Never Too Soon (Star Falls Book 2) by Chelle Bliss

Author:Chelle Bliss [Bliss, Chelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bliss Ink
Published: 2023-08-07T18:30:00+00:00

That night, after I put the kids to bed, I text Gracie to see if she’s up for a video chat. She replies right away.

Just home from work and about to shower. Can you give me fifteen mins? I’ll be quick. I don’t want to keep you up too late, Coach.

She follows up the message with a little shower emoji and a winky face. I send her back a thumbs-up and then settle back into bed with a bottle of water as I scroll through some job listings, feeling a little lost and a lot frustrated.

If I leave teaching, I have no clue what else I would do. I must lose track of time because before I realize how long I’ve been scrolling, Gracie calls.

I pick up on the first ring.

“Hey,” I say, letting the first real smile take over my face.

She immediately looks serious. “You okay? You look tired or mad. Tell me what this is I’m seeing.” She motions at the screen.

“Yeah,” I chuckle. “Annoying thoughts in my head. I’m a lot better now, though. How are you? I’m really sorry I can’t meet you tomorrow.”

She lifts a brow at me and gives me that skeptical look I love so much. “You’re deflecting,” she accuses. “No deflecting. What’s going on?”

I sigh. “I feel like I’ve lost interest in teaching,” I admit. “It’s all I’ve been trained to do, but somehow, it’s different now. It’s not like before.”

“Before,” she says gently. “Before you lost your wife?”

I don’t want her to think this is all about Elizabeth because, really, it’s not. “Sort of,” I explain. “Before we had kids, mostly. Now, the idea of spending all day every day taking care of someone else’s kids…even as a job…” I rub my face and groan. “I don’t know. I’m not making any sense. I’m rambling.”

“You do make sense,” she says. She adjusts her camera view, and I can see she’s wearing a T-shirt with the sleeves cut off and the collar cut to be much wider. The thin fabric slips off her shoulders and past her collarbone. She must see where my eyes are because she points a finger at me. “Hey, eyes up here, sexy.”

“Busted,” I say. “Sorry. But in my defense, have you seen yourself?”

She grins and rolls her shoulders back, so her cleavage is even more pronounced.

“You don’t play fair.”

“How about this?” she says. “You talk for three whole minutes about what’s going on, no deflecting, no excuses, and I’ll reward you.”

A wicked grin claims my lips. “What’s my reward?” My dick is already semi-hard just imagining what she wants to share.

“It depends on how you do.” She lifts her brows and nods at me. “So, talk. Timer starts now.”

I sigh but agree. If I ever want to face what I’m really feeling, I’ve got to admit it to myself.

“When Elizabeth passed, she left behind some money,” I explain. “Not a lot. She had some life insurance from her job, and her parents had taken out a policy when she was a kid.

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