Come Together by Marie Force

Author:Marie Force [Force, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781952793196
Publisher: HTJB, Inc.

Chapter Fifteen

“The heart was made to be broken.”

—Oscar Wilde

Before he drove across the street to the inn, Noah stayed outside the diner until he heard that Megan and her newborn son were okay. While he’d waited for word about the delivery, he’d eaten his breakfast and kept the sandwich he’d bought for Brianna warm by putting the bag on top of the heating vent on the dashboard of his truck.

At the inn, his entire crew was already there and working, as was Brianna in her cute white hard hat and the Carhartt coat that hid all her most delicious curves.

But he knew they were there.

He handed the sandwich labeled “no bacon” to her along with a coffee.

“Thank you,” she said. “What’s going on across the street?”

“My cousin and his wife just had their baby.”

Brianna’s eyes bugged. “In the diner?”

“Yep. Her labor came on fast, and by the time the paramedics arrived, it was already too late. The baby was coming.”

“I can’t believe that’s even possible. How does anyone have a baby knowing that can happen?”

“Judging from the way my cousin came unglued, I suspect they had no clue it could happen that way. But all’s well that ends well. Baby Carson Elmer Abbott has arrived.”

“I love that name.”

“All the Abbott grandchildren have C or S names.”

“Your family sure does keep things interesting.”

“I guess we do. Stuff like this is so ‘normal’ for us that I barely notice it.”

“Stuff like having a baby in a diner?”

Noah smiled at her retort. “Well, not that specifically, but it’s always something between the Abbotts and Colemans.”

“You’re lucky. That sounds fun, even when babies arrive at diners.”

“It’s pretty fun, for the most part.”

“Noah,” Carlo called to him. “Electricians are here.”

“Duty calls,” he said to Brianna.

“Thanks for breakfast.”

“My pleasure.” He left her with a smile and went to supervise the electricians. As he worked, he thought of the advice his sister had given him to be a friend to Brianna, to be there for her, to show her he was worth taking a risk on.

And did he want that? Did he want her taking a risk on him?

Yeah, he did. He was sick of being a grumpy asshole loner. He was tired of his own company, of lonely nights and endless weekends spent alone. Being with her the other night had shown him something much better, and he wanted more of that feeling—and of her.

As he worked with the electricians and answered a million questions, he kept half an eye on the sexy architect who had him so captivated. Maybe he’d been better off when they’d been fighting all the time. Allowing himself to get caught up in a woman again opened him to all the things that went with it, up to and including heartbreak.

But he had a good feeling about Brianna. She certainly understood heartbreak, and he couldn’t imagine her hurting someone the way she had been. But then again, Noah hadn’t expected his wife to devastate him the way she had.

If you’d asked

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