Hot Shot (North Ridge Book 3) by Karina Halle

Author:Karina Halle [Halle, Karina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Metal Blonde Books
Published: 2018-01-09T08:00:00+00:00

12

Delilah

“Delilah, dear,” Dick says. “You are looking absolutely glowing lately, you know that?”

“It’s true,” Vernalee says, rather suspiciously. “What’s your secret? I want to be the best-looking grandma in town.”

While Rachel gives an exaggerated rolling of the eyes (because, no, she’s not pregnant), I give everyone at the table an embarrassed smile. “It must be the company.”

The truth is, I’ve been feeling anything but glowing lately, though if I do look good at all, it’s probably because of Fox. You know, how love changes the way you see the world and thus changes the way you look. That and sex. All the sex.

On the other hand, every shitty thing I’m feeling is probably because of Fox too.

He’s been gone again. This time for just a week, but it’s enough. It’s October, it should be the end of the forest fire season but this year things don’t seem to stop. Not only is he fighting one over in Alberta but there’s a massive fire raging in Northern California. Wildland firefighters are being pulled from all over the US and I know that the minute the Alberta fire is under control, he’s going to be called out to the California one.

It’s hard. It’s obviously harder on him, but it’s hard on me too. Just the not knowing. I know the last time we were together we talked about it and I was okay with being Fox’s fuck buddy, friend with benefits, whatever we are but at the same time…

Fuck. I want more. I want to be with him. To have all of him, not just his dick. The sex is amazing, better than I could have ever imagined and I don’t think I could ever stop with him but I want his heart. I want his heart and his mind and his soul. It’s a lot to ask of anyone but he has mine, whether he wants it or not. I mean, it’s a fair trade.

But love isn’t a trade at all. It’s something else. It’s a gamble. And right now, I’m close to laying it all on the table and hoping for the best.

So, while he’s gone risking his life, I’m left wondering, hoping, that when he comes back we’ll have something to work with, something to develop. The longer I’m with Fox in such an intimate, physical way, the deeper and more obsessed I become.

Then there’s the fact that I’ve just been feeling off lately. Pretty sure a flu is coming on, though I just hope it doesn’t strike when Fox is next in town.

Once dinner is over, I’m in the kitchen helping Rachel clean up. Fox, Riley and Maverick were all absent tonight, the latter two out on a special search and rescue call, so there are less dishes.

Even so, I’m starting to feel a bit dizzy after bending down to load them in the dishwasher and have to lean against the counter for the moment.

“Are you okay?” Rachel asks, putting her hand on my back.

I nod frantically, pressing my lips together as a wave of nausea comes over me.

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