His Romance Coach (A McKnight Family Romance Book 5) by Lucy McConnell & Anne-Marie Meyer

Author:Lucy McConnell & Anne-Marie Meyer [McConnell, Lucy & Meyer, Anne-Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Orchard View Publishing LLC
Published: 2021-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Heather

Tuesday

“Is this really necessary?” I touched the goggles covering my eyes and making it impossible to see anything around me. I gingerly put one foot in front of the other, but nothing about this felt right. The car ride over had been a blank screen, as Liam had insisted I put on the goggles before I left the house. He’d said something about tit for tat. He’d done it for me, so I had to do it for him.

Which wasn’t exactly apples to apples. I was a licensed psychologist. If I put my clients in danger, I could lose my livelihood. I wasn’t so sure Liam had the same kind of stakes. As far as I was concerned, this was the ultimate trust exercise.

Liam had my hand tucked into the crook of his arm and walked slowly, leading me along with care. I wouldn’t have thought him capable of this pace last Friday night when he’d barged into my office, but something had happened to him at that knitting group. He was taking life slower. It would be refreshing if I didn’t currently feel like a hostage.

“Who was the woman you knitted with last night?” I asked, trying to get some clue as to where we were. Had those women influenced my current status, or had Liam created this situation on his own?

Our footsteps echoed off concrete all around. If I didn’t know better, I’d think he was leading me into a dark alley to do away with me once and for all. I’d seen murder mystery episodes. People took their anger out on therapists.

“Sandra. She was cool.”

“Yeah?” I prodded, hoping he’d tell me more. He’d been full of funny stories on the ride home last night, but nothing about this Sandra woman.

His hand tightened over mine as he pulled me closer to him. “Step over,” he said, his whisper tickling my ear and sending jolts of electricity down my body. “Yeah—she reminded me of Penny in some ways.”

I hesitated, startled by the hesitance he had in his voice. “What ways?” Pulling information from him was akin to knitting. Both were tedious and slow. I could barely hold back my inner therapist, who wanted to crack his head open and poke around.

“In mom-ish ways. She has a couple kids, and she’s raising them alone. Knitting night is her one night to herself. That takes a pretty tough woman.”

It was strange, listening to him talk about women like this. There was no blonde or brunette. There was no mention of body shape. He held a reverence for them that caused shivers to rush down my spine. It was hard not to fall for him when he spoke like this. In an effort to keep my emotions hidden, I nodded along until suddenly the ground beneath my feet softened and I stumbled forward. I reached out, desperate to grab on to someone or something.

“Whoa—don’t fall.” Liam grabbed my flailing hand and helped steady me.

“How much farther?” I whispered. I needed to take these blasted goggles off.

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