Tempted by Adam by Williams May

Author:Williams, May [Williams, May]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, vintage, Virginia, sensual, war widow
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Published: 2013-05-18T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Shelby snapped a picture of her sister packing pies into a huge hamper. The basement of the Methodist Church teemed with women preparing food for tonight’s feast on the beach. Nearly the whole town would gather for roasted oysters and baked clams after the Lantern Regatta sailed the harbor and beachfront.

“You could help instead of taking pictures,” Maggie called from a work table where she was rolling hundreds of meatballs.

“Sorry. I’m on the clock.” Shelby’s statement met with eye rolls from her sister and her best friend.

“I suppose you’ll be on the clock tonight instead of having fun with the rest of us,” Natalie said.

“Nope. I’m leaving my reporter hat at home before the regatta.”

“And no leaving early like last year,” Maggie added without really hearing what Shelby said. “It’s not a dance, you know. You don’t need a date.”

“But I have a date.”

“You do?” Maggie and Natalie said in unison so loudly other women turned in their direction. “Who?”

“Adam. Who else could it be?” It wasn’t like she was playing the field. Her encounters with Adam over the past few weeks were her only romantic interactions in years.

“You two have a strange way of dating. You don’t see each other for days and we’re all convinced there’s nothing going on, and then this.” Maggie handed a tray of meatballs off to another worker.

“When did you start seriously dating him?” Her sister wanted to know.

“We’re not seriously dating. It’s just the Lantern Regatta, and this can’t be a surprise. What other man is even remotely in my life?”

The other women exchanged a meaningful glance. “We didn’t think you’d actually do it,” Natalie said. “I mean, you’ve shied away from men for so long.”

“It’s not like they’ve been beating down my door, either.”

“Oh, honey,” Natalie said, “there are half a dozen men in this town who if you’d given them even a nod and a smile, they’d have been in love.”

“That’s not true,” Shelby whispered. Had she pushed men away?

“What’s so special about Adam that he’s the one you chose?” Her sister wondered aloud.

“He was willing to go with me,” she said, although she’d manipulated him into it.

“I’ll bet he was. Ned thinks Adam’s had his eye on you since he got to town. Wipe that shocked look off your face, Shells. You’re twenty-five, above-average pretty, and single. Men have noticed you.” Maggie said it all like Shelby knew.

“Are you going in the regatta, as well?” Her sister wanted to know.

“Yes, he finished his new boat recently.”

“So I heard. Is he picking you up?”

“No, I’m meeting him at his boathouse.”

“Then you’ll have to go back there with him after the feast. Should I be worried?” Her sister eyed her closely.

“Hey, don’t discourage her,” Maggie rebuked the over-protective sister. “Remember we want her to have a reason to stick around. If Adam’s that reason, it works for me. Ned says he was a troublemaker as a kid, but I think he’s a fine man.”

“Troublemaker?” Shelby repeated. “Why am I not surprised?”

“I guess his brother, God rest his soul, was the perfect one.

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