn’t waste much time after Kailey left for her interview. He fished in his sock drawer for the ring. Crazy to have put it there. But he hadn’t expected Kailey to become his maid overnight, doing his laundry and everything else she could think of. The serene expression on her face when he’d found her putting his socks away could only mean one thing. She hadn’t accidentally found the ring. Now he needed to find another safe place for it. If Kailey found it she’d freak out, and he didn’t need the drama right now. He walked out to the garage and placed it inside his toolbox—the one place he could be certain would be one hundred percent Kailey-proof.

His phone buzzed with a text from Kailey.

Starting work today. Xoxo.

Well, damn. She’d actually accepted the job this time. Rosie was smart to hire Kailey on the spot before she could change her mind. Not like she still couldn’t. Maybe he was being an idiot, but he’d made up his mind he would enjoy this time with Kailey. Enjoy the balls to the walls sex they had together, unlike he’d ever had with anyone before. He wasn’t going to push her or question anymore whether her feelings were real or a result of the accident. If his accident taught him anything, it was that he also wanted to live to the fullest. Fear of failure could not be part of the equation.

And yes, there was the nagging worry she’d ultimately leave again. But for now he would trust her, and not question whether this was real or only what he wanted to believe.

Making love to her was far better than even his memory served him, which said something because those nights had headlined many a dream over the last month. They fit together. It worked. Hell yeah it worked.

For the rest of the day he made insurance calls and tried to relax. The soreness was fading and the cuts and bruises were healing. The meds definitely helped. He talked several more times to his mother and assured her he was alive and no, she didn’t need to fly out from Alabama to take care of him.

“I’m really fine,” he said for the fifth time in as many minutes.

“Please tell me you’re done with airplanes now.”

“You know I can’t do that.”

“Joseph Charles Hannigan! You are just like your father, God rest his ornery soul.”

Biggest compliment he could ever get. “Thanks, Mom.”

“It wasn’t a compliment! Are you sure you’re okay?”

She wouldn’t give up until he’d finally agreed to Skype from Wallace and Gen’s tonight so he could prove once and for all he hadn’t been maimed in the accident. Mom thought everyone was lying to spare her feelings.

When Kailey arrived from work a few hours later he broke the news to her. She looked like a nervous rabbit.

“I’m meeting your mother for the first time on Skype?”

“Gen and I do this every couple of months.” The unspoken message was that Kailey hadn’t been around long enough the last time.

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