Wolf Detective Next Door: A Paranormal Shifter Romance (Secret Shifters Next Door Book 3) by Roxie Ray

Author:Roxie Ray [Ray, Roxie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-30T04:00:00+00:00

19

CELINA

I was still basking in the high of Thanksgiving a couple of days later. It had been the best holiday I’d ever had in my life. I couldn’t remember any from before my mom gave me up, so perhaps they had been good. Had she gotten me any Christmas presents? Had there been a big turkey on the table and Easter egg hunts? I had no memories of any of those things. All I knew was that I loved Miles’s friends. Harley and April were the sweetest women I’d ever met. Jordyn and Mariah had made me feel right at home. I’d never had a big ego, but hearing how much they both loved some of my books boosted my self-esteem. I’d always been too timid and afraid to go on book tours and attend signings, so I never got to hear people tell me how much they liked my stuff. And the baby? He was just adorable.

The Saturday after the holiday, I sat at my little kitchen island eating a bowl of cereal and mulling over how much I enjoyed myself here. I’d made the right decision in telling Tiffany I was going to stay for a while longer. I’d come here to get over writer’s block, and I’d done better than that. I’d finished one book and was nearly halfway through a brand new one. Maybe I should buy a house here and stay. It might be the best thing for my career. I chewed at my lip as I thought it over. Maybe it was the best thing for not just my career, but my life.

I washed the bowl in the sink, and it struck me that I hadn’t heard anything from Felicity since our little fight earlier in the week. I still wasn’t sure exactly what was going on, but I didn’t want another friendship to end up on the trash heap. I’d had dozens of those over the years. Someone who seemed like they enjoyed being around me, but then, slowly, realized I wasn’t their type. They vanished or slowly slid out of my life. The thought of that happening again made me a little queasy. Miles had said she was probably jealous of the time I was spending with him. I didn’t want to think she was being jealous, but nothing else made any sense. Her behavior made no sense at all. I could try calling her to see if she’d calmed down over the holiday weekend.

I hadn’t checked my mail since a few days before Thanksgiving, and I decided to go down to empty it before the box overflowed. I looked at Miles’s door. He’d told me yesterday that he would be working today, but I couldn’t help thinking of him when I looked at his apartment. I smiled to myself as I went down the stairs and into the alcove where all the mailboxes were. Each apartment had a mail slot and a parcel cabinet. I hadn’t ordered anything lately, but checked the parcel box anyway.

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