Blowout by Elise Faber

Author:Elise Faber [Faber, Elise]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781637490846
Publisher: Elise Faber

Twenty-Four

Jules

She didn’t miss the wince cross Cas’s face as he jerked away from her, even as Ethan’s shriek of joy reminded her they had an audience of very nosy hockey players.

Who would gossip.

And pry.

And would want to know every detail—each of which would be shared with their equally nosy significant others.

Jules loved the guys—and their significant others—who came into CeCe’s.

She really did.

They’d always been fun and kind and had made her feel like she was part of something, even when she was more comfortable (and determined) remaining on the sidelines.

But she didn’t want to be in the glare of all that attention.

There was a reason she’d kept a fine line between herself and them.

She couldn’t risk letting them in, not deeper than superficially, anyway. She couldn’t risk getting hurt.

Couldn’t risk Ethan getting hurt.

All of which was well and good to say and think and believe. Except for the fact that people—cough Smitty and Beth and Cas—had decided that they were going to walk right over the line in the sand she’d drawn.

That they were going to wriggle in behind her defenses, bury themselves deeply into her heart.

So, despite her best intentions, she wasn’t on the sidelines.

And that meant when it all went wrong, it was going to hurt.

And Ethan would hurt.

Her heart, that bruised, wounded organ, squeezed hard. Her baby, her son. She should have protected him from this, should have—

Laughter boomed behind her.

Jerking, she took another step back, turned away from the sexy man who was making himself at home in her heart, and saw that her getting close to Cas had definitely not been missed (this fact obvious because of the many pairs of interested eyes focused on her and Cas).

Right. Okay, then.

The gossip patrol for the Breakers had been activated. There was nothing to be done about that.

Ethan…he would have a great night, the best night. And she would protect him, no matter what. Exactly like she had from the time he’d been growing in her belly.

She would keep him safe.

She’d done a good job so far, and had confidence that she would continue to do so.

Jules had to believe in that one fact.

Otherwise, she was going to bundle Ethan up in her arms and run screaming from the room because between her need to protect her baby and the fact that she was very much not on the periphery, she was nearing panic.

Fingers on her cheek, a warm chest close to her back, lips she knew could kiss and reduce her to a bundle of aching nerves whispering in her ear. “Breathe, gorgeous.”

Air hissing out of her mouth.

Her body aching to relax, to melt against him.

Not going to happen.

And as for the eyes, they would see soon enough that there wasn’t anything between her and Cas—minus a few kisses and some apples and pancakes—and those were nothing (insert her slightly hysterical laughter here). Cas was just doing a nice thing for her son, all of them were, so none of this meant anything (and yeah, there was more laughter here, this time of the delusion variety).

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