Perfectly Charming (A Morning Glory Novel Book 2) by Liz Talley

Author:Liz Talley [Talley, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503936201
Publisher: Montlake Romance, Seattle
Published: 2016-09-27T04:00:00+00:00

Thinking of you today. Hope your new job is going well.

B

What the hell?

Jess blinked at the card, confused because she’d expected them to be from Ryan. Or, hell, even Logan as an apology for essentially abandoning her for Morgan on their double date. But her ex-husband?

She glanced up at the perfect, deep-hued red roses. The bouquet was splashy and expensive. So very Benton. And what did it mean? For nearly a year, he’d kept his distance. Their communications were perfunctory and polite. When he’d packed his things, he’d been mostly quiet, as if he were clearing out the effects of a departed friend. Solemn and solicitous. When they’d sold the house and Jess had been unable to stanch the tears that trickled down her cheeks during the signing, he’d retrieved a tissue and passed it to her. That was the only comfort he’d offered. And when Lacy had died, he’d worn his best suit and stood beside her in the church, never touching her, but there . . . and thankfully without a bimbo. He’d refrained from attending any events in which her family might participate, and he respectfully took his dates to Jackson. If anything could be said about Benton Mason, it was that the man tried to have class. Tried was a key word for a man who’d left his wife for a florist.

But why the flowers?

“So?” Becky asked, her eyes alight with questions.

Jess shrugged and then told a little lie. “Oh, they’re from my family. Just a little something to lift me up.”

“Oh,” Becky said, obviously disappointed. “Well, they’re pretty and thoughtful.”

“Yeah. They are,” Jess said, her mind still grappling with why Benton would do such a thing. Then the date struck her—August 19. Today was the anniversary of the day all those years ago, as they walked home from their first day at Morning Glory High School their freshman year, when Benton had asked her to be his girlfriend. For years they’d celebrated the day as their real anniversary with thoughtful little gifts. He’d remembered.

But she hadn’t. That morning she’d woken up in the arms of another man, her world so different than the one she’d once shared with Benton.

He had no right to send her flowers, no right to shift her focus off her new life and back on to something so painful. It was selfish. Manipulative. It was almost as if he sensed she had found someone else to make her happy. So he’d swooped in with a reminder. But he’d failed. If anything, it made her even more determined to jump into something sexy with Ryan.

A lightning bolt of anger struck her, and she lifted the vase. “I’d love to share these with a patient. Anyone know of someone who hasn’t had many visitors?”

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