Whisper of Love by Melissa Foster

Author:Melissa Foster
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: World Literary Press
Published: 2019-09-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

AFTER STORMING OUT of the workshop, Nash had gone back to the piece he was working on and Tempest had outlined more of the itinerary for her Girl Power meeting. She’d called Leesa, and they’d come up with a great idea for a team-building activity: a ropes course that the girls would have to help each other through in order to complete. Luckily, they were able to wrangle her brother Sam into constructing it at Rough Riders, the outdoor adventure company he owned. She’d tried to work on a goal chart to go along with it, but she’d had a heck of a time concentrating and had turned to writing songs instead.

She sat on the back porch, but every tune sounded wrong. She hated leaving tomorrow with things so up in the air. Why couldn’t she have the type of job where she could take a mental health day when she needed it?

When Nash had gone inside to get Phillip after his nap, he’d flashed a tight smile before disappearing into the house. Whatever had spurred his anger was clearly still hanging around. Tempest wanted to push. She wanted to pick apart what had happened, the way she analyzed everything else in her life—except what was happening between them. Despite this momentary clash, something was definitely happening between them. She brought her guitar and notebook up to her room and decided to take a walk and try to clear her head.

She pushed open the front door and found Nash and Phillip sitting on the porch, a dozen wooden animals in the space between them. Nash looked incredibly broad and sexy sitting across from Phillip with one knee bent, the other leg acting as a barrier around the tiny animals.

“Hey,” he said with an apologetic expression as she stepped outside.

She agonized over the doleful look in his eyes. He needn’t apologize for battling whatever demons she’d unearthed. She just wished she knew what they were so she could help him deal with them, or at least keep from triggering them in the future.

“Hi,” she said, a little uneasily. “You two have quite a menagerie out here.”

Phillip lifted a toy lion and said, “We’re”—came out like weah—“playing zoo and teaching the animals to talk to each other.”

Nash arched a brow, as if to say he was trying. He was using the animals to help Phillip learn about making friends? Oh dear Lord. How would she survive the cuteness?

“Heading out?” he asked.

“Just for a walk.”

He nodded. “Joining us for dinner?”

Her first instinct was to accept, but she worried that she might trigger whatever she had earlier, and she didn’t want to hinder his time with Phillip. “I’m still stuffed from lunch, but thanks anyway.”

She took a step forward, and he reached out and touched her leg, gazing up at her with an apology lingering in his earnest eyes. She wanted to tell him it was okay, that they could talk about it later. She wanted to ask him what had happened back there.

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