Be My Valentine Promise: A BWWM Valentine Romance (Make It Marriage Holidays Book 3) by Nia Arthurs

Author:Nia Arthurs [Arthurs, Nia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-06T18:30:00+00:00

16

Bear

Cynthia’s words echo like warning bells. ‘What happened the night of the accident?’

Fear crashes into me, held in suspension by guilt.

It’s all there.

The truth.

Scattered in my mind.

Angry tears. Rain pouring on dark cheeks. Puddles splashing around my feet. Headlights. An engine growling. Pain thrashing through my body when I jump aside. Tires rotating close to my head.

“Bear?” Her voice is soft, gentle. Nothing like it was that night.

“Uh…” My throat is full of gravel.

“Hey, Cynth. I’m sorry about that,” Summer’s voice whispers in the background.

“Bear, I’ll call you back. I need to talk to Summer.”

“Okay,” I say hoarsely.

I’m saved. For now.

But if I don’t come up with a decent response to that question, Cynthia will sniff out the truth in an instant.

And I can’t have that.

Distressed, I pull to a stop in front of Summer’s apartment.

It’s late evening and stay-at-home moms are driving back in mini-vans, their children camped in the back seat. The sound of tinny laughter fills the air and my heart squeezes even more.

I pull my headphones over my ears and lose myself in music.

My refuge.

The phone buzzes and breaks me out of my trance.

It’s Colin.

I answer hesitantly. “Hey, I was planning to call you.” A ball of unease clogs my throat. “About the meeting, I don’t think—”

“We did it!” Colin screams.

My jaw falls open. “We got it?”

“I just got off the phone with them. We’re signing the papers tomorrow. They want to move fast. There’s no time to waste.”

“Courtney went with me?” I whisper. Why? I thought he’d kick me out.

“I knew you were going to kill this, Bear. I knew it!”

Bianca’s shrieks join his. “Congratulations. We should all get together and celebrate.”

“I’ll treat you both to something fancy.”

Colin snickers. “Careful how you say that, boss. I have expensive tastes.”

“No, you don’t. Your taste is as cheap as you are.” Bianca roasts him.

I chuckle despite the rock that’s still sitting on my chest. “I think celebrating is a great idea.”

“How about tonight?” Bianca asks hopefully. “We can meet somewhere? Have celebratory drinks?”

“Another time. I already promised Cynthia I’d take her out tonight.”

“Oh,” Bianca’s disappointment is obvious. “You can’t rearrange it?”

“Give up alone time with his smoking hot wife for us? You don’t know Bear. He and Cynth have a lot to catch up on.”

“What do you mean?”

“He has to teach her what she likes in the bedroom from the ground up.”

“Shut up, Colin.”

“You know I’m right.”

“Getting this contract is a big deal,” Bianca argues.

“I’ll take you out if you’re lonely, B,” Colin offers. “Since it means so much to you.”

“Not if we were the last two people on earth, Colin.”

My lips inch up.

I see the doorman nodding and waving to Cynthia and wrap up the call. “Guys, I’ll talk to you later.”

“No problem, boss. And don’t wear Cynthia out too much tonight.”

“You’re disgusting.”

“Women love it.”

“Cavewomen? Or blind women? They obviously haven’t seen your face or know what a gentleman looks like if they’re into you.”

As Bianca and Colin bicker, I end the call and climb out of the truck.

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