My Quickie Wedding by Christie Ridgway

Author:Christie Ridgway [Ridgway, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Christie Ridgway
Published: 2018-11-14T18:30:00+00:00

He was talking about my ability to love. It died when Simon did.

On the couch in his sister’s bungalow at the Hathaway at Dragonfly Beach aka Heartbreak Hotel, Con shoved his legs in front of him and crossed them at the ankle. Jojo’s words had been replaying in his head over and over the last seventeen hours. Now he attempted to halt the endless loop and recall what his sister, Audra, had just said. Something about their parents accepting the fact that their darling daughter had developed a new life blueprint. “You just keep believing that, Pollyanna.”

She frowned at him, then took a swallow of coffee and set the cup aside. “Dad said. He told me Mom was going to be fine with me quitting the family company, moving a hundred miles north, and starting my own business.”

“Did you hear yourself just now? Especially the part about moving a hundred miles north?”

“It’s part of the plan,” she said. “I’ve done some preliminary research and it looks to be a good location to establish myself. Not too big a city but with lots of opportunities to ply my new trade.”

Died when Simon did…died when Simon did…died when Simon did.

Those damn words. They’d kept him up all night in his room at the resort where he’d retreated after dropping Jojo at her home. He’d made noises about taking her to dinner or ordering takeout, but she’d waved it away and he hadn’t pushed. She looked as if she’d been wrung dry and it was smarter not to risk being near a bed and behind closed doors with the woman.

He was trying to get his head on straight and stoking his emotions with more sex wasn’t going to help.

Except sex had never been about emotions for him. Sure, he’d liked the women he took to bed just fine, and found them attractive, obviously, but he wasn’t invested in them in any way.

He was talking about my ability to love. It died when Simon did.

Needing action, Con jumped up and made for the mini fridge, trying to focus on his sister again. And his marching orders from his mother.

Trying to finally be that good son his parents deserved. The responsible one who wouldn’t fall in love on an instant.

Yeah, Con was too smart for that, surely.

He bent to dig through the cold beverages on hand. “You think I’m here at oh-too-early just to see if you have any of that iced tea I like?” he asked his sister. “I was planning on sleeping in, but Mom called and arm-twisted. I’m supposed to encourage you to go back home. If you want to start a business, it will be better on familiar turf, she said to tell you.”

“See?” Audra got to her feet and made a wild gesture with her arms. “That’s why I have to move. I love her dearly, but she’ll smother me before I’m thirty. She probably hopes I’ll move back in with her and Dad.”

If not feeling lucky, but at least a little better, Con snagged one of those teas he was looking for.

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