Cascade: A Fling to Forever Romance (Oak Creek Book 3) by Lainey Davis

Author:Lainey Davis [Davis, Lainey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-01T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

Opal

I WAKE IN a panic, tangled with sheets and Oscar and Archer. This was not supposed to happen. This was not what Pam and I discussed when we made a plan. She got me to admit that I am interested in Archer Crawford. I mean, obviously I’m interested in him for sex. My cheeks heat a little bit thinking of what we did last night. The way he wanted me so badly.

He was raw and almost brutal and it turned me on so much. I told Pam I’ve never experienced attraction or chemistry like this. But I also told her how very little I allow myself to trust anyone. I have exactly one example of a living being coming through for me, and that is Oscar. And, to be frank, I don’t expect a whole lot from him.

I don’t want to live this way anymore, I told Pam. Archer murmurs in his sleep and rolls onto his stomach, tossing one arm over my stomach as he does so. The sheet falls away and I stare at the taut swell of his butt. I reach out and give it a pat, enjoying the firm feel of him, his warmth.

Pam and I discussed small steps I could take toward building trust. Testing the waters one toe at a time. “I was going to try sending you a text,” I whisper, tracing my hand through the dark hair at the base of his neck.

My phone buzzes on the night stand and Archer groans. “Too early,” he mumbles, and swats at me as I lean over him to grab it.

“I’m a midwife,” I say. “I can’t ignore calls.” I see that it’s his sister, Diana, and frown. She never calls. “Hey,” I say by way of greeting. “What’s up?”

“I’m hosting a damn baby shower,” she says. “I don’t know what that means and I wondered if you could help.”

“Oh,” I say, pausing to collect myself after this surprising request. “I guess so? What do you need?”

“That’s the thing,” Diana sputters. “Indigo has the food and venue and stuff all on lock. It’s my mother who has me all confused. She suggested something called a blessing way? It all sounds like unbearable woo to me, and I grow pot for a living.”

This makes me laugh, which makes Archer smile, and he starts to move his hands along my naked body while I talk. I squirm, distracted. “Well I do know about blessing way ceremonies.” I start to tell her how she will need to reach out to the women attending the shower, gather some of their birth stories. See if Abigail wants people to bring meaningful beads to make a bracelet to wear during labor. Archer climbs on top of me in the middle of all that and starts to nibble at the skin on my stomach and then he yowls when I pinch him to try to make him stop.

Diana sounds like she’s taking notes. “Ok, I’ll ask her about the beads. Maybe you can write the email for me to send to the women? Ew.

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