Sultry With a Twist by Macy Beckett

Author:Macy Beckett [Beckett, Macy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781402270369
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Autumn’s cool kiss teased Sultry Springs for a few fleeting days before buckling under summer’s last stand, and once again, temperatures soared into the upper nineties. With a heavy sigh, June pulled the bottom of her tank top up over her face to blot away the last hour’s worth of perspiration. She closed her eyes and imagined the cool, air-conditioned office back at church, where she’d balanced donation ledgers two days ago, and a shiver rolled down her spine. Actually, that was sweat, not a shiver. Lovely. What, exactly, had possessed her to get back on the Jenkins project?

“Hey, Joooonbug,” Trey called from his reclining lawn chair in the shade. He held his glass in the air and shook it so the ice tinkled inside. “Can I get a refill?”

Oh, that’s right. She’d insisted on serving as Trey’s right-hand-woman, so he could supervise the Jenkins crew, allowing Luke to spend his days on his investment property. How very thoughtful of her, not that anyone noticed. Certainly not Luke.

For the past several days, June had tried to follow Pastor McMahon’s advice on demonstrating love: listening patiently to Luke as he detailed problems with rotted baseboards and stubborn inspectors, supporting Luke by scrubbing and painting his home, and most of all, forgiving him for the past and believing the best about him. But if anything, he’d only become more distant, declining to join her for supper and going out of his way to avoid any physical contact between them. She hadn’t expected instant results, but some little sign of progress would’ve been nice.

When June reached out to take Trey’s glass, he yanked it back playfully. But after spending all afternoon staining the new deck, June’s shoulders ached, her skin burned, and she wasn’t in the mood to play.

“You want that drink or not?” she snapped, rolling her shoulders to release the tension. The odds of Luke reciprocating that massage she’d given him last week were about a trillion to one.

Trey let out a long, low whistle and tapped his fingers against his plaster cast, which had darkened to a grubby gray with dust and sweat. “I can wait.” Then he smiled and flashed those adorable dimples, and June felt like the biggest shrew alive for getting snippy with a virtual cripple…especially since she’d had a hand in his fall.

“Sorry, I’m just cranky today.” She took his glass, and this time he released it without a fight. “Tea or Coke?”

“You heading over to Luke’s tonight?” he asked, ignoring her question. “He’s been in a sour mood too.”

“I noticed.” June sat down in the grass beside Trey and held his cold, wet glass to the back of her neck. “His family’s land means a lot to him. Maybe he’s getting nervous about the auction.”

“Oh, I know he is. But that’s not what’s bugging him.” Trey picked up his clipboard and flipped through the pages. “I think he’s in love.”

June’s stomach jumped into her throat. She wanted to believe Trey, but she knew from experience how dangerous it was to get her hopes up.

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