Last Call by Laura Browning

Author:Laura Browning [Browning, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: secret crush, Mountain Meadow, laura browning, secret baby, romance series, small town
Publisher: Laura Browning Books
Published: 2018-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Caleb set about cleaning the kitchen on autopilot. Years working in the food service industry, not to mention all those family dinners when he was a kid, made getting the job done as rote as though he were putting on his shoes.

It left his mind free to roam. Two people who occupied his thoughts. Leah and his twin. The first was a source of pleasure he hoped to explore in more depth in a few minutes. The second was a ticking time bomb, and had Caleb more worried than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

Noah had never been as sociable as him. As identical as they had been in looks, they were as different in personality. Noah had been far more introspective, but now his introspection was sinking into withdrawal. Along with it, Noah was drinking. Caleb had noticed it at Becca's wedding too. Noah wasn't loud or obnoxious. He just steadily downed alcohol as if it would help numb his anguish.

Caleb was getting ready to launch his bar in less than a week. How was Noah drinking there going to work? He didn't want to think about having to kick his own brother out, but it really seemed like the current scenario was heading right there.

"Jonah was out like a light."

Caleb hung the dish towel on a hook near the sink, grateful for Leah's interruption. As selfish as it might be, he would much rather spend the rest of this evening concentrating on her than thinking about his brother.

"It was a busy day for him. For you too." Caleb grabbed two mugs from the cabinet and set them on the counter. "The coffee's ready. Get what you need to doctor yours while I pour."

They worked in silence. Caleb absorbed the energy between the two of them, letting it sink in and recharge him. It wasn't tension, at least not the bad kind. Their fingers brushed as he handed her the mug. Their gazes met.

Did she know how beautiful her gray eyes were? Without the heavy makeup she'd worn when they first met, her eyes were framed by long, pale lashes like a dusting of shimmering sugar over the depth of her dove gray eyes. He held back the urge to lean forward and touch his lips to each lid. He wanted to pull her against him, mold her body to his and let her feel how she affected him.

"Why don't we sit out on the patio? We can close the screen door and still hear Jonah if he wakes up."

"Okay."

Leah set the spoon she'd used to stir her coffee in the sink before picking up her mug. Caleb followed her, his gaze drifting to her hips. His body pulsed in rhythm with her movements.

There were still issues they needed to clear up, but now wasn't the time for it. Now was the time to reestablish their connection from the first night, the one that had left him searching for a woman who had vanished into thin air.

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