Mountain Man Bad Boy: A Surprise Pregnancy Romance (Small Town Mountain Men) by Natasha L. Black

Author:Natasha L. Black [Black, Natasha L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

In the morning, I felt better, and I decided to give my mission one more try. I dressed casually in jeans and a T-shirt and headed to the diner for coffee. Diners are great meeting places, and besides, they often boasted scrumptious breakfast items. It took me a few minutes to walk, but I enjoyed the exercise. Just like my commute, the walk gave me time to air out my feelings, to get a hold of myself and prepare for the coming day.

If I didn’t find Porter at the diner, I could always drive over to the lumberyard. I still wasn’t sure I wanted to risk it, but I had come all this way. It seemed a shame to leave without at least giving him a chance to reject me. The diner was across the street from the police station. I held my heart in my hand as I pushed through the door into the cheerful interior.

A breakfast bar ran across the length of the restaurant, booths on the opposite wall. The décor was the same as it had been for as long as I could remember. A young woman stood in the foyer, waiting to direct me to whichever seat I chose. I scanned the clientele, just as I had done yesterday, searching for familiar features. A spark of recognition hit me when I saw him, sitting at the counter, hunched over a cup of coffee. He didn’t see me at first, focused on his drink. I had a moment to decide whether I wanted to go through with this, a second to weigh my future against my pride. He looked so masculine out here in the real world. His shoulder muscles bunched beneath his work shirt, his hips square against the seat. My moment was up when he turned to face the door and saw me standing there, breathless.

I expected anger or elation, some raw emotion that would tell me whether I had done the right thing or not. Instead, he leaned back against the counter, his face a neutral mask. I could see him doing some calculation in his head, as if weighing my appearance against our last encounter. I stepped forward, eager to explain, but he shook his head.

“Hello, Nurse Matthews,” he said.

“I can explain.” I approached the counter, my thoughts racing, my heart searching for salvation in his eyes.

“Not here,” he cut me off.

The hostess smiled awkwardly, pretending to be absorbed by picking dried jelly off a menu.

“I have to go to work,” Porter said, finishing his coffee and standing up.

“I’m sorry—” I tried.

He waved me off. “Meet me here for dinner tonight.”

My heart skipped a beat. He wasn’t angry. He wasn’t jumping for joy, but I hadn’t completely destroyed all hope of a future. We had a date, our first real date. Tonight I could explain my reservations and why I had chosen to rebuff him and beg for his forgiveness. Tonight, I could tell him that I thought of him as more than just a patient.

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