Busted by Sydney Somers

Author:Sydney Somers
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Promise Harbor Wedding#3
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2013-04-16T10:00:00+00:00

Hayley managed to avoid Jackson the following morning by heading off to the station long before he arrived to “work”. Although she’d been pleasantly surprised at what he had accomplished the day before, she’d half assumed he wouldn’t start working until noon. At least she had until her mother phoned to say that she’d just passed Jackson picking up coffee for the two of them bright and early.

Getting her mother off the phone without getting into an argument had been nearly as tricky as finding a reason to be away from the station all morning in case Jackson planned on stopping by to deliver the coffee. Thankfully, Phil hadn’t minded getting out of the office to follow a couple random leads.

No further in their robbery investigation, she’d gotten back to her desk just as a tip on a months-old breaking and entering case came along from a source Hayley had used before. She and Phil had made the arrest that afternoon, hopefully proving to her captain she wasn’t as overwhelmed as he seemed to think.

With her shift over for the day, she swung by the hospital, grabbed one of the veggie smoothies that Gramps grumbled about but secretly loved, and popped in to see him. Seeing as he was deep in concentration watching the NHL draft, she didn’t stay long.

On her way out, Gramps stopped her. “Are you in love with him?”

“Jackson?” she asked, realizing a second too late who he meant.

He arched a bushy brow. “Are you dating any other hockey players I don’t know about?”

Laughing, she shook her head. “No to both questions. We haven’t been…together long enough,” she settled on, ignoring the guilt greasing her stomach.

“Are you sure? Could have sworn you were in love with him years ago with the way you were hanging around the rink all the time.”

“I loved watching you coach. Loved the game.”

“Uh-huh.”

She returned long enough to press a kiss to his cheek. “It’s a little premature to be dreaming about mini Stones and Knights lacing up and scooting around the rink like future All-Stars, don’t you think?”

He made a sound of disagreement, but let the subject drop. Thankfully.

“I’ll see you tomorrow.”

After leaving the hospital, she drove past Stone’s, pulling into the parking lot once she confirmed that Jackson’s car wasn’t there. She really needed to stop avoiding him, or at least figure out if she was more afraid of him taking advantage of their dating arrangement, or taking advantage of it herself.

Two feet inside the bar, she stopped. Jackson was behind the counter. He leaned against the bar, that effortless smile in place as he chatted to Bernice Cabot.

On instinct she turned away, thinking about joining one of the regular tables, only to change her mind. The days of flying under the radar and avoiding direct confrontation had been over for a long time. She’d learned to face everything head-on, and that included what had happened between them last night, something she’d found plenty of reasons to not think about after she went to the hospital.

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