Sweetie Pie by Willa Blair

Author:Willa Blair [Blair, Willa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Fantasy, Fairy Tale/Myths, Scottish
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2015-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

The time had come to fess up. Tom couldn’t put it off any longer, not if he wanted this evening to go well. His only opportunity to prepare Makenna for who he really was, in addition to the laid-back surfer she thought she knew, would be during the short drive to his house. He’d stuck with the truck tonight because the Maserati would not have fit the man she expected to meet for dinner. And it would have raised too many questions he didn’t want to answer until he had to. The time with her as surfer-dude Tom had been the only relationship in his life when he hadn’t been the famous surfer or the rich developer. As sweet as the deception had been, he now knew Makenna was not like Monique. She’d worked too hard to make a new life for herself and a success out of her business. If he wanted a chance at a real future with her, he had to take the chance and include her in the rest of his life.

“There’s something I have to tell you,” he began, gripping the steering wheel tighter as he debated how to confess the extent of what he’d hidden from her. He had no idea what her reaction would be. He hoped he wouldn’t be taking her back to the restaurant to pick up her car until the wee hours, or even better, after breakfast—making her late for work. But if he didn’t do this just right, the return trip might take place in minutes. He would respect her decision, no matter how she reacted to his revelation.

“Is there a problem?”

“No. At least I hope not.” In for a penny, he reasoned. Just tell her. She should know him well enough by now to accept…oh, who was he trying to kid? “I haven’t told you everything about myself.”

“R-r-r-r-really…”

He didn’t know anyone could stretch out a drawl like that. She must’ve rolled her “r” a full three seconds, milking it for as much irony as she could. He took a breath, kicking himself for not being straight with her from the beginning. He’d been so wrapped up in his fantasy existence, he’d let everything slide while he got to know her. She’d earned the truth. He glanced at her, but she didn’t meet his gaze. She wasn’t making this any easier.

“I’m rich,” he finally bit out, then paused, waiting for a reaction that never came. “Not just from surfing,” he plowed on. “Real estate. My house…well, you’ll see in a few minutes.”

Makenna’s silence gave him an unnerving hollowness in his chest, a sensation he rarely experienced. He hoped the rest of this night would make that and the whirling in his gut worth it.

“Ye have been driving into Kona every morning from all the way down here just to have coffee with me?”

Her quiet question startled him after her long silence. He couldn’t deny it. “Yes. Since the first time I saw you, I knew I had to get to know you.

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