Without Words by Stewart Delancey

Author:Stewart, Delancey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled; Select contemporary; romance; contemporary; contemporary romance; Delancey Stewart; co-workers; friends-to-lovers; bad boy
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

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When Dani nodded despite the clear uncertainty in her eyes, my heart leapt. The fucking thing literally jumped in my chest. The smile on her face made me feel like I’d won some kind of prize, like I had something to celebrate. And her small hand in mine was like the most delicate heirloom, something every cell in my body was screaming to cherish and protect.

Part of me knew it was wrong to ask her out, to pursue her at all. I could barely form a sentence in a public place. My emotions were out of control half the time and I was still incapable of reining them in—thank God she hadn’t seen much of that. And I would have exactly nothing to offer her once I’d finished building in her shop. There was no reason in the world for Dani to want to go out with me.

Maybe that was why it felt like such a pure triumph when she agreed to go anyway.

I wondered if there was a way I could make things work with her, despite my shortcomings. I had a quick route to overcoming the fact that I had no real means of income or focus going forward. Maybe if I agreed to help my family, to take my place in the business, Dani would see that I had a future, a purpose. It wouldn’t be perfect. I’d have to live in Mexico. But it was something to consider.

Even if it felt like cheating, like taking the easy way out.

I’d found my own way once, hadn’t I? I’d built a life, found an identity I could be proud of. Maybe it was too much to ask of myself to try to do it all over again. Maybe it was time to go home.

Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.

The one thing I had even a shred of certainty about was Dani.

The way I felt when she looked at me—strong, capable, like I could walk through a fucking fire and not get burned. Like I could accomplish anything—climb mountains, stop speeding trains…form a sentence that made actual sense. That last one had been proven by experience. I wasn’t as sure about the other things. But when I was in Dani’s glowing presence, my head cleared. My brain slowed down and stopped its eternal, exhausting churn. I was calm, centered. Focused. Dani was like meditation and yoga, like some crazy kale and green tea elixir they’d sell at health food shops to soccer moms. Dani was clarity.

And she’d agreed to go out with me. Tonight.

…

Sampson and I went for a quick run on the beach after I left the shop. The thought of spending an evening with Dani alone shouldn’t have made me nervous. I’d just spent the entire day alone with her, right? But this was different, and my brain had begun working a million miles a minute as soon as I’d left the shop. I’d made a couple of quick calls back at home and everything was set. Now I

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