BROCK (7 Brides for 7 Blackthornes Book 5) by St. Claire Roxanne

Author:St. Claire, Roxanne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Street Publishing
Published: 2019-08-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The minute they were off the main highway out of King Harbor, heading northeast into the heart of Maine, Jenna understood why Brock had chosen the Ranger Rover instead of his Porsche for the forty-five-minute excursion to find Roger Platt.

The big vehicle bounced along rutted state roads surrounded by thick woods broken by dirt paths through acres of farmland.

“Do you need me to plug an address into the GPS?” she asked.

Brock turned to shoot her a disbelieving look. He’d taken off his sunglasses not long after they’d started driving as thick clouds formed, and with his contacts in, she could see right into his deep, bottomless brown eyes. And hated to look away.

“To Salmon Falls?” he asked. “I could get there and back in my sleep. I have a few times, to be honest.”

“First of all, we’re going to Buxton. Second, in your sleep?”

“Salmon Falls is part of the Saco River and essentially a village on the outskirts of Buxton. And for teenagers anywhere in the fifty-mile vicinity? It’s a mecca in summer. The falls, the cliffs, tons of swimming pools. Did you bring a suit?”

“Uh, no.”

“Then you’ll have to swim naked.” At her reaction to that, he laughed. “Just kidding. Kind of.”

She couldn’t help chuckling. “You’re awfully happy and relaxed for a man about to find out that the cloud over his family might…break into a storm.”

He put his hand on her arm, his fingers warm from the wheel. “It is going to storm, based on this sky, but if I’m going to stick with your weather metaphor, I’m so happy that we are finally going to dispel that cloud once and for all. I should have done this years ago. As far as I’m concerned, this is very important brand-management work, and I’m grateful to you.”

She smiled, knowing some of the things she’d read sounded awfully credible.

“Plus, I’m in Maine. Life is easier here.”

“Then why don’t you move here permanently?”

He shrugged. “It’s a bitch in the winter, for one thing. For another, there’s Blackthorne Enterprises to think about.”

“And you do think about it.”

“Not going to lie, Jenna, I love the company as much as the family. In my mind, they’re one entity, and I told you how I feel about being a Blackthorne. It’s a responsibility, yes, but one I relish. Don’t you relish your job?”

“I…do.” She knew she sounded less than enthusiastic. “I love writing stories about people, weaving in history and emotions, but…it’s not all I want out of life.”

“What do you want?”

At the intimate tone and the way he touched her hand, she could hear a far too honest answer bubbling up. A guy like you.

“I want a family,” she admitted without any shame. “I want what I saw you have with your brother and cousin in the bar last night. To be surrounded by…” Love. She didn’t have the nerve to say that, though. “To not be lonely.”

“Well, whatever the opposite of lonely is, that’s how I grew up,” he said.

The opposite of lonely.

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