Luc (Rossi Brothers) by J.M. Stewart

Author:J.M. Stewart [Stewart, J.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2016-07-10T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Luc stared across the grassy expanse in front of him. The park in the center of downtown Angel Bay wasn’t more than twenty feet in diameter but provided a slice of nature amid the urban stores: trees, a couple of benches, a pond they filled with koi in the spring and summer. Today the townsfolk crowded the area, strolling up and down Main Street. Every shop had a table out, advertising specials. When it got dark, the town would set off fireworks, a blast to end the night, and all the money earned would be donated to a charity that helped wounded veterans. This year, they’d chosen the Wounded Warrior Project.

As it had since the ritual began some twenty odd years ago, the restaurant was catering to the masses. Five dollars for an endless plate, all going toward the charity. He was supposed to be concentrating on the food, the customers, doing his job here in this main tent.

But he couldn’t focus worth a damn. Some ten feet or so beyond him, at the northern edge of the park, Liz stood in front of the kissing booth. He shouldn’t be surprised to see her here. After all, her husband had died in combat.

The sight of her still caught him. In a pair of cutoffs and a lavender T-shirt that molded itself to her upper body, she looked … incredible.

He’d gone to sleep for the past five nights with the taste of her mouth so potent in his memory he’d awakened twice expecting to find her beside him. He’d taken more than a few cold showers since he’d last seen her.

And that’s exactly why he hadn’t called her. Waking beside her on her couch after an exhausting round of sex had scared the hell out of him. He’d liked the way she fit in his arms, the slight weight of her body beside him. He’d wanted to stay, to spend the whole damn day wrapped around her, and that meant he’d gotten far more involved than he’d intended.

What he needed was to put some distance between them, for his sanity’s sake. But of all ways for her to participate in the festival, Liz had to be part of the kissing booth. She stood beside a blond woman about her own age, her friendly smile so bright it lit up her whole face. She currently aimed that thousand watter at a gentleman in a wheelchair. Luc could only see the back of the man’s head, but he obviously flirted, because Liz tipped her head back and laughed. Oh, how he yearned to be that man.

“Isn’t that your girl?”

Nic appeared beside him, Ella tucked in one arm and holding Alyssa’s hand with the other. They were taking turns watching the girls today.

Across the way, a buff guy in military fatigues stepped up to the booth. When Liz leaned across the table and kissed him, something ugly knotted in Luc’s gut that he out and out refused to acknowledge. It felt an awful lot like jealousy.

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