Chosen by Chance by Dorothy Callahan
Author:Dorothy Callahan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Love, Sex, Viking, Contemporary, Series
Publisher: Dorothy Callahan
Published: 2023-04-04T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter 15
Theyâd spent the following morning with sheets of graph paper and pens, sketching out possible bathroom layouts since that Phil guy wouldnât be back until tomorrow. Theyâd managed by themselves to gut both bathrooms and the master closet already, and soon, theyâd be heading to Doveyâs.
He wasnât sure how he felt about that. Yeah, he liked Doveyâwhat wasnât to like? As he gelled his hair, he listed her merits. She was sweet and kind and beautiful and talentedâway too good for a serial cheater like Brady. She deserved someone with an honest soul and gentle hands.
Something inside his brain kicked him, reminding him that he had gentle hands, just calloused. Heâd never struck a woman, never punched a dude... though heâd consider breaking that lifelong streak for Brady if he laid a hand on Dovey.
How many times had Chance caught Brady cheating on his girlfriends in high school? Heâd be willing to bet heâd dated Dovey the second Chance had moved awayâwhy wouldnât he? And Chance would lay money on the fact that Brady had cheated on her while they dated. It was the one thing Chance had hated most about his friendâthe infidelity. He was pathologically incapable of faithfulness. Even now, Chance had to wonder how many call girls were in Bradyâs suite, even as he panted after Doveyâs tail.
Not that Chance ever wanted to get tied down. Marriage seemed like a death sentence.
But for Dovey?
He gripped his arm where she had held him during their trident competition and let out a heart-heavy sigh. For Dovey....
It seemed like she was forever out of his reach.
He wasnât sure why he believed that, but he did. And of the two of them, Chance reasoned he was clearly the better choice, not Brady. Chance would never cheat on any girl; it wasnât in him. Heâd never harm anyone the way his father had. And heâd devoted his life to ensuring people were safe in their homes instead of how well he padded his bank account.
But how to tell all that to Dovey and not risk her rejection?
He picked up his toothpaste and considered his YouTube station as he brushed: how he confronted DIY fails, sometimes triggering tears, but he always told his customersâ alwaysâ how dangerous one of their attempted repairs was and explained what could have happened if he hadnât shown up to fix it. He didnât sugarcoat his words, but wasnât saving their lives more important than sparing their feelings? And he always left them gifts when the job was done, though he refused to let anyone reveal that secret. One time it was an above-ground pool, another a generator, another a wooden playhouse for their children. His favorite, though, was when he anonymously donated five hundred dollars to the local school lunch program in memory of a familyâs child who had passed. Heâd heard the school had started a fund in the boyâs name afterward, and it was going strong.
Chance splashed on some cologne and assessed his reflection.
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