Beards and Love Letters: A Man of the Month Club Novella: A Small Town Pen Pals Romance by Heather Lauren

Author:Heather Lauren [Lauren, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-09-01T04:00:00+00:00

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The morning is blissful, but eventually, we make our way out of the bedroom in need of sustenance.

“Eggs, ok?”

“You can never go wrong with eggs,” Joey says, her hair a mess of tangles and her face clear of the makeup she wore last night. More beautiful now, lips still red from bearded kisses.

I love this girl. She’s so raw and straight to the point. Knows exactly who she is even though sometimes she thinks it isn’t enough. That’s my job, though, to make sure she’s never insecure again.

“After breakfast, I’d like to take you somewhere.”

“Ok, I’m in.”

I smile at my ride-or-die. The one person in this world who knows me the best. All my flaws and still came all this way for me. No questions asked; she’d go anywhere with me.

“Want to fly?”

“Yes!” She exclaims, that beautiful face lighting up with excitement. “Mind if I go shower off all your love juices.”

I laugh.

“I mean, you know.” She blushes, turning away from me.

“Yeah, I really do know what you mean.”

My admission is thick in my throat. I can’t tell her I love her yet. It’s only been a fucking day. Years of friendship led us to this time in our lives, and I have to believe it’s finally our time. That we can make this work. So I keep the raw words inside as I watch her nod solemnly. Maybe she knows. Joey can see things in me I can’t, and this one time, I hope she can read between the lines. Although if she doesn’t feel as deeply as I’m feeling yet, that’s ok too. As long as I can keep her here with me, I have to hope she’ll love me back one day.

Eggs and bacon eaten, showered, and Billy the Kid safely secured, we take the Four Wheeler out to the garage. I love her gasp when I pull open the large bay doors and show off the collection of birds my grandad, and I have bought over the years.

“Wow. Impressive.”

I lazily find the keys to the new Kodiak, just wanting to watch her face as she takes in my life’s work. This isn’t something I’ve ever shared with anyone but Grandad, and I think he would have approved of Joey. Aside from being sexy as hell, she’s capable. Knows and understands the tools on the walls. I stand in awe of her as she steps up and peeks into the open hood of Billy Jean. What I thought was fixed isn’t, and she won’t fly anymore, so I just left the hood off. After the last shaky flight, I’ve come to terms it might have been her last.

“You’re giving up on her?”

“Not exactly, but she probably won’t fly safely again.”

“I think she can.” Her voice trails off as she struts around the old beast.

The hope in her voice is all I need to reaffirm my love for this woman.

“She’s old. Might need to donate her to a museum at this point.”

Standing back and wiping her hands on her jeans, she just shrugs.

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