Picture Perfect Love (Kings of Castle Beach Book 4) by Marquita Valentine

Author:Marquita Valentine [Valentine, Marquita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: steamy romance, contemporary romance second chance at love, family saga, contemporary romance, kings of castle beach
Publisher: Marquita Valentine
Published: 2019-10-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Laird

I STAND IN THE MIDDLE of my old room, a shrine to the boy who grew up here. There are trophies galore, posters of what to be local bands, and paintings of the beach in different seasons. Model ships line shelves, along with books by Jules Verne, interspersed with pictures of me with my siblings... and of course, Ophelia.

Always Ophelia. Nearly every picture has her by my side.

Picking up a frame from the wooden desk, I study our image. I’m a sweaty mess in my football uniform, my hair sticking up in places while my arm is loosely draped around Ophelia’s shoulders. We’re both smiling, but there’s something about hers that makes think she’s holding back. That she’s not quite sure she belongs at my side.

My stomach flips, and I put it back.

With her pale as moonlight skin, red lips, and black as night hair, she possesses an ethereal quality about her in every picture I find. There are a couple more stuffed in drawers, but they’re not X-rated. Rather, they are of her in bed, fully clothed. In one, she’s laughing, her arms spread wide as if the entire world brings her joy.

In the next, she has crooked her finger at the photographer—me, of course—to come to her. I’m pretty sure that I eagerly complied with her request.

There’s a knock on my door. I look up, fully prepared to find my mother there or one of my siblings. To my ever disappointment, it’s Caine.

I say nothing and wait for him to spill his guts. People don’t usualy like silence. They find it unsettling and tend to fill it in with unnecessary words or confessions.

“About earlier,” he begins. “I wasn’t exactly honest when I said Hazel wanted Ophelia. I prompted her. In my crappy defense, I was worried about Lia and wanted to check on her.”

“Ophelia,” I correct. “Better yet, Mrs. King to you.”

Caine cocks a brow. “I’ve known her too long to be so formal.”

“You’ve known her long enough to fall for her.”

He has the good sense to at least pretend to be embarrassed. “She’s easy to love, but I am not the man for her. However, you might not be either.”

“That’s for her to decide.”

Caine laughs. “Like you’ll allow that.”

A part of me rises to his challenge. “You’re right. I won’t allow that. Best of luck to you in the Marines, soldier,” I say just to piss him off. I know that Marines hate to be called soldiers and vice versa. I remember Knight tell me that once in an email that I read while sitting at my desk in this room.

Holy shit.

Ophelia was right, being here is making me remember things.

“You’re not going to make me mad, Laird.” He shrugs. “I’m not the type. But I what I will do for you is get out of the way. For now. But don’t think I won’t be waiting around for you to fuck up. I get leave when I’m done and you can bet your ass, I’ll be driving straight to her.

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