Claiming His Labor Day_A Romance Holiday Novella by Lulu Pratt

Author:Lulu Pratt [Pratt, Lulu]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lulu Pratt
Published: 2019-08-24T16:00:00+00:00

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Two months later and I ended up taking Lindsey up on her offer. Dinner and drinks were enough to satiate me for the time being. Problem was, I was only going through the motions. I wasn’t interested in a relationship or even casual sex. Naomi was still somewhere in my mind, but I had given up looking for her. I believed in fate, and it was meant to be, it would have happened by now.

After dinner, Lindsey and I sat on a patio watching the late August sun go down. Although I had enjoyed Lindsey’s company, I found myself measuring her against Naomi, who still visited my dreams nightly. I’d even gone to bed early a few times in the hopes of laying in her arms once more.

Lindsey was charming and interesting, but I’d only gone out with her as she’d begged me to.

“The Labor Day beach party is coming up,” she said. “Are you going?”

“I don’t know.”

“I think you should. With me.”

“The beach isn’t really my thing.”

“You fucking live on one. What do you mean it’s not your thing?”

“I’m probably busy anyway.”

“You’re probably busy? I think you’re making excuses, Devlin.”

I shook my head and sucked down the drink. “No. I don’t make excuses. I make things happen.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I think I’m going to head out of town.”

“Why? Where are you going?”

“Wherever my bike leads me.”

She put her hands on the table. “So that’s it? You’re just going to up and leave? I thought that as you had contacted me that you were interested in staying around for a while.”

“I never promised you anything, Lindsey.”

Her face turned sour. “What the fuck do you plan on finding when you get to the next town? Huh? Why can’t you settle down in one place?”

“It’s not what I want.”

“I think you’re scared.”

I chuckled and looked away. “I’m not scared.”

“I think you are. You’re afraid of giving someone a piece of your heart. You’re afraid that if you let someone in, they might hurt you. Haven’t you ever heard the term it’s better to have loved and lost—”

“I’m not a cliché! I know exactly what I want!”

Lindsey froze for a moment before storming off to the restroom. It wasn’t her fault I couldn’t find what truly made me happy. And, in a way, she was right. I was afraid of it.

After a few minutes, she returned. Her eyes puffy.

“Sorry,” I said.

“I know I’m not her,” she said, still looking out over the water next to the patio.

I felt my humility crumble to the ground. “Her?”

“Naomi? Is that her name?”

I lowered my head.

“I thought so. I don’t pretend to be oblivious to the fact that you’ve been thinking of her all evening. I know you’ve been looking for her.”

It was true. I’d searched high and low for her, going to different bars, restaurants, grocery stores, anywhere and everywhere in the hopes of running into her.

Lindsey shook her head, taking a sip of wine before continuing. “I don’t know who this woman is, but she must have been someone spectacular.

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