Mated in Forbidden by Keira Blackwood & Liza Street

Author:Keira Blackwood & Liza Street [Blackwood, Keira & Street, Liza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Paramour Press
Published: 2020-07-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Moira

Caleb wouldn’t stop calling. He’d called all day and all night. Eventually I’d shut my phone off so I wouldn't have to hear it.

Every ring had cut right through my chest, accompanied by another stab when the voicemail went through. I hadn’t answered any of his calls, and I hadn’t listened to a single message.

I didn’t want to hear anything he had to say.

It was my fault that I was hurting. I’d ignored every ounce of smarts and intuition, and allowed myself to be vulnerable.

I’d known the kind of man he was, and I’d foolishly thought...I didn’t know what I thought. I hadn’t thought, and that was the problem.

Restless and agitated, I’d decided sometime during the long night of not sleeping that I couldn’t be home today. It was the pink box of cupcakes on the counter I hadn’t been able to get myself to throw away. It was the fact that even after I’d washed my sheets, I could still smell him. I could feel the heat of him in my bed beside me, even though I was alone.

There were two productive choices—help Brody with the septic issues at the B&B or check in on Finn and James in Redemption where they were working on converting Yanovich’s new silo. Easy choice. There was no Caleb in Redemption.

There was a whole lot of nothing to see on the road between Forbidden and Redemption. Fall colors had been shed from the trees, leaving barren branches and dull greens and grays. There were trees and fields, rolling hills, and not a lot else.

At the edge of town, I slowed so I wouldn’t miss the turnoff. It was a narrow dirt road that curved around a cliff, weird given the area wasn’t particularly mountainous. I found my turn and headed to the Yanovich job.

When the road opened up, I saw Finn’s truck parked by the silo. There were a number of other trucks and a bunch of guys moving lumber around.

I parked and climbed out.

James must have spotted me as I drove up because he met me by my truck.

“Moira, what are you doing here?” His sharp turquoise eyes assessed me.

James was both the most volatile and the most observant of my brothers. He’d lost a bit of his edge since he and Anna had gotten back together, but it still didn’t take much for him to detonate. I was generally not the one on the receiving end, but the last thing I wanted was for him to go after Caleb.

“I’m doing the boss thing. You know, my job.” I flashed him a grin to prove that everything was peachy.

He narrowed his gaze, making it clear I’d gone overboard.

I doubled down with a bright smile. “How’s the job going? Were you able to put in the subfloors yet?”

James waited a beat before accepting the change of subject. “Subfloors are in, wiring and drywall, too. Painters are starting in the upstairs while we make corrections in the kitchen.”

“Corrections?” I asked.

James went into specifics that made it clear he had everything under control.

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.