Reluctant Desire [Desire, Oklahoma 8] (Siren Publishing Everlasting Classic) by Leah Brooke

Author:Leah Brooke
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance
Published: 2013-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

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Charity kept a smile plastered on her face until the door closed behind the last of the women. Leaning back against it, she let her smile fall, meeting Hope’s furious gaze.

“He’s been gone for four hours, Charity. Four fucking hours.”

Charity straightened, and began cleaning up. “Four hours and twelve minutes.”

She didn’t want to think about what Beau had been doing all that time. She only knew that she was so mad, she didn’t want to see him. “Let’s get this cleaned up. I want to go home.”

Hope shook her head. “You’re not going home alone. I have a plan.”

“Oh, hell.” Charity dropped into one of the padded chairs. “I always get nervous when you have a plan. I want to go home, take a nice long bubble bath, and talk with Beau when he gets back. That’s it.”

“My plan’s better.”

“Your plans always get someone in trouble.”

Hope grinned. “Oh, I think the men in Desire can handle a little trouble. Let’s see. Who should I call?”

Charity sighed, rubbing her temple where she had the start of a headache of her own. “Hope, I don’t know what you’re talking about, but—”

“You’re rubbing your head. Great! You have a headache, and I’ll bet your shoulder’s bothering you, too. Too much lifting and cleaning up. Yeah. That’s it. We had to clean up alone and it was too much for you. I’ll bet you’re exhausted. Who knows? You may have a relapse!”

Charity frowned at her sister, knowing that whatever Hope had planned would cause trouble. “You don’t have to sound so happy about it.”

Hope waved a hand negligently. “You’ll be fine. Just as soon as we get you back to the hospital.”

Charity jumped to her feet, holding on to the table as her head spun. “I don’t need to go back to the damned hospital.”

Rushing forward, Hope frowned, her gaze full of concern. “You really don’t feel well, do you?”

Charity gritted her teeth. “I’m fine. Just tired. I have a headache, and want to go home.”

Kneeling beside her, Hope shook her head. “No. We’re going to rush you back to the hospital, but we need a couple of strong men to take us.”

Blinking, Charity wondered if Hope wasn’t what made her dizzy. “Since when do we need help driving to the hospital? Why don’t I just call Doc—”

“Nope. Stay put.”

Hope turned away to dial her cell phone, putting several feet of distance between them as she started cleaning off the tables, throwing things in the garbage with a speed that stunned Charity.

“Oh, Hunter! Thank God, you’re home. This is Hope. I need your help.”

Charity’s mouth dropped open. “What the hell are you doing?”

Waving away Charity’s objection, Hope moved farther away. “It’s Charity. You know we had the Grand Reopening tonight. Well, we were cleaning up, and Charity doesn’t feel well. Ace has the shift tonight and I can’t bother him, and Beau isn’t around. He had to take a sick friend home. He never even came back to help us clean up, and I think it was too much for Charity.

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