Back to You by Bates Natalie-Nicole

Author:Bates, Natalie-Nicole [Bates, Natalie-Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Books to Go Now
Published: 2013-03-25T23:00:00+00:00

“What happened? I mean, if you don’t mind me asking.”

“She was very career and money-oriented. She pressured me to move to the city. She even took an apartment in Mount Pleasant and commuted to Unity on the weekends.

“I woke up one morning and realized I was over forty. I wanted a steady, committed marriage, and children. She didn’t—it was never the right time for her. I don’t think it was ever going to be the right time—not with me, anyway. I did her a favor by filing for the divorce. She wasn’t happy either, she was just making do. Divorce isn’t exactly pleasant, but one of us had to initiate it sooner or later.”

“I’m sorry, Caleb,” she said softly.

He shrugged, casually lit a cigarette, and offered it to her.

“No thanks, I don’t smoke.”

“Does this bother you?” He held the lit cigarette away from her.

“Not particularly,” she answered.

“I’ve been smoking for twenty-five years. I find it just about impossible to quit, especially when I don’t have any incentive. I have made myself a promise, though—as soon as I become a father, my smoking days are over.”

“That’s a noble goal, and I wish you the best of luck with it.” She smiled. Well, they both wanted to be parents. That was something they had in common.

“Lynsey, would you stay with me tonight?”

There was an intensity in his gray eyes that caused her to quiver just a bit. Before she could answer, her cell phone began to ring inside her handbag. She dug it out and looked at the incoming number. It was Nick. “Excuse me for one minute, Caleb. I need to take this call.”

“Hi Nicky, what’s up?” she asked cheerfully.

“Hey, Lynsey. I just got in from work. I was wondering if you plan on coming home tonight? I don’t want to throw the deadbolt on the inside of the front door and lock you out if you’re coming back.”

Caleb had his back to her, an obvious pretense of giving her some privacy while he read the news from the internet.

She didn’t need to debate long about staying with Caleb or returning back to Nick’s house. “I’ll be back. See you later, then.”

She disconnected the call and considered that Nick had never been concerned before about locking the deadbolt. As a matter of fact, she didn’t even remember there being a deadbolt on the front door. Was it at all possible that Nick was simply calling to check on her, or perhaps he was hoping to break up an intimate moment?

“I swear that tightly-wound pain in the ass has radar. Whether it’s twenty years ago or tonight, he’s still trying to step in between us,” said Caleb.

“No, no, Nicky is just protective of me…like a big brother,” she explained.

“I don’t think he’s ever spoken more than two sentences to me at any one time. The boy sure knows how to hold a grudge.

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