Diving into Love by Kat Bellemore

Author:Kat Bellemore [Bellemore, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: KB Press

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Caleb stumbled back from Bree, and she did the same.

What. The. Heck.

Isaac had said to ask the woman out, not kiss her brains out. Or was it Bree who had been kissing him? It was impossible to tell and didn’t matter anyway. Because he had wanted it. And enjoyed it. A lot.

But she was the one woman in Starlight Ridge he couldn’t date. Not when she would be gone at the end of the summer. There was nothing to keep her here.

She’d leave. Just like his mom. And Kayla. It had been a long time since his mom had left for greener pastures, and it didn’t hurt as much as it used to. But Kayla—that one was still fresh.

He wouldn’t let Bree become another Kayla.

Caleb could already tell that that was going to be difficult. Bree still seemed a bit shell-shocked by what had just transpired, and her hair was a little more tangled than it had been, but she still looked beautiful, the ocean’s horizon as her backdrop. She gave him a shy smile, and she traced shapes in the sand with her toe.

“That was…” Bree was just as lost for words as he was.

Caleb gave a nervous laugh. “I know. I’m…” He almost apologized, but then stopped. He couldn’t tell her he was sorry for kissing her. Because even though it shouldn’t have happened, he didn’t regret it. That had been the most connection he’d felt with someone in a long time.

It couldn’t happen again, of course. But for that moment, it had been worth it.

Caleb cleared his throat. “So, you still good with tomorrow at eight o’clock?”

Bree started, like she didn’t know what he was talking about. “Tomorrow?”

“Yeah. For training?”

Bree’s expression cleared, and she gave a small laugh. “Of course. Eight o’clock sharp.”

Silence fell, and they both looked everywhere except at the other person. Earlier, he’d thought asking Bree out on a date was going to be incredibly awkward. She might not have read too much into it, though, depending how he managed to phrase it.

Now? There was no way she wouldn’t read too much into it.

But Caleb had promised Isaac he’d do it before they met up that evening. And if he didn’t, Isaac might not keep his end of the bargain—might not delete his online profile. He knew it sounded benign—a lot of people enjoyed video games.

But Isaac was back on the path he’d been on last year, and Caleb couldn’t watch his friend destroy himself, lost in a virtual world. Not again.

“Shall we head back?” Bree asked. “Adeline will start to worry.”

Caleb doubted that, considering Adeline knew Bree was out with him, but he agreed that they should probably return. He didn’t want the town gossips to get ahold of rumors, or to start any themselves.

As Bree stepped past him, though, he placed a hand on her arm. She paused, her eyes questioning. “Before we do, could I ask you one last thing?”

She nodded slowly.

“Can I take you on a hike tomorrow afternoon?”

“A hike?” she repeated, looking thoroughly confused.

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