Payton (Dreamcatchers Romantic Suspense Series Book 3) by Garrett Jamie

Author:Garrett, Jamie [Garrett, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Wild Owl Press
Published: 2016-05-21T04:00:00+00:00

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By the time she’d made it to class that morning, Payton had already talked herself into avoiding Cole, only to talk herself out of it again at least ten times over. She was half sure he’d avoid her anyway after the way she’d acted that morning, but still, it had been a shock when she’d walked into class and he wasn’t there. Maybe he was just running late? She couldn’t blame him if things were awkward between them directly, but the gym meant so much to him and to his recovery. Would he really blow off a class just so he didn’t have to talk to her? Throughout Aaron’s introduction, she’d kept her eyes on the door, hoping he’d walk in, but he didn’t. By the time class was over, she was officially worried. Did he just not want to see her, or had whatever the fuck she’d done last night caused more than she’d realized? Maybe she’d pulled up buried memories, or exposed more than she’d intended. What if he was really hurt or worse, and no one but she knew what had really happened?

Finally, he walked through the door at the juice bar. If he hadn’t shown up there, she would have driven herself insane by the end of the day. So what if it was still uber awkward? They’d connected. Payton was still sure it was not the time for her to develop any sort of attachment to anyone, let alone fall into bed with them, but it didn’t matter. Every time she closed her eyes—hell, even when her eyes were open—Cole’s face wouldn’t leave her mind. But had it meant that much to him? Emotions had been high that night, and then she’d stupidly gone and amplified them even more with her psychic memory-seeking. Maybe that’s all it was. A hot, sweaty night with two people in desperate need of affection.

What Payton needed was some kind of confirmation. True, conversation between them after class had been stilted, but she’d still felt a spark, and God, when he’d laughed? Everything inside her had quivered at the sound. Was she imagining things, projecting her own emotions and seeing something that just wasn’t there? What if it had just been one night for him, and he didn’t want to see her again? Should she ask him? Payton nearly rolled her eyes at the thought. God, no. She had to pull herself together before she did something even more monumentally stupid. The most important thing was to move with caution. As long as she did that, she could avoid causing even more damage, to both her heart and mind.

Arriving back at her apartment after class, she rushed through her shower, only to end up standing in front of her meager closet staring at it for ten minutes. She needed more work clothes. She’d been wearing the same few shirts and skirts every day, the only clothes she had that met Rita’s overachieving standards of “glam dive.”

More like casual date meets hooker chic.

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