The Heartwood Sisters by Elana Johnson

Author:Elana Johnson [Johnson, Elana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works

Sheryl was in her bedroom when Gage arrived, and she stayed there, needing him to have a moment to talk with his friends about what had happened. In the end, she was fine. So she’d ridden in the back of a van for five or six minutes—the total time from the inn to her beach cottage. She’d never been in any real danger.

She unlocked the door at the same time someone knocked on it, so she opened it almost immediately. Gage stood there, his features dark and stormy. Maybe his friends had done her a favor, because wow, he was sexy when he was angry.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

“Yes.”

He visibly softened, but she wasn’t done with him yet. “Is it really your birthday?”

“Yes.” He ducked his head then.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” She put her hand on his chest, feeling the warmth from his body against her palm. His pulse beat steadily, and she realized how attached to him she was. And she barely knew him.

In that moment, everything became crystal clear, and she fell back a step. “You should go celebrate with the people who love you.” Sheryl hated how the words sounded, but she couldn’t change them or pull them back in.

Gage blinked, surprise mixing with the fading fury. “Does that include you?”

“I don’t know, Gage,” she said. “You didn’t even tell me it was your birthday.”

“I was going to. Tonight. While we drifted in that hammock, and I fell more in love with you.”

She heard what he said, but she didn’t know what to do with it. “This feels fast,” she said.

“It is fast.” He looked down the hall and then back at her. “Please come eat. I got that barbecue you like, with all that coleslaw. Nobody else will eat the stuff. And if you want to break up with me tomorrow, fine. But it’s my birthday, so you can’t break up with me today.”

Despite her mood, a smile sprang to her face. “Is that a rule?”

“Yes,” he said simply. “You don’t have a present for me, do you?”

Sadness hit her, and she shook her head. “I would’ve gotten you one, had I known.”

“You’re my gift,” he said, reaching for her. Somehow, he’d managed to turn the moment sweet and romantic with just three words. “Please come eat with us.”

She moved forward when he tugged, and he added, “I can introduce you to them properly.”

“All right,” she said. “But after everyone leaves, you have a lot of explaining to do.”

“Deal,” he said, pressing his lips to her forehead. Sheryl tried not to press into his touch. Tried, and failed, revealing that she’d started to fall for him too.

But that didn’t mean she was happy with his choices.

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