Devoted (Whiskey Run Book 5) by Hope Ford

Author:Hope Ford [Ford, Hope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-13T23:00:00+00:00

7

Lakelyn

Mornings in Whiskey Run are amazing. I usually get up early and walk five miles through town and back. Then Jessie, the owner of the Whiskey Run Lodge, has breakfast waiting for me when I return. I always try to just drink coffee, but her fried apple scones are hard to refuse.

But today, I missed out on the walk and breakfast. By the time I rolled over and peeled my eyes open it was already midmorning, and I had exactly twenty minutes before I was supposed to start shooting. It’s no one’s fault but my own... well and Tate’s. Of course he doesn’t know it but yeah, I blame him for the reason that I couldn’t sleep last night.

He kissed me... heck with that, he absolutely possessed my lips at the bar last night, took me to the B&B, and walked me to the front door. That’s it. No kiss goodnight, no see you tomorrow, nothing. It’s like he couldn’t get away from me fast enough.

So instead of sleeping like I should have been, I stayed up half the night trying to figure out what happened. Did I do something wrong? Say something that spooked him or what?

After walking into town, I’m now sitting in the chair as Tara does her magic and makes me beautiful. Kameron has already voiced his displeasure of me being late. As a matter of fact, after his first tirade, he circled back around and let me have it again. I just took it. I was late, and that’s usually not like me. Heck, that’s never like me. So I deserve him and the rest of the team being upset with me.

“Late night?” Tara asks.

I blow out a breath. “I just couldn’t sleep.”

Tara laughs. “Trust me, I get it. I mean there’s no noise here... I don’t see how people can stand it. I’m ready to get back to the city.”

It’s an automatic reaction for me to defend Whiskey Run. I don’t know what it is about this place, but I love it... I’ve loved being here. “I don’t know. I sort of like the pace of Whiskey Run.”

“Are you ready yet?”

Tara rolls her eyes in the mirror at me. Kameron has his head poking in the door of the makeup and dressing room tent. “Yes, she’s ready... and beautiful as ever.”

“Finally. Let’s go,” Kameron says as he steps back out.

“I mean it, you know.”

I look at Tara, flattening the short flowy skirt around my thighs. “Mean what?”

She shrugs. “That you’re beautiful as ever... there’s definitely a glow about you. Maybe Whiskey Run is exactly what you need.”

I laugh. “You might be right. I feel different here.”

I step out of the tent with Tara, and she walks along with me. A makeup brush is in her hand, and I know she’s waiting to see how I look in the harsh sunlight so she can see if she needs to make any adjustments. “Or maybe it’s not Whiskey Run...”

When I look at her, she nods over to where the locals have already gathered to watch today’s taping.

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