Don't Touch My Petunia by Tara Sheets

Author:Tara Sheets
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Game face. Game face. Game face. Juliette repeated the mantra as she parked her car behind the florist shop. She needed to pull herself together. Yesterday’s boating fiasco was still a matter of humiliation, and even though she wished Logan hadn’t seen her in that predicament with Brock, she was glad he’d come along to help when he did.

But it wasn’t the boating incident that had her spinning like a carnival ride this morning. It was what happened afterward. Juliette squeezed her eyes shut, then checked her face in the car’s visor mirror. She’d expertly applied her makeup and wove her long mass of hair into two French braids. Aside from a heightened color in her cheeks, she looked completely normal. She was totally fine.

“Liar.” She stared at her reflection a moment longer, then shut the visor.

Last night had been entirely unexpected. At first she was game for whatever may have happened. In her living room, she’d actually wanted to kiss him again. Then when he finally did kiss her in the woods, she didn’t want it to end. And that was bad. But what happened between them in the garden was even worse than kissing. They’d talked.

Juliette pressed her lips together, frowning. They talked about the past. She even remembered her parents in the garden, back when her world was whole and happy. She remembered what it felt like before she learned that you can lose the ones you love.

She took a deep breath and straightened her spine. Better to put it all behind her. Before she left her house, she’d vowed to focus on the work that needed to get done before Romeo came back. The florist shop was finally coming together, and it was even more beautiful than she could have imagined. Romeo would see how well she’d managed everything, and her plan would fall into place. It had to. Everything else could be sorted out later. Especially her feelings for Logan.

Juliette slid out of the car. Really, how hard could it be to see him and just say “hey”? It’s not like anything major had happened between them. It was just another stupid kiss. She’d survived the first one, so this one was just another slipup. She’d thank him again for rescuing her and driving her home, then laugh it all off as a crazy experience. She was a pro at keeping things light and fun with men. Dealing with Logan was going to be a breeze.

Logan’s truck was already there. Her heart did a little backflip as she approached the back door.

“Hey.” Kat emerged with a stack of boxes. She was wearing her usual all-black clothing, black boots, and black eyeliner. Her hair was pulled back in a tight bun, and with Hank trotting beside her, she looked like a kick-ass character from a graphic novel. Others might look at her and find her appearance unsettling, but not Juliette. There was something comforting about Kat’s presence, in the same way an heirloom blanket felt soothing or a favorite sweatshirt just felt right.

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