Dirty Little Midlife Drama: A Small Town Romcom (Heart’s Cove Hotties Book 8) by Lilian Monroe

Author:Lilian Monroe [Monroe, Lilian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

The men get to work, and I walk on wobbly legs into the sunshine outside. I put a hand to my forehead and let out a deep breath.

“Everything okay?” a voice asks behind me.

I turn to see Mia in the doorway of her barbershop, and I give her a bright, slightly manic smile. “Everything’s fine!”

“Have you met our new landlord?” she asks, brows lowering.

I nod. “He seems…serious.” A bit protective, although maybe that was just some macho-male posturing in front of Sebastian. I haven’t actually seen Desmond since the dinner at Taqueria.

She snorts. “He seems like a total jerk. The first time I met him, he didn’t even say hello, how are you, nothing. Just marched into my barbershop and told me the rent was going up. Then today, I caught him walking by the shop and peeking through the door. Like he was rubbing it in my face.”

“Really?”

“Really! I wanted to smack him.”

“Men often have that effect on me.”

She laughs, then turns and locks up her shop.

“Done for the day?”

“I have to go pick up Bailey,” she says, hiking a purse up her shoulder. “I get so few walk-ins anyway, and most of my clients know to book in advance.” Her smile is a bit brittle. “Although, with my new rent increase, I might have to figure out some way to stay open for longer hours to try to drum up some more business.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be. That’s life, isn’t it?” She gives me a wry smile. “I signed up for that Blind Date app. So far, nothing, but maybe I’ll meet a man who can take care of all my money troubles while somehow still respecting my independence.”

“A girl can dream,” I answer, laughing.

We head over to pick up the kids. Mia’s daughter is with a group of older kids who look exhausted from sunshine and physical activity. Nate and Alec are little bundles of energy, thrusting drawings into my hands and telling me all about their new friends. I drove my sister’s car here, so I load the kids up in their car seats and take them home. Mia waves at me, smiling tentatively, and I wonder if she’s been as lonely as I have. We all need more friendships in our lives.

The next few hours are busy, with little boy-shaped tornadoes pulling everything apart. My sister arrives looking flushed and happy and tells me all about the decisions she made for the gallery. We have an early dinner, watch the sunset from my back patio, then head to bed.

For the first time since I talked to Sebastian at the dog park, I feel like I might actually get a good night’s sleep. When I’m lying back, replaying the events of the day in my head, my phone buzzes.

Sebastian: Good night, Sweet Peach 🍑

Georgia: What will it cost me to have you stop calling me that?

Sebastian: You don’t want to know.

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