Pearl: Wedding Bell Blues (Jewels Cafe Book 17) by Tabitha Barret & Silver Spring Library

Author:Tabitha Barret & Silver Spring Library [Barret, Tabitha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

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Racing towards the alleyway, I darted past a dumpster and searched for the black ball of fluff. I made my way towards the back of the bakery next door, but couldn’t find Noah.

I turned and recoiled when someone tall put their hand over my mouth and pulled me into a car parked behind the building.

Mustering a scream, I stopped when I realized that Noah was sitting across from me with his finger to his lips to shush me. “Don’t scream, please. I’m going to be in so much trouble if someone sees us.”

“Noah!” I threw my arms around him and held him so tightly that he gasped.

“Hello, love.” He grunted and pulled away to breathe.

“What are you doing here? How did you get away? Won’t they force you to tell them if you talked to me?” The questions spilled out of me so fast my tongue was tied and I was forced to stare at him, waiting for him to speak.

He chuckled. “Relax. They believe that we’re broken up so they’re more focused on the rest of your family, though admittedly, they really don’t like you.”

“They?” My heart sank when he admitted that multiple people were involved with his master.

He frowned and looked away. “Yes, Celeste. They. I want more than anything to tell you the truth, but I am bound to secrecy. It’s a blood oath that keeps me silent, that’s as much as I can say. Honestly, I had hoped they would leave me alone if I went to the academy with you. There would be no reason to spy on anyone if I was far away from Silver Springs. In the beginning, I was free to be myself, but then things changed and they sent me back here.” He lifted my hair off my shoulder and leaned closer to take in my scent. Sighing, he looked up at me with the saddest eyes I’d ever seen. “You were so hopeful for a fresh start. I wouldn’t have ruined your chance to start over, even if I could’ve told you the truth. By the time I realized I was in trouble, you were fighting your own battles. I didn’t want to burden you until I knew what they wanted from me.”

“Oh, Noah. I’m so sorry that I didn’t notice what you were going through.” I held his hands and stared at his handsome face.

“I did everything I could to keep the truth from you. I didn’t expect you to figure things out and follow me here. You did exactly what they wanted.” He immediately bit his lip and looked away as if he had said too much.

“What was I supposed to do? Sadie overheard you talking to someone. I wasn’t going to pretend like everything was okay and sit in my room, waiting for you.”

He kissed the back of my hand and smiled. “Ever the hero. It warms my heart to know you cared enough to come after me. Just know that it killed me to say those terrible things to you.

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