Midnight Salvation: A Small Town Why Choose Romance (Rosewood Book 3) by Penelope Black

Author:Penelope Black [Black, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-04T00:00:00+00:00

24

EVANGELINE

There’s a knock on the door that I promptly ignore. It feels weird being here. It’s my house, but it still very much feels like Nana Jo’s house, and nothing about having them here feels normal. It’s not a bad feeling, more like a sweater that’s five sizes too big. I don’t know how to appreciate its cozy comfort yet.

I don’t know why I expected to go back to Silas’s house. If I would’ve been thinking clearly, I would’ve realized my mistake earlier. I never made it back downstairs that day, but I saw firsthand just how many bullets those assholes unloaded into their houses. There’s no possible way the entire first floor isn’t torn up. There’s a perverse part of me that wants to see the damage in the daylight. To get a good look at the destruction and practice gratitude to the universe and Nana Jo for helping me find my way back home in one piece.

I exhale a deep breath and let my head hang forward. “I don’t want to talk right now.” I make sure to pitch my voice loud enough so whoever is on the other side can hear me. It’s not a lie really. I don’t want to talk right now. I’m all talked out now that I’ve recounted everything. I’m not sure if I even have any words left.

“Open up, sweetheart.”

“I don’t want to talk, Nova.” I cringe at the despondence wrapped around my voice.

“I know, baby, but we need to get those cuts cleaned. We don’t have to talk, I promise.”

I slide off the edge of the bed with a grimace and shuffle toward the door. I twist the handle, and there he is, filling up the entire doorway. I reach over and grab his hand, pulling him into the room and then closing the door behind him softly.

“It wasn’t locked,” I murmur, arching my neck and looking up at him.

“I know, but for this to work, we have to respect each other’s privacy, yeah?”

I arch a brow. “Really? Weren’t you the one who watched me sleep through those security cameras everyone thinks I didn’t know about?”

There’s a faint pink that tints the apples of his cheeks, but the smile on his face is the epitome of shit-eating grin. “If you want me to apologize, I’m afraid you’re going to be left wanting, sweetheart.”

There’s that charm again. That sort of subtle cockiness that I find absolutely irresistible. It makes it hard to stay mad at him if I’m being honest. Which obviously I can never tell him that. He’s exactly the type of person to use it to his advantage.

“Let’s get you taken care of,” he murmurs, nudging me further into the room.

“Okay, where do you want me?”

The side of his mouth hooks into a grin and he drags his palm over his mouth like he’s trying to hide it. “You could tempt a saint, Evangeline. Head to the bathroom. There’s better lighting in there.”

I nod and shuffle into the bathroom. I look longingly at the clawfoot tub in the little alcove that runs on the side of the house.

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