From Now On: Atlanta Belles by Raine English

Author:Raine English [English, Raine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Publisher: Elusive Dreams Press
Published: 2017-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

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Whitney had sensed something was off with Cash, but she couldn’t put her finger on what it was. Maybe it had something to do with the meeting he’d had with the other Realtor. Whatever it was, she hoped it would pass. After their wonderful time last night, she didn’t want anything to tarnish what she hoped was the beginning of a relationship. One that might end happily this time.

She quickly found all the groceries on her list, then made her way over to the checkout line. While she was waiting, she spotted Cash’s mom in the next aisle. Eve was the last person she wanted to run into today, so she tipped her head down, hoping the older woman wouldn’t notice her.

Whitney breathed a sigh of relief as Eve chatted with someone behind her in line, giving Whitney the opportunity to checkout and then slip out of the store unseen. Although she was able to prevent an uncomfortable encounter with Cash’s mom, it served as a reminder that a rocky road awaited her up ahead, and the longer she waited to tell Cash about Mattie, the rougher it would be.

She glanced down at the package of sirloin tips sticking out of the top of the grocery bag she carried. They’d make a nice dinner for two. That thought triggered a decision to tell Cash over dinner at her house. The next time she talked to him, she’d offer the invite.

As Whitney drove home, she realized a weight had lifted from her shoulders, and she felt more relaxed than she had in a long time. Indecision never sat well with her.

Later, after putting away the groceries and then going over some bills, she went outside with a glass of iced sweet tea in hand, intending to look over the proofs that Travis had emailed her. But as soon as she settled in on one of the chaise lounges that were out on the patio, she spotted her landlord walking across the lawn. Clarice, who’d been lying next to her chewing a bone, shot up and trotted over to him.

“Hey, Marshall,” she said, shielding her eyes from the sun as he approached. “Beautiful day, isn’t it?”

“Gorgeous.” He sat down on the chaise beside her, and she could tell by the tightness of his mouth and the extra wrinkles that had formed above the bridge of his nose that something was wrong.

“Would you like some sweet tea? I just made a pitcher.”

“No, thanks.” He shifted his gaze over to the magnolia tree that shaded the far edge of the patio. “When I was a boy, that was a little stick of a tree. My parents planted it.”

She followed his gaze across the lawn to the pecan grove.

“I used to play out there, filling basket after basket with nuts.” There was a wistfulness to his voice that concerned her.

The property had been in Marshall’s family for generations, and there’d been a time when he’d hoped to pass it on to one

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