Passion, Vows & Babies: Truth of a Dream (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Shari J. Ryan

Author:Shari J. Ryan [Ryan, Shari J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2018-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

"Ant Mary, mind if I borrow Haley for a bit?" Dale says, taking my arm and pulling me closer to him.

"By all means, take her out for dinner!" Mary exclaims with a snicker she's trying to hide.

Dale doesn't ask me to go out for dinner. He doesn't say anything at all as he leads me out the front door and for some reason, I'm completely mesmerized by this encounter that I don't fight the control.

The moment we reach the driveway, Dale turns me around to face him and takes my hands. "Do you know why you have phobias?" he asks me.

At first, I want to respond like I would respond to Brad, but the serious inflection in his voice tells me he has a more defined reason for requesting my answer.

"Not exactly," I tell him, feeling more embarrassed that he knows about my phobias. I hardly know him. We hardly had a chance to start anything on the right foot before it got tarnished with my baggage.

"I do," he says. "I have phobias too and it's the main reason I went into psychology."

Maybe he's saying all this to make me feel better, but that's a pretty big lie if he's making it up. "What are your phobias?" I ask him.

He continues walking, pulling me with me until we reach his car, which he opens the passenger side door of. "Hop in."

Without question, I slide in. I should question him and his motives. He's weird. He's hot, but he's weird. I'm weird. Maybe that's what this is. Weird people attract one another.

He drops down into his seat and his car silently purrs before pulling away from the curb. "Where are we going?"

"Somewhere we can talk," he says.

"What's wrong with your car?" I ask.

"It's not where I want to talk." Mary wouldn't send me out with her nephew if he was unstable. I just wish I understood why I hadn't heard her mention him before. Mom and Mary were friends for so long but he never came up in conversation. Not that was in all of their conversations, but I feel like I would have heard of him at some point.

We pull into a sight-seeing lookout viewing area. This town has a few of these since it's perched on top of a hill, but I've only come to this one a few times throughout my life. I guess when you live near nice sights, you don't feel the need to see them all the time.

Dale turns off the ignition and steps out of the car, so I follow, meeting him in front where there's a bench. "Have a seat," he tells me.

"Is this like some kind of therapy session?" I ask him.

"No, it's a date," he says.

"Well, your voice sounds like a therapist's voice, and I don't remember agreeing to a date tonight."

"Haley, please, would you sit down next to me?" he asks a little sweeter this time, dropping down onto the wooden bench first.

Still feeling hesitant, I stare at him

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