Between The Lines (Main Street Merchants Book 5) by Amelia C. Adams

Author:Amelia C. Adams [Adams, Amelia C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, Main Street Merchants Series
Publisher: Amelia C. Adams
Published: 2017-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Regan had hoped the weather would lighten up a bit, but it didn’t. The rain began to pound harder and harder, and soon, she could barely hold her eyes open to see where she was walking. Jesse wrapped his arm around her and guided her, and she let him—she wasn’t stupid. Okay, she was stupid about lots of things, but getting lost in the woods in a storm was something she wasn’t about to try.

They forged ahead until they found a thicker stand of trees. They sat down on the ground beneath them and draped the poncho around their shoulders, which were pressed tightly together. The closeness bothered Regan, but she was getting cold, and she knew they needed to share body heat. Not like Jacob and Bella—that was a little too much body heat—but a lot of good they’d be to Cara if they came down with hypothermia.

They were silent for a bit, and then Jesse spoke. “I don’t get you,” he said. “We get along great. We understand where the other one is coming from, we get each other’s jokes, our chemistry is amazing—” She shrugged, but he continued. “Yes, it’s amazing. And then all of a sudden, you pull away and turn cold. You’ve done it over and over again. It’s like flipping a light switch—one minute, we’re talking and having fun, and the next, it’s like you’re a totally different person. What’s going on? Why do you do that?”

“It’s nothing.” Regan turned her head and looked out at the surrounding forest, watching the raindrops turn the greenery even greener. “I’m just not buying into the fairy tale, that’s all.”

“Fairy tale? What fairy tale?”

“The one about four roommates who all fall in love with perfect men during the same summer and live happily ever after. That’s not my ending, and it’s crazy to think it is.”

“What do you mean, that’s not your ending?”

Regan turned back to face Jesse again. “Listen. You’re a great guy. I’m having a good time with you, except for having to go get help for my best friend who has a broken leg. And the rainstorm. But this isn’t real. We’re going to get back to town and go our separate ways, so there’s no point in any of this.”

Jesse shook his head in disbelief. “What if I don’t want to go our separate ways, Regan? What if I want to see what this could become? What if I think there’s real potential here?”

“There’s not, okay? Trust me. There’s just not.” Regan pulled her knees up to her chin. He was just fooling himself, or maybe trying to fool her.

“There’s more to this than you’re telling me,” Jesse said quietly. “The way you kissed me out there—you’re not pushing me away because you don’t like me. There’s another reason.”

“You kissed me, okay?”

“And you kissed me back. At least, you did at first.”

She couldn’t argue that fact. She also didn’t know why she had. Momentary insanity, she supposed.

“Tell me, Regan. Whatever it is, just tell me.

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