Where We Belong (Carolina Rebels Book 8) by Lindsay Paige

Author:Lindsay Paige [Paige, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Carolina Rebels Series
Publisher: Lindsay Paige
Published: 2020-03-18T18:30:00+00:00

The next morning, I shower and pick out the best clothes for my first interview. Collin isn’t in his room when I come out of the bathroom, but I find him once I enter the main room. His eyes meet mine from across the room and he smiles hopefully.

Cal is here cooking breakfast.

Without skipping a beat, I walk confidently and comfortably over to Collin.

“Morning, Jules,” he murmurs as he leans in and kisses me softly. “What time do you have to leave?”

“In about fifteen minutes,” I answer, trying not to eye Cal. What is he doing over here already?

A plate clatters onto the bar in front of me, nearly sending eggs flying off the plate. “Eat before you go,” Cal says blandly. He’s made French toast, eggs, and bacon.

Collin grabs my hips and forces me to sit. “See? You two can get along just fine.”

Except Cal is only doing this to wiggle his way back into Collin’s good graces. It’s not sincere. But I begin to eat because the twins watch and wait for me to do so.

“What’s your job anyway?” Cal asks, apparently now trying to make nice with chit-chat once everyone is eating.

“Dental hygienist.”

He nods. Collin rests a hand on my thigh in approval. “Where is your interview?”

I give him the names of the two dental practices; it turns out one of them actually does dental work for the team. I wish I could work on Cal’s mouth. Make him feel some pain.

We fall silent. Our forks clink and scrape loudly against our plates.

Suddenly, Cal breaks the silence. “Is there a kid?”

His expression is carefully blank. I can’t believe he actually asked. Why not live on in ignorance for the rest of his life? Maybe it bothers him that he doesn’t know because of what he did and if that’s the case, I don’t want to answer his question. The dark, still-angry part of me refuses to open my mouth to reply.

“No,” Collin tells him. “False alarm.”

The weight of not knowing lifts so visibly from Cal’s entire being. Maybe there’s a teeny tiny heart beating somewhere inside him after all. It’s just buried underneath a load of bullshit and asshole behavior.

“Why didn’t you tell me that?” Cal accuses.

“You walked out on me; you didn’t care one way or another. Why would I tell you anything?” I snap.

Collin squeezes my thigh. “You know the truth now and it’s in the past. Let’s just move on,” he says.

I’ll have to work on that; I’ve been holding this grudge for so long against Cal, there’s no telling how long it’ll take to let it go. Standing, I tell him, “I need to go. I don’t want to be late.”

“Good luck,” he replies with a smile.

Hopefully, I won’t need any, but I’ll always take some.

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