Lydia's Pine Harbor Christmas by J.L. Jarvis

Author:J.L. Jarvis [Jarvis, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942767992
Publisher: Bookbinder Press

The road was clear enough, but Marco was rusty. He’d been busy working and studying, and exercise had fallen by the wayside, and he was paying for it. But that was okay. It was time to begin a new phase in his life. Spending less time with Lydia would mean more time for running and schoolwork. Maybe that was all he needed—more running and fewer emotions.

His life had shifted so gradually that he never noticed it coming, but one day, he woke up to discover he was dependent upon Lydia. It began simply. They had fun being together, so he didn’t think about how he looked forward to seeing her or how he missed her when something else got in the way. That was to be expected from friends who got along as well as they did, but they were always just that—friends. It wasn’t as though they were dating. But a few months passed, and there she was—part of his life. He hadn’t even seen it coming.

In a way, Lydia had done him a favor by severing ties. They’d become too close, and she must have known it. That was how people got hurt, although he always assumed that sort of pain was confined to a dating relationship, and emotional pain was what he sought to avoid above all.

When his mother had died, he was too young to know how to process his grief. Therapy helped him get through it. But the memory of that pain cemented his resolve to avoid feeling that way ever again. Since then, he had insulated himself from relationships that threatened to deepen.

It was never his aim to come across as a free-spirited guy who couldn’t be pinned down, but once he realized that was how people perceived him, he went with it. It worked. Women in his life had low expectations, so no one got hurt. He liked it that way—or he used to. One thing he did not like was being rejected. The last person he would have expected it from was Lydia. She’d caught him off guard. Although quiet, she knew what she wanted—and it wasn’t Marco. He inwardly groaned. It was Bryce.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.