Rescuing The Reluctant Groom (Windy City Romance 5) by Barbara Lohr

Author:Barbara Lohr [Lohr, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Multicultural, Romantic Comedy, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction, Forever Love, Adult, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Reluctant Groom, Windy City Romance, Series, Chicago, Midwife, EMT, Migrant Worker, Wedding Standoff, Savannah GA., Secrets
Publisher: Purple Egret Press
Published: 2015-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Selena sat in the Purple Frog, listening to Whitney Houston belt out a song about loving somebody forever. She knew how that felt. Could have written the song. Since her return from Savannah, she’d been avoiding Seth. She didn’t answer his calls and tried not to read his texts.

Tried but wasn’t always successful.

Heck, she knew some of them by heart.

Why did you leave so early?

And later...You mad or something?

Then much later...How can I make this right?

The waiter brought a basket of peanuts. “Friend’s coming,” she told him. After all her time with Seth, it felt strange to be waiting for another man. Thank God that cute waiter wasn’t around. She couldn’t be responsible for her actions tonight.

The peanuts felt salty and gritty in her fingers. She crushed the shells one by one and popped the peanuts into her mouth. They felt like marbles. How could peanuts not have any flavor? Still, she went through the motions. Chewing and swallowing gave her something to do.

As usual, the Purple Frog was crowded and she saw a few people she knew. Only two blocks from the hospital, the place was a hangout with good food and background music everyone recognized. Gary Rice was easy to spot when he came through the door. Selena stood up and waved.

Heads turned when the young obstetrician eased through crowd. A few of the nurses waylaid him, eyes clinging when he continued to Selena’s booth. By tomorrow, the hospital hotline would have the two of them married. Lean and loose limbed, Gary was a runner. A couple times she’d joined him on an early morning run and they paced themselves along the paths that skirted the lake. The running kept him human, Gary always joked. The guy was easy to work with. Women loved him because he was a good listener. If any of their natural childbirth patients had a problem and a caesarean was needed, the midwives called one of the OB/GYNs from Logan’s practice. Gary often took the call.

Shedding his leather jacket, Gary slid into the booth across from her and ran a hand through his chestnut curls. Just like McKenna always said, the man was eye candy. “Cold out there. Spring coming soon?”

“Just a rumor.”

He grinned. Now that the word was out that she’d broken up with Seth, men looked at her differently. Or was that her imagination? Before, the guys at work had been polite but distant. Now interest sparked in their eyes. They stopped her in the halls, hunched closer and talked longer. One radiology tech had even dropped off coffee last week.

What did it matter? She felt like a jukebox that played one tune.

Seth Kirkpatrick.

“You look terrific in purple,” Gary told her, signaling to the waiter. “Maybe OB should change the color of its uniforms.”

“The catalogues call the color lilac but it’s purple to me.” She fingered the V-neck. This cozy, fuzzy number might be Seth’s favorite but no way was she tucking it away in a drawer. The waiter arrived and they ordered a pitcher of beer and some burgers.

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