ROMANCE: Love Untamed: A Diamond Creek Alaska Novel, Contemporary Romance (Diamond Creek, Alaska Novels Book 4) by Croix J.H

Author:Croix, J.H. [Croix, J.H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-22T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Jared knelt down and looked under the shed. “Oh, I see what you mean,” he commented to Luke. “The piling on the far side is rotten.” He rested on his heels and looked up at Luke. “So what’s your plan?”

Luke leaned against the side of the shed. “I have a replacement piling already cut to size. We need to jack the corner up and switch the pilings out. With your help, we can get it done pretty quick.”

Jared nodded and stood. “You got the house jack from Nathan?”

“Yup. He dropped it off this morning.”

“All right, let’s get going.”

A while later, they were almost done with the project. Jared was on his back under the edge of the shed, adjusting the bolts on the piling when Luke made a comment that made him glad Luke couldn’t see his face.

“So Hannah’s near convinced you and Susie are together. If you were hoping nobody would notice, forget it,” Luke said bluntly.

Jared considered deflecting, but he knew it was pointless. Plus, he figured he could use Luke’s advice. He just needed a minute to gather himself. “Give me a sec,” he replied, slowing the pace at which he was tightening the bolts to buy a minute or two. The nights with Susie were stacking up. When he wasn’t with her, he’d try to persuade himself he could go a night without her. By the time evening rolled around, all he did was think about her. When they were together, he forgot about his reservations about relationships. But then, they didn’t quite have a typical relationship. And yet, it had gone on long enough now he knew he needed to either make it stop or…something else.

Almost every morning, he found himself behind schedule. She didn’t use an alarm, or appear to have any type of schedule. At least, not what he would call a schedule. Her days seemed to be guided loosely. She had meetings with clients and was reliably punctual with those, but otherwise, it was a free for all. He’d taken to mostly staying at her place because she tended to leave a trail of disorder in her wake when she stayed at his. The physical disorder was strangely like the emotional disorder he felt. He was constantly trying to straighten up behind her in the hopes his life would feel in order again. It was in vain.

For instance, he found a random shoe of hers in his kitchen closet yesterday. Just one shoe. He was still puzzling over how someone could misplace a single shoe and not notice it days later. A few days prior, he found a thong under his bed. When he’d returned the items to her, she didn’t seem the least bit bothered she’d lost track of anything. While she was unperturbed, he was unsettled. He liked his world organized and prided himself on keeping it that way. Even more unsettling—when he thought he should close the door on this madness with her, he couldn’t conceive of doing that.

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