If You Cherish Me (A Sugar Maple Novel Book 3) by Ciara Knight & Ciara Knight

Author:Ciara Knight & Ciara Knight [Knight, Ciara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-09-14T16:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

A sign flashed fifty-two miles. Underneath it read speed limit thirty-five. Declan moved his foot to the brake, forced to obey the speed limit if he didn’t want a ticket. A ticket that could send him to jail while on probation. The one good thing about the law of speed meant a man had time to cool off.

What had happened to him? Since when did he erupt like that? The sight of the young girl stirred something in him. The idea of any man causing such pain, especially someone close to Felicia, broke him.

When he pulled into the town square, the flowers Felicia had planted in the center calmed his anger to a simmer, but Jason still had to be dealt with. The image of the younger man’s fist print on Lacey’s face gutted him. He pushed on the gas and turned right onto the street heading toward Riverbend, sure he’d catch Jason on the on the way or once he arrived.

Stella and Knox stood in the center of the road holding up their hands, as if they could stop a half-ton truck with their bodies. He hit the brake, squealing to a stop, and hopped out. “What’re you doing? I could’ve hit you!”

“What are you doing?” Stella marched at him, but Knox took hold of her arm. “You’re freaking Felicia out. And right after I gave my stamp of approval for you.”

“I’m not going to harm the guy.”

“Really?” Stella asked in a more thickened accent than normal. “So, you’re not running off full of hate? You’ve thought this through, and you’re just going to have a friendly chat with the man?”

He cleared his throat and lifted his chin. “Right. A firm chat.”

“Then you might want to put on a shirt.” Knox pointed at his bare chest.

Declan had been so riled up that he didn’t even realize he’d run off without getting dressed first. It was as if he was back in jail. He’d changed over those years into a man he didn’t recognize at times. This was one of those moments. He’d always been put together, calm, sane.

He leaned against the side of the truck and ran his hands through his sweaty hair, realizing he probably smelled as bad as he looked. “I didn’t mean to scare Felicia, but you should see that young girl with bruises and cuts.”

Knox released Stella and slapped him on the shoulder. “I have no doubt any man would’ve done the same.”

“But you’re not any man. You’re a man with a record,” Stella said with no soothing adjectives or smiles. “That’s the fact. Whether you did or didn’t commit the crime, you’re at the mercy of the courts, and I personally don’t want my best friend pining over some man in prison because he committed assault while on probation, so get your act together.”

“I thought I had.” He shook his head and eyed the soil stuck to his stomach and shorts. “Something inside me clicked the second I saw her, and it was like a battle call.

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