Ember in the Heart: A Novella by Samantha Young

Author:Samantha Young [Young, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub

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Ember

“You miss them, don’t you?”

I looked up from my breakfast to find Jade and Celeste staring at me with big, concerned gazes from across the kitchen table. It was the end of my first week without Georgie (and Foster). The new nanny started a week ago and, other than catching glimpses of them in their yard, I hadn’t seen much of the Darwins.

“You should go visit. I’m sure Georgie misses you,” Jade insisted.

I shook my head. “I haven’t been invited.”

And stupidly, I’d expected Foster to text me at some point and ask me to come over or grab a milkshake with them … or something.

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

“It’s a Sunday. They’ll be home, you’re home,” Celeste said, “Why don’t you make your lemonade and take it over?”

I grimaced. “Like a desperate spinster from the nineteen fifties?”

“That’s severe and unfair.” Celeste made a face.

“You know what I mean. I have to be careful with how my behavior appears.”

Jade cocked her head to the side. “When have you ever cared what people think?”

“Not people. Georgie. And Foster. I don’t want to be that middle-aged woman who can’t take a hint.” Melancholy was a sharp ache near my heart. “No, I won’t go over uninvited.”

My sisters exchanged a look as if I were a problem to be solved.

“It’s not a big deal.”

“Tell that to your mopey face.”

I scrunched my nose up at Celeste. “Stop being childish.”

“Pot Meet Kettle.”

Jade pushed away from the table. “Well, I’m meeting Colt in half an hour. We’re making final decisions at the venue today.”

“Good luck. Have fun.”

My sister paused and turned toward us. “I promised I wouldn’t say anything but I feel like if I don’t, you and Foster might miss an opportunity here.”

Frowning, I turned in my seat to meet her gaze. “What’s going on?”

Jade’s eyes lit up. “Foster likes you.”

My pulse skittered. “What?”

She nodded, barely containing her excitement. “He told Colt he’s extremely attracted to you.”

Extremely attracted to me.

Well, I knew that.

The man did not hide that fact.

But there was a difference between like and attraction. “Attracted to me or likes me?”

“Well… both.”

“So why hasn’t he done anything about it?” Celeste asked. “He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who doesn’t go after what he wants.”

I gestured to my younger sister as if to say, “Yes, thank you, I agree.”

Jade narrowed her eyes on Celeste before turning back to me. “I don’t know why he’s holding back. I think Colt knows but he won’t tell me. But maybe he thinks you think he’s not mature enough. I mean, you did call him a man child. Several times.”

Hope was a wretched blossom blooming deep within me. I tried to shove it down. “It’s more than likely I’m the opposite of the kind of woman he usually dates.”

“In what way?” Celeste frowned.

“I am neither in my twenties, beautifully athletic, a college graduate, and nor am I from a good east coast society family.”

“You don’t really think that stuff matters to Foster, do you?” Jade retorted. “He had a child when he was still in college.

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