Butter Pecan Dream by Angela K Parker

Author:Angela K Parker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Novella, Contemporary Romance, new adult romance, New Adult, Romance, sweet romance, short stories, Contemporary fiction, relationships, HEA, Romantic Fiction, Summer Reads, kindle, kindle books, ibooks, books, Paperback books, now available, cool books
Publisher: Angela K Parker
Published: 2019-07-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Nora

I lay in bed, looking up at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep. I’ve been counting the hours since I last saw Niles. My heartbeat has barely reached its resting state all day. I hug the pillow tighter and turn over onto my side.

I’m a twenty-three-year-old woman who’s never been in love, and the one time I try to fight it, my heart is being rebellious. I don’t even know when it happened or how it happened. It just did, and I barely know him. In my mind, I know that I can’t possibly love him after only two days, but I’m heading fast in that direction.

There is definitely a connection, but I’m not naive enough to think that Niles would fall in love with me. He’ll go back to his fancy life and whatever this is between us will be a distant memory.

I should stop while I’m still in control of my heart, but for once in my life, I want to feel like I’m the prize and not just the shell that protects it. That’s how I feel when I’m with Niles. Not only do I see, but I feel the way he watches me. I notice the way his posture goes rigid whenever I touch him. He wants me, but he holds back out of respect. He makes me feel protected.

My phone begins to ring on the nightstand. I know exactly who it is before I sit up to glance at the screen. My mother. She’s called a couple of times since I’ve got here, but she never leaves a message. I don’t bother calling her back because I already know what it’s about. She probably wants to tell me how selfish I am and how I should stop behaving like a child and come back home.

I roll my eyes at the screen, letting the phone ring until it finally stops. She doesn’t care about me, not since she remarried. What I can’t figure out is why? How could she be so loving in one breath and apathetic in the next?

I stand to stretch out the tension coursing through me. My phone pings letting me know that I’ve received a notification. Ross flashes across the screen, turning my frown into a smile. I pick it up to read the message.

Ross: You’re probably asleep by now, and I didn’t want to wake you by calling. Don’t think that I’m weird, but I wanted you to know that you were on my mind. Same time. Same Place. Same Flavor.

I stare at his words for a while, unbelieving. I don’t send a response because I don’t know how to respond. If this is someone’s idea of a sick joke, it’s the best joke that I’ve ever had played on me. I hug the phone to my chest before sitting it back on the nightstand. Curling back into bed, I snuggle against the pillow once again. I close my eyes and think about Niles. I look forward to tomorrow. Falling asleep is easier knowing that he is too.

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