The Barrel House Series: Boxed Set : Complete Series, Books 1-4 by Shari J. Ryan

Author:Shari J. Ryan [Ryan, Shari J.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-10-20T16:00:00+00:00

22

I’ve never missed someone in the capacity of being away for just a couple days and purely wanting to be by their side. Text messages and video chatting doesn’t always curb the desire of being touched or held and I didn’t know this was a thing people experienced, but after a lazy Saturday afternoon, life needed to return to a state of normalcy, so Brody could head out early on Sunday to pick up Hannah from her mother’s house in Connecticut.

Our lives with interference have set a good pace for us. I’m sure too much at once would be overkill, and I’d rather have the chance to miss him a little to appreciate the moments we get to be together.

I’ve been wondering about Hannah’s reaction to her clean bedroom. I knew it could go one of two ways: either she’d hate me forever for touching her stuff, or appreciate the cleanliness, but I’m not sure what the silence on the matter means.

I’m heading out of town for half the day to shoot a newborn session in the middle of a tulip field and I need to clear my mind, to put the heart doodles swirling around my head away for the time being. Of course, I can’t help it and check my phone for any missed text messages before opening my front door.

Nope.

With my bag slung over my shoulder, I grab my sweatshirt from the wall hook and turn for the hallway, finding Brody leaning up against the wall with two cups of coffee. A smile forms, it’s instant and uncontrollable—it’s a new automatic reaction he forces out of me.

“Did you have breakfast?” he asks, walking toward me.

I twist my lips to the side and shake my head. “I have a shoot—”

“At ten. The location is an hour away, I know,” he says, proving he listens to everything I say.

He pulls a white bag out from the pocket of his sweatshirt and hands it to me. “A chocolate chip muffin for the road.”

Why would his ex-wife do what she did to him? He’s not the man I once thought he was. He has a heart of gold and tries his best at whatever he does. Though, he’s probably wondering about certain decisions I have made and what caused them too. It can go both ways and I wouldn’t want him speculating.

“You are incredibly sweet, Brody Pearson, and I don’t hand out compliments very often.”

He grins, showing just a small portion of his pearly teeth. “I’m well aware how tough it is to fish for a compliment from you.”

“I could work on this, I suppose.” I smirk and take a sip of my coffee. “Thank you.”

“Don’t thank me yet. I have a favor I need to ask, and I didn’t want to do so over the phone.”

Brody hasn’t asked me for a favor in the time we’ve known each other. He’s been the only one giving and giving. Something else I should work on. “Of course. What’s up?”

“There’s an emergency PTA meeting tonight about an end of the year event for the fourth graders.

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