From Tropical Fling to Forever--Get swept away with this sparkling summer romance! by Nina Singh

Author:Nina Singh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2021-03-03T20:08:09+00:00

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What was taking her so long?

Clay stood leaning against the wall by the entrance of the resort trying not to count down the minutes until Tori showed up. Had they miscommunicated the meeting spot? That didn’t seem likely. The plan had been pretty clear.

Had she changed her mind?

It would be unlike Tori to just have a sudden change of heart like that. And even more unlike her to not even let him know. Maybe she’d lost the connection on her cell phone.

He was beginning to panic when he finally saw her through the glass doors. A surge of relief flooded his chest. He’d been worried about her.

And worried that she might have decided to blow him off.

After all, it was rather silly when he thought about it. For a grown man to be excited about visiting a fake pirate town. Tori was probably just being polite, too embarrassed for him to up-front turn him down.

Nevertheless, now she was here and he was glad for it.

So he had no idea why he’d snapped at her when she reached him. “I was beginning to think I’d only imagined that you’d agreed to come.”

She didn’t take the bait. In fact, she looked rather distracted. “Sorry, I ran into someone.”

“You couldn’t stop chatting with this someone long enough to let me know?”

Her eyebrows drew together as she squinted at him in the sunlight. “My phone wasn’t readily available. Are we going to go or not?”

Great. Now they were both annoyed. Should make for an enjoyable day then, with the two of them snapping at each other for no real reason. He was going to suggest that maybe they forget the whole thing but Tori was already walking down the wooden pathway that led to the catamaran.

Uttering a curse under his breath, he followed her.

By the time they arrived at the main island and reached the awaiting car, the tension between them had only grown thicker.

Their driver wordlessly started the engine and drove down the long driveway before pulling out onto the main road. An awkward silence ensued with only the vehicle’s navigation system doing any talking.

They drove that way with neither saying a word for about seven minutes before Clay couldn’t stand it any longer. “Look, I’m sorry if I sounded short with you back there. I was worried, that’s all.”

She tilted her head. “Thank you for the apology,” she said simply, somewhat surprising him. Most of the women he dated prolonged his attempts at atonement. He’d been fully expecting to have to border on groveling to break the tension between them.

Then she surprised him even further with her next words. “And I’m sorry for making you worry,” she added. “I should have found a way to let you know I was running late. It was unfair to you.”

Her words echoed in his head. For the life of him, he couldn’t remember receiving a genuine apology from someone in his lifetime. He was always expected to be the strong one. The rock.

Heaven knew, the one person on earth who was supposed to care for him and protect him had failed miserably.

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