See You at Sunset by Sykes V. K

Author:Sykes, V. K. [Sykes, V. K.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-02-23T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

In between serving an encouragingly steady stream of morning customers, Holly tried to focus on getting the store ready for the temporary shutdown needed for Brendan’s renovations. Fortunately, Morgan and Sabrina would be over soon to help her with the heavy work.

Despite downing a shot of Florence’s scotch as soon as she got home last night, she’d hardly slept. She’d lain there with her eyes clamped shut, her stomach tight, and her mind whipsawing between the ugly scene with Jackson and the awesome sex with Micah. For a few minutes, the world had seemed suddenly right when she was locked in Micah’s arms, swept away as he made love to her. And it had felt like he was making love, not just taking her oh-so-willing body in some frenzy of pent-up passion.

Yet as right as it had felt with him, and as liberating as it had been to just let go, her doubts had reared soon after. And she’d known that’s what would happen, even though she’d tried to deny it. She’d just added another complication to her already seriously complicated life.

Mostly though, she worried about how it all would affect Micah.

When she told him she couldn’t spend the night with him, he’d accepted it with wry good humor. She’d taken a quick shower at his place, then he drove her back to Lily’s house to pick up her car. They’d parted with a short but very steamy kiss. Micah had clearly wanted to linger, but Holly had managed to pull out of his arms and jump into her car for a quick getaway. She had no desire to run into Jackson in the unlikely event that he was still at the party, but mostly she was spooked by her sexcapade with Micah.

She’d taken the coward’s way out, and that didn’t make her feel good.

So she’d been obsessing for hours over what she’d say to Micah the next time they saw each other. Chances were that he’d be back at work on her aunts’ porch this evening, so she’d have to deal with the situation then if not before. No matter how she imagined that conversation, nothing she could say sounded right to her.

She was rearranging some boxes of canned goods in the storage room when she heard the front door bell jingle. Brushing her hands against her jeans, she hurried back into the store but then skidded to a halt.

Jackson.

“Morning, Hols,” he said with his usual confident smile, as if their relationship hadn’t imploded last night.

“What are you doing here, Jackson?” She walked backward toward the counter, keeping as much distance between them as she could.

He moved closer, still smiling. “The chopper’s waiting, so I need to get out of here in a minute. But I didn’t want to leave before talking to you again.”

Wearing one of his summer-weight gray suits along with a white shirt and dark blue tie, he looked immaculate, ready for some high-powered meeting back in New York.

Holly just nodded, waiting for him to

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