The Bridal Candidate 2 (Heart Connections) by Linda Verji

Author:Linda Verji [Verji, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-08-15T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

The trip back home later that evening was quiet. Seraphina was asleep, Zoe was wearing headphones, Damián seemed lost in his thoughts and Aiko was too depressed to drag them all out of their respective holes.

Lincoln’s leaving again. Though she knew that he wasn’t off to war this time, she couldn’t help the bad feeling that had started deep in her belly the moment he’d broken the news to her.

Then there’s was the almost kiss.

She was very, very glad that she’d turned away just in time to avoid it, but the fact that it had almost happened bothered her. It would’ve been a lie to say that she hadn’t felt something for Lincoln in that moment.

She’d quashed any thoughts of there being any romantic feelings between them when she’d chosen Damián, but that kiss had made her realize that there might be some lingering feelings. Suddenly, Damián’s accusations and worries seemed justified. Suddenly, her reasons for spending so much time at the house didn’t seem as altruistic as she’d insisted they were.

As soon as the family got home everyone plodded upstairs. Fortunately, Gertie, their housekeeper, had already set out the kids clothes for the next day so all Aiko had to do was make sure that hers and Damián’s clothes were out and ironed.

“What do you want to wear tomorrow?” she asked him as she started towards their walk-in closet.

Unbuttoning his shirt, he shrugged. “I’ll figure it out tomorrow.”

“No, I want to iron tonight so that I don’t have to rush in the morning.”

He didn’t even bother looking up at her. Letting the shirt fall off his shoulders, he muttered, “Then I’ll iron my clothes myself, and you won’t have to rush.”

The way he was avoiding her eyes as he spoke and his nonchalant tone pricked her instincts. She asked, “You okay?”

He didn’t answer choosing instead to work on his belt. It was only once he’d kicked off his pants that he said, “I saw you and Lincoln talking earlier today out by the clothes-lines.”

“Oh.” Aiko stiffened immediately. Had Damián seen them almost kiss? When he didn’t say anything more, she said, “He was just telling me that he’s leaving with his mother tomorrow.”

“I see.” Damián stared at her for a long uncomfortable moment before he strolled towards the en-suite. “I need a shower.”

Because he was dirty or because he was disgusted with her? Aiko couldn’t tell. Half afraid that it was the latter reason, she chose not to go into the shower with him and waited until he was done before going in herself. She stayed in the bathroom for longer than she normally would because she was afraid that Damián was a storm waiting to happen and the moment she emerged into the bathroom he’d erupt.

Had he seen the almost kiss? How was she going to explain it if he had? Was she even supposed to explain it? After all it hadn’t even happened. But considering how close she and Lincoln had come to it, could she

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