Holy Cannoli: Sugar Curves, book 5 by Wade Megan

Author:Wade, Megan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Megan Wade Books
Published: 2020-10-08T00:00:00+00:00

Avery

Aaaaannnd, my phone's dead. Great. I sigh loudly and drop my arms in defeat. How long are we supposed to wait down here? When I glance across the room, Tyler is watching me, his eyes dark and hooded. Like he’s thinking dirty things. Do I even want to know? I feel my face become hot, but before I can turn away from him and find entertainment elsewhere, he shifts until he’s sitting, his elbows on his knees as he gives me his full attention. “What happened to opening a flower shop?” he asks.

I suck in my breath and offer him a half-smile. “I don’t know, guess I didn’t feel like chasing my dreams the same way you did.”

He nods before his shifts along the cot, pressing his back against the wall as he draws one knee up to his chest. “What drew you into real estate?”

“Because there was nothing else available at the time. You know how Mark is friends with my dad?” He nods. “Well, he needed help, and I needed a job. Turns out, I’m really good at real estate.”

“I imagine you’re good at everything you do,” he says, making me blush.

“Well, I’m as good as Mark lets me be. He tends to give me the bottom of the barrel listings,” I say, gesturing to our surroundings. “But one day I’ll break out on my own. Ali runs the rental department, so she’d come with me. We’d be the feminine touch Oakwood Falls needs. We’ve got it all planned out.”

He smiles. “I bet you do. And how is Ali?”

“Married.” I pick up a small piece of rubble and run my thumb over the smooth side. “Two kids. They’re both in school now.”

“She happy?”

I bounce a shoulder. “When she’s eating cheesecake she is.” I offer him my first genuine smile since I arrived here this morning. But it’s laced with something else—longing, sadness? I just can’t help feeling like I need to run away from him. But instead, I’m stuck here trying to ignore the twisting feeling in my stomach that’s telling me to just forgive him already.

And I guess I could. I could be grateful that he’s finally home, finally back where he belongs, still saying those magical words…I still love you…

If only it were that easy.

Forgiving him now just means that it was OK for him to leave. That it was fine for him to just press pause and go and live his life, have his fun, and I’d just be here, waiting for him to make the decision about when my life was supposed to start.

And what’s to stop him from doing it all again? What’s to stop him from talking me into his bed with his pretty words and his sexy smile, before taking the gift I’ve never given away then taking off with that too. He’d have my heart and my purity. And if I can’t trust him to be with me forever, I at least want to keep something for myself.

“Let me guess.

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