Tempting Love on Holly Lane (Island County Book 5) by Karice Bolton

Author:Karice Bolton [Bolton, Karice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bulldog Press
Published: 2016-10-09T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

It was the day after Thanksgiving, and I woke up with a pounding headache, stuffed-up nostrils, sore throat and nausea. I groaned into the cot and heard a hiss as the thin air mattress deflated with me still on it.

Wouldn’t it figure?

I blinked open my eyes and noticed it wasn’t even light out yet. I let out a huff and stretched my arms, but every muscle ached so I snuggled back under the covers on the wobbly cot.

My lips were all crusty from breathing out of my mouth all night, and I just felt like a wreck.

I was supposed to be to work at ten to prepare for Black Friday, but I couldn’t imagine anyone being thrilled about me scooping tea leaves for them in my condition. A cough erupted from my lungs and I sat up, hacking my lungs out.

Ugh.

I hoisted myself off the floor and shivered from the chilly air. I made my way to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, loaded and lit the fireplace, and made myself a pot of coffee before sinking into my favorite chair.

Pulling a red chenille blanket around my shoulders, I sniffed in and then sneezed. I needed to let my sister know I wouldn’t be in. I picked my phone up from the coffee table and texted a quick message, along with a photo of how wretched I looked for proof.

I took in a deep breath through my mouth and closed my eyes, feeling absolutely nothing from the caffeine as I drifted to sleep.

It wasn’t until I heard a light tapping on the door that I woke up, feeling even worse than when I’d fallen asleep. It was light out, so I had no idea how long I’d slept. I hugged the blanket around my shoulders and peeked out the glass to see Nick standing on my porch.

My heart squeezed at the sight of him, but then I panicked. There was nothing cute about this look.

“You okay in there, Holly?” he asked through the door. “I saw your car in the driveway, but you said you worked today.”

“Totally—” I started hacking before I got the rest of my sentence out.

“Open up.” He sounded worried, and in between coughing fits, my heart melted even more for the man on the other side of the door, which told me that on the other side was where he needed to stay.

“I’ve just got a flu or cold or something.” I spurted it out before another coughing fit.

“You must have gotten it from Sophie.” He let out a groan. “Or Natty. You saw them both when they were contagious and didn’t know it. It’s a bad bug.”

“I’m kind of guessing that.”

“Do you have any medicine?” he asked.

I let out a sigh, followed by a sneeze.

“No.”

“I’ll go to the pharmacy and pick up some stuff. Is there anything in particular you want?” He was still talking to the door.

“Nick, you don’t have to do that. I’ll be fine.”

He was making it really difficult not to like him even more, and I somewhat resented him for it.

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