Blackstone Ranger Guardian: Blackstone Rangers Book 5 by Alicia Montgomery

Author:Alicia Montgomery [Montgomery, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

What the heck did I do to pass time these last months? Dutchy sighed for the hundredth time as she put her book down on her lap. She’d been reading the same paragraph for twenty minutes now. Not even the latest title from her favorite Regency romance author was enough to keep her attention.

I guess I’ll have to wait and see if Nicola ends up with her duke. Tossing the book aside, she got up from the couch, stretched out her right arm, and walked into the kitchen to make herself some tea. Thank goodness she’d healed enough to take off the sling, but she still had to keep the cast on for another week or two.

After putting the kettle on, she sat at the table, staring at her empty mug. Her brain—and her fox—was telling her that turning Krieger down was the right decision. Did he really think he could just make everything better by sending her gifts and taking her on dates? It didn’t work that way. How could she be sure he wouldn’t just leave her again?

But her damn heart—and other sensitive parts of her, if she were honest—wanted to believe that he would stay. That this was it—the forever she’d been hoping for since her friends started pairing off.

“Dutchy!”

“What?” The sound of her aunt’s voice and the piercing whistle of the kettle shook her out of her thoughts. “Oh. Sorry.”

Angela had already turned the stove off. “Darling, are you okay? I walked in here, and you were just staring off into space.”

“I … I’m fine.” Getting to her feet, she grabbed the kettle and poured hot water into her mug. “I was just woolgathering. You know. Do you want some tea? How was your day?”

“Oh, you know, the usual. Had two fittings and a new client.” Angela blew at a lock of hair resting on her forehead. “Thanks, dear, but I think I’ll need something stronger than tea after dealing with a total bridezilla.”

“I’ve had my share of those,” she said. “What happened?”

“She wanted this particular style that was on our social media page, but I already sold it out last week. When she found out, she blew her top and threatened to sue for false advertising. Then, she actually demanded I call the other bride and take the dress back and sell it to her—at a discount no less because now it was ‘used.’” Shaking her head, she plopped down on the chair across from Dutchy. “Some people.”

“Ugh, that sounds awful. I’m sorry.”

“Like I said, I need something stronger tonight.” Angela’s eyes twinkled. “Say, how about you and I go out? Let’s have dinner out and then maybe drinks? Where’s that place all you young kids go to? That bar just outside town? The Pen?”

“You mean, The Den?”

“Yeah, that one. I’ll probably be twenty years older than everyone there, but I’m sure they won’t mind serving an oldie like me,” she joked.

“Aunt Angela, you are not old,” she admonished. Angela was over fifty, if

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