Island Homecoming: Small Town Romantic Suspense (Brookwell Island Book 1) by Regan Black

Author:Regan Black [Black, Regan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Nash discovered he had to be strategic and creative to make the most of the time he could squeeze in with Jess. It was worth the effort, as they reconnected and established a new friendship one conversation or outing at a time.

He thought about her constantly, especially on days like today when their schedules kept them apart. He could only be thankful it wasn’t payroll day. All the crew had on the agenda was this major installation.

He wouldn’t see her tonight, which seemed to make it harder to focus on anything else. She was as funny and irreverent as he remembered. And watching her interact with people she’d known as well as the new faces around town only convinced him this was where she belonged.

He just wasn’t sure if she recognized it or not.

They had started texting frequently every day, shared a meal whenever he could get the time, and they made it over to the Pelican for drinks. He’d even convinced her to dance with him. That had been a sweet torture that left him longing for more.

That particular evening changed everything for him. Her smile, the sway of her body against his, the conversation on the drive back to her place… it had all felt right. Simultaneously peaceful and thrilling. Since then he’d been filled with an unshakable certainty that he and Jess were meant for each other. They just needed time to build something real. Something that would last.

Every moment with her was the best. Including their first kiss. He frowned as he dropped azaleas into the holes his crew were digging. Was it a first kiss? Or was it the first kiss of the second round for them?

Hell, the terminology didn’t matter.

They’d gone out for ice cream before her shift and wandered down the boardwalk at sunset. She’d been telling him about butterflies and flamingos in Key West. He’d been hard pressed to make sense of it, utterly enamored with her. With the feelings for her that wouldn’t stop.

He’d slid his arms around her while the soft twilight drifted around them and given up the fight. Her eyes, wide and aware, dropped to his mouth and he was lost. Found. And finally his lips touched hers. No distractions, no friendly interruptions. And when she’d sighed against him, no doubts at all. Her hands, slipping under his shirt and over his skin like heaven. The rush of her touch lit a fiery desire that nearly consumed him.

Practically consumed him now just thinking about it.

That kiss had been incredible. All the embraces that followed were even better. Fresh and familiar and incomparable. He was more than halfway in love with her again.

“Hey, boss?”

Nash jerked back to the job at hand. Roy, the youngest guy on his crew, had shown up after school, working every available hour to sock away money for college. “Yeah? What’s up?”

“Design says that azalea should be purple, not white.”

Nash shook his head, realizing the kid was right. “Good catch.”

He carefully pulled up the plant and exchanged it for the right color.

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