Four Warned by Cindy Stark

Author:Cindy Stark [Stark, Cindy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-10T18:30:00+00:00

Twelve

When Hazel stepped into Peter’s office, the bags emitting delicious scents of burgers and fries, she experienced his resulting smile. She knew she’d paved the way to their sticky conversation well. He might want to be angry or annoyed with what she’d tell him, but he couldn’t be too mean.

“Hi there.” She gifted him with a bright smile as she entered his office. “You should round us up some colas and let the office picnic commence.”

He nodded appreciatively. “That sounds like an excellent idea.”

He stood, gave her a kiss on the cheek on his way out the door and returned in less than a minute. “This is a nice surprise. Any special reason?”

She hated that he could read her so well. She lifted burgers from the bag and set one in front of each of them. “I missed you and wanted to see you.”

“Uh-huh.” He unscrewed the cap on his soda, and it hissed in response. “You missed me.”

She sent him a wounded look. “Of course, I missed you. And I brought you food, so you should be happy.”

“I am happy, but you’re rarely this spontaneous unless something has happened.”

He shouldn’t know her this well. “Fine. A couple of things did happen.”

She contemplated starting with Victor’s arrival and then using her conversation with Rosalinda as a distraction. But maybe the opposite would work out better.

She hated that she had to talk about Victor at all, but Peter would find out.

She grimaced. “Do you want the bad news first or the only-related-to bad news, but not actually bad first?”

He snorted and shook his head. “You’re not making sense.”

Here goes nothing. “My ever-loving mother was worried about me, so she sent my ex-boyfriend to town to check on me.”

She held her breath and waited.

Peter regarded her for several moments before he spoke. His silence ratcheted up her anxiety. Maybe she shouldn’t have said anything after all.

“Well?” she finally prompted.

“I guess my answer depends on how you feel about it. Are you happy to see him? Do you still have feelings?”

She scoffed. “No and not in the least.”

He shrugged. “Then what difference does it make?” He bit into his burger.

She squeezed her eyes tightly before she sighed and opened them. “He’s not in any hurry to leave. He’s already flirting with Cora, and I’m afraid he’ll try to cause trouble between us.”

Peter swallowed. “I’d say that’s up to us. If we don’t let him, if we ignore him, what can he really do?”

Hazel didn’t want to tell him all the things Victor might do, but maybe she needed to trust Peter and their feelings for each other. “Okay. Well, I just wanted you to be aware.”

He studied her for a long moment. “Does he drive a Harley?”

She groaned inside. “Yes.”

His expression turned surprised, almost disappointed. “You dated him?”

She wouldn’t embarrass herself further by admitting she not only dated him, but she’d been madly in love with him. “I was younger then, more naïve.”

She’d been angry at her mom for a long time for not protecting her from Victor.

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