S.O.S. Wiley by LJ Vickery

Author:LJ Vickery [Vickery, LJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

By the time six forty-five rolled around the next night, Solina had calmed down…somewhat. She had a busy day in the shop, so she’d stayed distracted. As furious as she remained with Wiley, she was doubly incensed at the latest manipulative attempt by her parents. Hadn’t they learned anything in the years since she’d liberated herself from them? Did they really believe an arranged engagement would make her happy? That putting her in the public spotlight would have her too embarrassed to back out?

Clearly, they still don’t know me very well.

First things first. As soon as she dumped Wiley tonight―a necessary step that would break her heart―Sai Basu deserved a call. He seemed like a man of principle. A little on the stuffy side for someone barely in his thirties, but honorable nonetheless. She couldn’t imagine he’d dreamed this up on his own. Solina was certain this had to be her parents’ doing, pretending they still held sway over her future. She wondered what Sai had been promised. It had to be something good.

Sighing, Solina gazed at the flowers Wiley had sent. She left them in place as she grabbed the unsolved puzzle box she’d worked on during her few free moments during the day―as well as her ever-present go-bag―before locking up her shop. She huffed. Solina loved the name Wiley had given the comfort items with which she traveled. The jerk. She pretty much loved everything about him.

Loved… Shit.

Dammit. She’d gone and done it this time. And it had snuck up on her pretty damn fast.

She’d fallen for Wiley.

Sneaky bastard, she thought petulantly. How dare he creep under her normally reticent radar? The nerve of him, coming along to mess up what had finally become her organized life.

But he had.

And there wasn’t anything she could do about it. The plan to dump him this evening fizzled as quickly as it had been born.

Solina groaned and kicked at snow, walking down her long driveway in the dark. She was mad…but she wasn’t at the same time. If she were being honest with herself, she couldn’t imagine moving forward without the big, over-protective, silly man in her life. If she booted him out, she’d not only miss the hell out of him, but she’d be sad and lonely again. And she was damn well over having those two emotions dominating her life.

So what if he wasn’t perfect. A perfect human being didn’t exist. And if the brief flash of temper he’d displayed was the worst he could dish out, it was nothing she couldn’t handle.

Headlights moved up behind her. Without looking, she knew it was Wiley.

Early.

Should she put that trait on the imperfect side of his equation, or think of it as a plus? Dammit. It’s a plus. She continued to kick at the snow, refusing to turn around.

Solina heard his window roll down. “Hey, lady,” he called out. “Don’t you know it’s dangerous to walk in the middle of the road at night?”

She grunted. Even though she loved him, she still wasn’t about to let him off the hook so easily.

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