Someone for Everyone by Tracy Corbett

Author:Tracy Corbett
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Published: 2022-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Tuesday, 14th December

When the alarm sounded on her phone, Kate couldn’t believe it was midday already. No wonder she kept working through her breaks: time flew by when she was engrossed.

Switching off the alarm, she stood up from the desk and stretched, stiff from sitting for so long. Her back was sore from trying to lift and transport a six-foot Norwegian Christmas tree home yesterday, the memory of which made her smile. She wasn’t sure which part amused her most: trying to secure the tree to the roof of Calvin’s car, watching him drive home while unable to see through the mass of branches flopping onto the windscreen, or the pair of them standing in the lounge, having finally erected the damned thing, soaking wet and covered in pine needles.

Smiling, she closed the lid on her laptop and went in search of Calvin.

Yesterday had certainly been a day of contrasting emotions. One that had seen her fluctuate from the depths of despair to laughing so hard she hadn’t been able to breathe. The end result had been utter exhaustion, and she’d collapsed into bed last night and slept better than she had in months. She hadn’t even woken when the windows had blown open in the night, so they were still banging about this morning when she’d finally surfaced. Waking up to find the room freezing hadn’t been pleasant, but she’d happily trade that for a decent night’s sleep.

Walking across the lobby, she stuck her head around the dining room door, surprised to find it empty. There was no one in the kitchen either, which was odd, considering it was lunchtime. Geraldine would normally be in there, singing along to the radio as she prepared lunch. Where was everyone?

In fact, when she stopped to listen, she realised the care home was eerily quiet.

Puzzled, she returned to the library and tentatively knocked on Calvin’s door. She wasn’t about to make the same mistake as last time and march into his apartment unannounced. The recollection of him stark naked still had the ability to send waves of heat coursing through her. Not that her behaviour since had been much better. Continually making a fool of herself seemed to be her default setting. As yesterday had proved, when once again she’d emotionally imploded, and he’d been there to not only witness it, but also pick up the pieces.

A soft voice called out, ‘Come in,’ and she slowly eased the door open to peer inside.

If she’d been shocked to discover him naked last time, she was even more thrown to see him slowly pacing the room with Jacob cradled in his arms. The sight did nothing to dampen the heat in her cheeks.

‘He’s just gone to sleep,’ Calvin whispered, his face breaking into one of those kilowatt smiles. ‘Everything okay?’

She wasn’t sure what rattled her most: the unleashing of his dimples or the sight of him cradling a baby. Her insides squirmed with longing, and she had to forcibly squash her hormones, which had gone into overdrive.

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