Harlequin Romance August 2016 Box Set by Michelle Douglas

Author:Michelle Douglas
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488031540
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

IT WAS REALLY hard to wait and do nothing, but Gabriel knew that Nicole had to make this decision by herself. If she didn’t, then at some point in the future she’d feel that he’d railroaded her into it, and it would all go pear-shaped.

Patience was a virtue and a business asset, he reminded himself. He had to stick to it. Even if it was driving him crazy.

The only way he could think of to distract himself was to bury himself in work. So he opened up a file on his computer and started outlining his proposal to take the business in a new direction. If his father wasn’t prepared to let him do that, then Gabriel would leave Hunter Hotels and start up on his own. It was something he should probably have done years ago, but it was Nicole’s belief in him that had helped him to take the final step and work out what he really wanted to do with his life. But did she believe in him enough to stay with him? Or had her ex destroyed her trust so thoroughly that she’d never be able to believe in anyone else?

He had no idea.

He just had to wait.

And hope.

* * *

Gabriel had walked away from her.

Nicole stared at the closed door.

Of course he’d walked away. She’d leapt to the wrong conclusions and hadn’t even given him a chance to explain—she’d just thrown a hissy fit and told him it was over.

By text.

How awful was that?

He’d been the one who’d insisted on talking. He’d made her tell him about Jeff.

And he’d made it clear that she was the one letting her fears get in the way of a future. He’d said she was everything he wanted in a partner. That he wanted them to be the first people to get married in the cinema. But he hadn’t tried to persuade her round to his way of thinking, or to make her feel bad about herself, the way Jeff had. He’d acknowledged that she’d been hurt in the past and she was afraid. And he’d said that she was the one who needed to think about it. To decide if he was what she wanted. If she could trust him. If she was ready to see him for who he really was.

He was giving her the choice.

And he’d advised her to talk it over with her mum and Jessie. He’d known this was something she couldn’t do on her own, but he was clearly trying not to put pressure on her.

She grabbed her phone. Five minutes later, she’d arranged to meet her mother and Jessie in the park opposite Jessie’s school, giving her enough time to nip home and change into clothes that weren’t paint-stained and scrub her face.

Both her mum and Jessie greeted her with a hug. ‘So what’s happened?’ Jessie asked.

Nicole explained about Neil’s visit and her row with Gabriel. ‘He told me to talk it over with people I trusted,’ she said. ‘Well, with you two.

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