Love Far from Home: Romance Box Set of Novellas by Annette Lyon

Author:Annette Lyon [Lyon, Annette]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Blue Ginger Books
Published: 2019-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

In the morning, as Cassie drove to work, she dreaded the day ahead of her. She and Matt hadn’t exchanged so much as a text since he’d watched her drive off. With any luck, he’d be called to a different area of the park.

But she couldn’t avoid him forever. What would he say when she did see him? Would he speak to her at all?

Last night, she’d been so sure that speaking up would solve everything. By early morning, she was no longer sure of anything. She’d hardly slept, worrying about Matt, hating herself for hurting him. More than once, she’d taken her phone from the nightstand and almost texted him, but each time, she put the phone back with a sigh and returned to staring at the dark ceiling.

She parked in her usual spot. Matt’s truck wasn’t there, so either he had been called elsewhere or he was running late. Either way, she had some time to come up with something to say to him.

She needed to figure out what she really wanted, because she kept vacillating between wanting to take everything back and aching to have a piece of what Andrea and Tammy had. She wanted some of that romance. Just a little would do.

Yet did she and Matt even have a genuine adult relationship? Or were they just buddies who occasionally kissed?

An hour into work, she still hadn’t heard from Matt and wanted to text him to see where he’d been assigned for the day. But she decided that she shouldn’t; last night she might have given up the right to expect such courtesies. Matt might even assume that their relationship was over.

A weight seemed to be attached to her heart, pulling her downward. Her polite smile faltered, and she could hardly stand interacting with park guests.

At last her break arrived, and she nearly ran to her supervisor, John, to find out where Matt was working today. Before she could get the question out, John glanced up from some papers and said, “Sorry to hear that Matt’s under the weather. Give him my best, will you?” And he walked off.

Cassie stood there as still as stone. Had Matt called in sick? Or was it something worse? Did he get hurt on his drive home last night? Worry wormed through her, right along with the regret and guilt that had already set up camp there. She wanted to hurry to his cabin with some chicken noodle soup, and then she’d…

Do what?

She didn’t know, but she had to do something. She could take the day off, for starters. She hurried after John, but a painful thought hit her, and her step came up short. What if Matt was deliberately avoiding her? Maybe he didn’t want to see her. Maybe he needed space. If so, showing up would only make things worse.

That had to be it. Otherwise he would have told her that he was sick, right?

Maybe. Maybe not. Frustrated, she groaned. Yesterday at this hour, she would have known the answer.

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