Hate Crush by Angelina M. Lopez

Author:Angelina M. Lopez [Lopez, Angelina M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488057052
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2020-06-28T18:30:00+00:00

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Unfortunately, the night lasted longer than the cloth did. They were still a couple hours from sunrise as Aish sat on the open tailgate of a Bodega Sofia truck, trying not to look as mentally and physically exhausted as he felt as Sofia paced in front of him, on her cell phone to discover who needed help and if anyone had extra cloth. She’d already sent one crew to another vineyard, let the other crew go home, and now, he and Sofia were alone. They’d turned the spotlights off halfway through the night and Aish’s headlamp next to him in the truck bed created a dim glow in the deep darkness of the night. The stars were gorgeous, a million pinpricks in the sky high above him. But here, on the ground, he could barely see his hand in front of his face.

Sofia slid her phone into her overalls pocket, crossed her arms around herself, and rubbed her fingers across the line between her brows. It was the first time all day she’d shrunk to her normal size.

“Any luck?” he asked.

She stood near his knee, but the glow of the lamp barely touched her. She shook her head without looking up. “Everyone is running out of cloth and heading home.”

He wasn’t going to ask the questions racing through his mind. How much of her crop got covered? What was the weather report for the morning? There was no point. They’d made their one play; only time would tell if that play worked.

But he wasn’t going to just sit there as this tired and worried princess rubbed her forehead. “This is going to work, Sofia,” Aish said, voice strong with conviction he didn’t feel. She liked going after him for his sunny American outlook, his baseless positive assertions. He’d give her a target.

But instead of smirking at him like he’d gotten used to, she kept rubbing. “Is it?” she asked. And it was the first time he heard this giant of a woman sound afraid. “I hope so.” Her breath shuddered and it fucking killed him. “I don’t know what we’ll do if it—”

No contract was going to keep him from touching her now. He grabbed her by her hand and pulled her to him.

“Hey, you’ve been going hard all day, and now that you can take a breath, you’re starting to spiral.” He settled her between his knees and briskly rubbed her arms, from shoulder to elbows. He could feel her warmth and tensile strength and trembling exhaustion. She didn’t look at him. “You’re tired, Sofia. Let’s get you home. Don’t make yourself miserable; you’ve worked too hard to let doubts kick your ass now.”

He’d watched her all day make huge snap decisions, drop buckets of money in a flash, direct and strategize and inspire a group of people who felt the universe was working against them. She’d been mammoth. Right now, she was fragile under his hands, between his knees. Right now, with the nostalgic scent of

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