Reckless: A Small Town Marriage of Convenience Romance (A Wildrose Landing Romance Book 3) by Abby Brooks

Author:Abby Brooks [Brooks, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Bird Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-01-31T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

Izzy

“This feels more like packing for an overnight,” I said to Evie as I pulled a bunch of sweaters from my closet and placed them in my suitcase. “It lacks permanence. Or something.”

Last night, the idea of moving in with Jude had whipped through my senses with the air of newness and excitement. Today, things felt more nervous and uncertain. I loved my house. My bed. My comforter and all the matching pillows. I was happy here. Did I really want to give it up to live in Jude’s guestroom? What if I wanted a midnight snack? Or to walk out of the bathroom in my underwear? Would his house ever feel like my home?

“I get that.” Evie bobbed her head as she handed me a pile of jeans I’d stacked on the bed. “But just because you’re leaving a bunch of stuff now, doesn’t mean you can’t come and get it later.”

“That’s what I was thinking when I agreed. But now that I’m actually doing it, it just feels…”

What? What was I feeling? And why couldn’t I put a name to it? The stupid pile of jeans wouldn’t fit in the suitcase properly and I shoved them a little harder to squish them into submission. When that didn’t work, I shoved again. And again. Then once again a little harder before I puffed out my lips with a frustrated sigh.

“Can I ask you something?” Evie asked, perching on the edge of my bed.

I glared at the jeans before swiping a hand through my hair. “Sure. Hit me with it. What’s on your mind?”

“How are you doing with all this? You’ve had a crush on Jude forever and now here you are, having his baby, moving into his house. I’ve tried to imagine how I would feel if I was in your shoes and I have a mini breakdown every time I get to that magical proposal. You must be so confused.” Evie’s gentle smile said she knew I must be struggling. “How are you holding up?”

I’d tried to avoid that question from the moment I agreed to become Mrs. Jude Preston Malone. Maybe it was time to stop avoiding it. Maybe it was time to face all my conflicted feelings and sort things out.

Cautiously, I sat on the bed and stared at my hands. “Confused kind of nails it. We promised to keep feelings out of the equation, which was stupid because I came into this whole thing with feelings. And it just keeps getting harder because we decided to make it look real, which means we hold hands and kiss and do all that loving couple stuff in public.”

Evie gave me a sympathetic look. “Which has to make it extra hard not to let your heart get more involved than it already is.”

“You have no idea. Like, none. But then, he holds my hand when there’s no one around. And he kisses me when it’s just us. And I swear, sometimes the way he looks at me…”

“It feels real?”

“It feels so real.

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