Captured in Ink: A Montgomery Ink: Boulder Novella by Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Carrie Ann Ryan [Ryan, Carrie Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Carrie Ann Ryan, Montgomery Ink: Boulder, 1001 Dark Nights, Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: 1001 Dark Nights Press
Published: 2021-01-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Ronin

Me: Are you enjoying your trip?

Kincaid: It’s a fun project. I should be back in town in the next couple of days. Julia said that you guys were planning on a movie night?

I smiled as I looked down at my phone. I felt so domestic talking to Kincaid like this. I didn’t know where he fit in my relationship with Julia, or in any part of our lives, but we were taking it as slowly as we could, trying to figure out where we were. At least that’s what I hoped. In my fears, I imagined Kincaid walking away again, deciding that this was too much for him and that he didn’t want to deal with this. Or Julia saying that it was the same for her and she needed space. I wasn’t even sure I was allowing myself to think about what I wanted other than acknowledging that I was happy. I was happy with Julia, had always been. She brought out the best in me. But it was as if something had clicked when Kincaid arrived. And not just the anger and betrayal I felt when he first showed up and I thought that he had left because I did something wrong. Alexis had cheated, had left us both long before she’d broken her promises to us. When Kincaid had left without a word soon after, I thought it had been my fault. I hadn’t known he’d been pulled away and hurt in the process.

I still wasn’t sure what the answers were, or what we would accomplish, but I hoped that we would find a way to make this work—if that’s what the three of us wanted.

Kincaid: I’m headed out on assignment. In the mood to get this portrait done, and that means we are headed out to the wilderness. I’ll have my phone on me, but kiss Julia for me.

I grinned, shaking my head.

Me: I can do that. Then you can come and do it yourself.

Kincaid: I can do that.

There were no goodbyes, no professing our feelings. I didn’t think we were there yet, and frankly, I didn’t know what I felt. I was glad that he didn’t say anything.

“You were smiling for a moment, and now you’re frowning.” I looked up from my chair at Marcus’s words, piles of paper all around me, and shook my head.

“Oh, I’m fine. Just thinking.”

“Was that Kincaid or Julia?” Marcus asked, a small smile on his face.

I snorted. “You know, I guess I was a little nosy when it came to your relationship with Bristol. I deserve you needling me about my life.”

Marcus rolled his eyes. “Yes, because my asking a single question is needling. I’ve been very restrained when it comes to your love life.”

“And I appreciate that,” I said honestly. “Mostly because I have no idea what I’m doing, and I’m hoping to hell I don’t screw things up.

“If you need to talk, I’m here. Really, any of us are.”

“I like how you say ‘us’ as if you’re a Montgomery.

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