Steele by Margo Bond Collins

Author:Margo Bond Collins [Collins, Margo Bond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781774538838
Publisher: Kobo Originals
Published: 2023-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

On the elevator, after the door closed, Mila touched her fingertips to her lips, tracing their curve as she smiled.

Had Steele really almost kissed her?

Even the thought of it made her heart pound.

Part of her almost wanted to feel guilty. She’d been dating Jeffrey for two years, and in all that time, she had never seriously looked at anyone else.

But Jeffrey was no longer a factor. He had removed himself from all consideration when he had cheated on her with her college roommate.

So really, there’s nothing stopping me from pursuing something with Steele.

Except, of course, common sense.

Today was supposed to be her wedding day, and it had all fallen apart just the night before. By all rights, Mila should be far too emotionally fragile to even contemplate being with someone else.

And yet here she was—not only contemplating it but seriously considering it.

Stop it, Mila, she told herself. You don’t even know for sure that he was about to kiss you.

But she did know.

He was about to kiss me.

And I wanted him to.

She should probably be more worried about it than she was, given that she had been poised to marry another man. Instead, though, she wanted to hug to herself the memory of that almost kiss.

And why should I be concerned? Her inner voice demanded. She had lost her fiancé and her best friend in one horrific moment—and then, as if that weren’t bad enough, she had almost died in a bear attack.

She had been floating along through life, simply accepting whatever came her direction—a best friend who, Mila finally realized, had never been all that good a friend at all. A fiancé who didn’t really listen to what she wanted—his insistence on a Yellowstone wedding rather than the beach wedding she’d wanted was just the latest example of the way he’d overridden her desires at every turn. A job she didn’t especially like, even though she was good at it.

All of it added up to one inescapable fact. I have never once gone after what I want. I’ve taken what life has handed to me without question, assuming it would all turn out for the best eventually.

Never again.

No, she decided. I am not going to take my life for granted ever again. Not any part of it.

I am going to live life to the fullest from now on. Grab it by the horns. Take what I want. Carpe diem, damn it!

She made her way back to her room, and once inside, she threw herself back on the bed. Maid service had been in while she was out to lunch, and she thought about how nice it would be to have someone else dealing with the day-to-day elements of her life while she sorted out what to do about Jeffrey from here on out.

Admit it, Mila—you just like the idea of having maid service for the next week and a half.

She grinned to herself. She already knew that she had made her decision. She was going to stay in Moonstone for the next few days, at least.

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