Harlequin Special Edition June 2014 - Bundle 2 of 2: Destiny's Last Bachelor?\To Catch a Camden\A Brevia Beginning by Christyne Butler

Author:Christyne Butler
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-4603-3643-4
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Thanks for the help,” Derek said to Louie Haliburton.

It was late Friday night and Derek and Louie had just finished loading Louie’s truck with items for Gia’s yard sale on Saturday. They were in the garage of the Camden family home, where the truck would stay until Derek picked it up in the morning.

Louie accepted the open beer Derek had gone into the house for and sat on a stack of boxes to drink it. “Thanks,” he said.

Derek sat on the steps that led to the kitchen. “No, thank you for the help,” he countered, taking a long pull of his own beer before leaning forward to brace his elbows on his knees, holding the bottle between them.

“This is all for somebody’s yard sale?” Louie asked, even though he knew the answer because Derek had told him. “You’re helping out some old couple with problems?”

“Yeah. There were donation jars around for the same cause—you probably saw them.... Couple’s name is Bronson...”

“Yeah, I did see those. That what got you involved?”

“That and they’re members of a church that one of GiGi’s friends belongs to, so she wanted us to help out,” Derek said, telling a partial truth to cover the real reason.

“And this Gia you’ve been talking about all night is behind it?”

“Have I been talking about her all night?” Derek was aware of always thinking about her—that had been going on since he’d met her and he couldn’t seem to stop it. But he’d mentioned her to Louie, too? Without even realizing it? And a noteworthy amount?

Strange.

“Her name’s been about every other word you’ve said tonight,” Louie went on. “Gia this. Gia that. Gia says this, does that, thinks this or that. You’ll ask Gia about some natural remedy for Margaret’s allergies and for the wart on my finger because she’s some kind of plant scientist or something.”

Derek chuckled. “A botanist. For a company that makes supplements and natural remedies for things,” he clarified, before adding, “Sorry, I didn’t realize how much I was talking about her.”

“She sounds like a nice girl. I’m surprised you like her.”

“Who said I like her?”

Louie merely gave him a look over his beer bottle as the older man took a drink.

“I don’t...you know...like her like I’m interested in her,” Derek protested.

“Sound pretty interested to me...”

Hard to deny when he’d apparently talked about her all night. When he knew how she was on his mind constantly. When twice he had ignored every warning in his head and kissed her....

“I’m trying to take a breather from women,” Derek said.

Trying to...

Before he’d met Gia he’d been determined to....

“After Vegas, you know...” he added, not eager to say more than that.

“Turning point,” Louie summed up. “Should have been.”

A man of few words that still managed to pack a punch.

“Yeah...I know,” Derek agreed. And he did agree with Louie. And the rest of his family, who all held the same opinion. “I’m just not sure I can turn over a new leaf with women,” he confided in the man he’d been going to for advice since he was a boy.

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