Feral Wolf Next Door (Midlife Wolves in Crisis) by J.L. Wilder

Author:J.L. Wilder [Wilder, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-11-18T05:00:00+00:00

24

GINA

“You are not being careful,” Olivia snaps at me.

“Yes, I am,” I protest.

“You were with him, though.”

“We were in my house. No one could have seen.”

She sprinkles flour on the counter and hands me the tin. It’s still a few hours before the bakery opens, and the doors are locked. If that weren’t the case, I wouldn’t feel comfortable having this conversation, but I know we’re the only ones in the building. There’s not a chance of anyone overhearing.

I take the flour and spread it on my part of the counter, then start rolling dough for the scones. Olivia should be doing the same thing, but she just stands there for a moment, watching me.

“What?” I ask her at length.

“You’re going to get yourself into trouble,” she says.

“Look, why are you so worked up about it? I have the right to decide these things for myself, don’t I?”

She sighs. “You do, but… Gina, I saw what it did to you the last time he left you. When your father ran him off the land. It really fucked you up. You were never quite the same after that.”

“Of course I wasn’t. I was forced to marry Rodney.”

“It isn’t just that. You weren’t happy with Rodney, I know that, but there’s more.”

“What more do you think there is?”

“You were happy when you and Dan were together,” she says. “I know what he meant to you. You loved each other. You would have had a great life together. And when he left, it was like a part of you died.”

“You’re being dramatic.”

“It was dramatic. You used to be hopeful. That went away when Dan left.”

“I’m hopeful again now,” I say. “The way this is all working out—I never could have dreamed of it, Olivia, but it’s really happening. We’re going to be together.”

She sighs. “I hope you’re right about that.”

“But you don’t think I am.”

“I just worry,” she says. “You can’t blame me for worrying, Gina. I saw you get hurt so badly by him. You wondered for years why he didn’t fight for you. You can’t tell me you don’t wonder about that anymore. That that’s all gone away.

“I told you, he explained it to me. My father threatened his family. He had to go, and he had to stay away.”

“And you’re fine with that?”

“Of course I am! What should I feel? Should I have expected him to put his family at risk for me?”

“I’m saying… what makes you think he’ll do that now? When it matters?” She shakes her head. “He chose his family over you once, and maybe you’re fine with that, but now you’re going to have a child together.”

“You’re really against him, aren’t you?”

“No, I promise I’m not. I just want to make sure he’s on your side. That’s all.

“I think he is. But I am being careful, Olivia. I promise. I’m not going to let anything happen.”

She brushes her hands on her apron, wiping the flour off. “I know,” she says. “I know you’re being careful.”

“What are you worried about?”

“I don’t want him to break your heart again,” she admits.

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