Going Deep (Coastal Heat #1) by Maggie Wells

Author:Maggie Wells [Wells, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781616507664
Publisher: Lyrical Shine
Published: 2015-09-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

It had been a good day. As hard as it was to pry herself from Brian’s grasp the night before, Brooke mustered the strength. She had a story to write. And a decision to make. Plus, she wanted to maintain a little mystery. As much as she curled her lip at those who ascribed to dating ‘rules,’ she had to admit to some truth in the cliché about absence making the heart fonder.

Whether she wanted to admit it to him or to herself, she wanted Brian to grow fonder. No one was more familiar with the thrill of the chase than she. She’d dogged stories for months and months, pulling threads until she unraveled secrets and exposed fatal flaws. Then, once the story was put to bed, she promptly forgot all the details. A part of her was scared it would be the same with Brian. Or for him.

Alone with her thoughts and the memory of his hands on her, she spent the evening transcribing the recording of their oft-interrupted interview. Then, she sat down and wrote, the words flowing swift and sure as the Mobile River into the bay. Not the typical features section spread. She wouldn’t insult the trust Brian placed in her with anything as trite as a tabloid exposé or teen magazine Q and A. With the sound of his voice playing in her ears, she spun a story of a local boy transformed into a successful man. She kept his love of science and the Gulf Coast the focal point, and stayed far away from the swoon-worthy smile and primetime good looks. She said nothing of his struggles with the network or the overblown accusations that made him chum for the late-night television sharks.

Somewhere in the midst of writing Brian’s story her fate was sealed. It wasn’t a deliberate decision, but more of a kind of calm. This was it—the last time she would jump through the hoops Nels set for her. Now, she was glad she was the one who got to do the profile on Brian.

The truth was she’d uncovered unexpected depths. About Brian, and about herself. Every answer he gave seemed to fill in the backstory on the quirks and foibles she’d seen all her life. Every anecdote made her want to know him better. He’d shared a story about the first time he helped to mend a bird’s broken wing, and the real reason he ended up on the track team. It was just like Brian to letter in a sport because he enjoyed monitoring and testing his body’s ability to build endurance and respond to stress.

Like the boy she knew long ago, he boasted about his achievements and blushed about his shortcomings. But this older, wiser version wasn’t afraid to bare his deepest, darkest secrets. At least, not to her. He hated sweet tea. An offense apt to get him disowned, according to Brian. Despite the sparse supplies he kept in his galley, he allegedly liked to cook and sprinkled his conversation with culinary tidbits that made her mouth water.

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