Harlequin Love Inspired February 2021--Box Set 1 of 2 by Patricia Davids

Author:Patricia Davids
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

The next afternoon, Finn drove into town at his sister’s request. Supposedly she needed help with some things at the café, though he wasn’t sure why his presence was necessary.

She was capable of most everything herself.

And she also had Ryker. Or Ivy. Or even Scott, who was a mechanic in her shop.

Something smelled fishy.

At least she’d asked for his help before the situation had developed with Ivy last night, so he knew it wasn’t about that. Though he could use a stern reprimand. What had he been thinking getting so close to her? Almost kissing her? Ivy and the girls staying at the ranch complicated things and forced them into the same proximity. She was a good person working on changing her life. Finn just couldn’t be involved in that process again.

Last night as he’d tossed and turned, he’d tried to wrap his mind around how things between them had escalated so quickly. He’d concluded that it had something to do with the scene he’d walked in on when he’d returned from the Blairs’.

Being around Ivy and the girls had made him want more of the same. A family to come home to. A wife to pray with him. Kids to raise and love. He’d been fighting feeling anything for anyone since Chrissa, but in that process, he’d denied his desire to have a family one day.

He wanted more nights like last night, but they couldn’t be with Ivy and her girls. They were moving to California, and Finn wouldn’t be the one to stop them. Between her parents, her late husband and the girls, she had plenty to work through, and Finn had meant it when he’d decided no more rescuing, no more messy relationships. But he’d forgotten that he did want something good and easy. That had to exist, right?

He arrived at the café. Inside, he found his sister and no Ivy. It was just after four. Perhaps she’d already gone home. Relief made his limbs buzz.

There was a chance he’d told Charlie he couldn’t come into town until this time so that he wouldn’t run into Ivy.

There was also a chance he was turning into a wuss.

Charlie greeted him, “Hey, brother.” She squinted in his direction. “What was the massive sigh for?”

Oops. He hadn’t meant to broadcast his blatant relief. “Nothing. What’s going on with you? What do you need help with?”

She paused as if considering continuing her line of questioning, but after two beats of analyzing, she pointed to a stack of pictures that were propped against the wall.

“I need to hang those, and I could use a hand.”

That made absolutely no sense. “You need me to help you hang pictures?”

She nodded fast like hummingbird wings.

“Don’t you have a boyfriend for this kind of stuff? Hanging pictures definitely seems like it would fall into the special friend category.”

Charlie laughed at the title their parents had given to anyone either of them had dated…not that Charlie had done a lot of that before Ryker.

“He’s at work.”

“What about Ivy?”

“She has other things to do.

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