Dirty Ginger: Three Chicks Brewery #3 by Kennedy Stacey

Author:Kennedy, Stacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-07-20T00:00:00+00:00

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Back at the house, sitting around the large picnic table they always used for big family meals, Amelia felt… different. Everything felt different now. When she’d decided to move away to college, she secretly hoped that Beckett would reach out for her and that she’d get him back, but it never happened. Part of her felt sad for all he’d gone through, but the other part of her realized that if her leaving meant it helped him get healthy, it was worth it.

As she looked around, her chest felt open and so full of love… It had been years since she’d been this comfortable at one of their family dinners. She knew why—Luka wasn’t there. The biggest truth that hit her was she realized, that while embarrassed over being dumped by Luka at the altar, that emotion was nothing in comparison to the pain she felt when Beckett had pushed her away. That was love. What she had with Luka wasn’t the same. She pushed around the baked beans on her plate, wondering why it had taken her so long to see that something was wrong between them. It made her wonder, after Beckett shared his truth, if she’d been hiding from hers. All she and Luka had done was fought, and if she were honest, she had her doubts about him for a long time. In the broken parts of her heart, she knew she’d been so desperate to make it work with Luka, because she didn’t want to fail at love twice. She’d put up with the fighting, always having a way to explain it away. She overlooked the way he never took any interest in her life, and how he turned his nose down at her small town life.

Someone kicking her foot had her lifting her head. Beckett’s brows were knotted. “You okay?” he mouthed.

She nodded and gave him a smile to reassure him.

It didn’t work. His brows tightened further.

She stared into his strong, solid eyes, losing herself in all they offered her. With all the honesty bubbling up, she began to realize that this was what she had truly wanted. The ease Beckett brought. He’d grown up with her sisters. They were all close, Clara’s protective nature of Beckett proving that. But she knew now, surrounded by her family, both blood and chosen, that Luka had been a fill in. Luka was the guy she thought she wanted because the one she craved had been unattainable. But Beckett was no longer pushing her away. He wasn’t cold. He wasn’t distant. And her heart knew the man locked onto her like she was the only thing he could see at the table, passion, desire and sweet things pooling in his eyes.

At whatever showed on her face, emotion filled Beckett’s expression. The world faded away as he reached across the table, taking her one hand in the both of his. In the space between them, a connection bloomed that seemed tangible in the warm air.

“Um, well, this got weird,” Maisie said.

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