Harlequin Presents February 2023--Box Set 1 of 2 by Sharon Kendrick

Author:Sharon Kendrick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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By the time Caio reached her, Nush was trembling with the need for action. Marveling at how death and grief could fill one with a raw, painful urgency to live life. To move on.

Yana was right. She couldn’t spend another minute much less a decade mooning over him. Couldn’t stand still and be a spectator as he lived his life. Even now, she couldn’t turn away as he finished his conversation with Laura and made his way to her.

As his tall form drew near, Nush noted the dark shadows under his eyes. He’d forgone a shave this morning. There was a tension to his shoulders that she recognized. Her heart ached as she remembered he’d been a part of her grandparents’ life longer than she’d been.

She wanted to hold him through this aching emptiness Thaata had left in both their lives. She wanted to lean into him and help him through the grief she saw in his eyes.

But he wouldn’t lean on her. Because he was the one who was supposed to be the protector. The one who looked after every legal headache that she and her sisters would have to handle. The one who’d arranged every single detail with the funeral. The one who’d made sure their alcoholic father had showed up to the funeral in respectable clothes and mostly sober.

Because Caio Oliveira didn’t need anyone in any way. Least of all her. Even as he’d entrenched himself into the very fabric of her life. And it was time to rip him out of it.

He handed her a glass of water wordlessly and leaned against the wall beside her, their shoulders just touching. Resentment built in her chest even as she took the glass from him. How did he know there was a boulder-sized lump in her throat?

She didn’t have to look at him to know he’d have pulled one foot up against the wall, that the other hand would be tucked into his pocket. That his gaze would sweep over the room, assessing the situation, wondering if there was a fire he’d have to put out.

His intense physicality, his indefatigable energy had always awed her. But now it felt exhausting to be so in tune with his every word, gesture and nuance, his very breath. More than disenchanting to admit that he’d never know her or want her on that level.

Holding that feeling close, Nush drank the water. As hard as it was to bear, it was the thing that would help her move on.

His shoulder nudged hers, his profile sharp and stark. “You’re upset, Princesa.”

Are you and Laura Huntington dating?

Have you had sex with her?

What do I do to make you see me like that?

Do you feel this too or is it just me?

Nush looked at the empty glass in her hand, following the trails of condensation, willing her body to ignore the warmth emanating from his. To not draw the scent of him into her lungs. To not chase this shaky desire she felt at his nearness like an addict.

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