Her Unexpected Engagement (Checkerberry Inn) by Kyra Jacobs

Author:Kyra Jacobs
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance; Bliss; Entangled; Kyra Jacobs; Checkerberry Inn; series; romance, friends to lovers, childhood friends, fake engagement, fake relationship, fake fiance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Stephanie made it back to her suite without crossing paths with Ruby or any of the other staff, and slept the better part of morning away. And rather than hit the dining room for a late breakfast, she brewed a small pot of coffee in her room and sipped it in the deafening silence. But mornings like this were better dealt with alone, with no one there to say, “I told you so.”

Showered, bored, and more than a little stir crazy an hour later, Stephanie tugged on her sandals. It was too gorgeous a day to sit inside, and too frustrating to sit that close to Miles.

Dang it—why had she gone and let her guard down?

She knew some fresh air would do her good, though. Help her to push her failings with the opposite sex aside long enough to start working on a checklist of things needing done before she moved back home. Because whether or not she took this job, Stephanie was done with Florida. So with pen and paper in hand, she snuck out the side door to avoid Miles’s office, then slithered past the pool area and headed toward the old pond. Only today she planned to trade her spot on the dock with her second favorite place on the Masterson property— the giant old tree just back from the pond.

Stephanie had always loved it there, especially with her feet dangling from one of its wide, low branches. She had no idea what kind of tree it was. Maple? Oak? Didn’t matter. It’d always been a great place to escape to when she needed to get away from her over-estrogened childhood home, or if the boys weren’t around and she needed to reflect on some act of stupidity.

Like the act she’d pulled last night, letting Miles talk her into going out and grabbing some wings and drinks.

But not on a date. Oh, no. Probably for the best they didn’t call it that.

Her blood began to boil again. Why was it so hard to believe that she knew what she was doing? Stephanie dropped her pen and paper beside the tree and stalked to the water’s edge. She kicked off both sandals and felt her toes sink into the cool sand that ringed the pond. Unfortunately, it did little to cool her temper as tears of anger stung her eyes.

“Stupid man,” she growled.

Through her watery gaze she spied a skipping stone nearby. With a lurch she snatched it up from the ground and brushed it off.

“Stupider me.”

Stephanie snapped her wrist and sent the rock sailing. It skimmed the water’s smooth surface, skipping four times before sinking to its final destination.

“Nice throw.”

She spun around to find Brent walking toward her, tool belt on, wooden board under one arm and a bucket full of tools in his grip. Stephanie briefly turned her back to him long enough to swipe a hand beneath each eye. Damn the Masterson boys and their horrible timing. “Thanks.”

“And for the record, I don’t know that stupider is really a word.

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