Restless Hearts by Yahrah St. John

Author:Yahrah St. John
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yahrah St. John
Published: 2015-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The following morning, Caleb woke up ornery. He hadn’t slept well the night before. It was the first time he and Addison had gone straight to bed without making love. Since they’d reconnected in Texas, every time they were together, they’d spent the night and much of the following morning being intimate, but last night he’d gone to bed horny, all because he’d opened his big mouth.

He knew why Addison was upset. It was because of what he’d said when he’d slid the garter up her thigh. He’d told her that it meant nothing, that if she had any ideas that the symbol might mean marriage, she was wrong. Dead wrong. And now he had the blue balls to prove it. Damn! Why had he been so harsh?

When he opened his eyes this morning, he’d found the bed and his room empty. No Addison. He showered and eventually went downstairs to find she was having breakfast in the morning room with his parents and the rest of the Harts.

“Good morning.” He inclined his head to his father and kissed his mother’s cheek before joining Addison, who was sitting next to his mother.

“Good morning,” everyone echoed at the table.

Caleb kissed Addison’s head as he sat beside her. “How are you?” he whispered so that only she could hear.

“I’m fine.”

Fine? That didn’t bode well for him. It meant he was definitely in the doghouse. He glanced up and saw Noah shaking his head. Caleb rolled his eyes. He knew he was in the wrong. Although he’d been honest with Addison from the start, he didn’t have to be so crass and throw it in her face at such a sensitive moment. He’d regretted it as soon as he said it, but it had been too late. The hurt look on her face before she’d run away had spoken volumes.

It was no surprise that she’d steered clear of him for the remainder of the evening. When she’d returned to the ballroom, she hadn’t spoken a word to him nor in in the limo ride with Noah and Chynna. As soon as they’d made it back to the ranch, Addison had gone upstairs with barely a whisper of goodnight.

Noah had felt the chill and asked Caleb about it, but Caleb had shrugged him off.

“Can we talk?” Caleb asked in a low tone.

Addison didn’t even look up. She merely answered, “I’m having breakfast.”

Caleb took that as his cue that she wasn’t interested in talking about it now or at least not with an audience, so he leaned over to Bree at his side. “Can you pass the bacon?”

The rest of the breakfast was a typical Hart affair, with lots of laughing and talking. As expected, they rehashed parts of the wedding and reception.

“I can’t believe you caught the bouquet, Bree,” Jada teased. “Of all of us,” she said, glancing around the table at the other single women, “you’re the least likely to want to get married, considering you’re tied to your Crackberry, I mean BlackBerry.

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