Meadowlark by Jea Hawkins

Author:Jea Hawkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lesbian romance, contemporary lesbian romance, ff romance, lesbian fiction, women loving women, wlw romance, sapphic romance, second chance romance, lgbt romance, converting hetero romance, toaster oven romance
Publisher: Wicked Hearts Publishing
Published: 2020-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Self-restraint had never left her as frustrated as it did after those shared kisses. She’d left Leigh’s croft hot and bothered, thoughts swirling faster than the ocean current. They needed to go on more dates before Kate made that leap from friend to lover. She needed time to process her feelings about Leigh and what her divorce meant for the both of them. At least, that’s what she’d told herself as she’d hurried along the path back to the observatory. She could get distance and think clearly in the solitude of her own room.

Yet, her body disagreed. It knew exactly what it wanted, and restraint wasn’t on the menu.

“Why wait? Why not just go for it since you like her so much?” Her sister’s voice sounded like she’d scrunched her nose, probably concentrating on frosting a cake or something else Instagram-worthy.

When it came to Michelle, it seemed there was always something food-related happening on their phone calls. Kate calculated that it was roughly ten in the morning back home, because it was late afternoon in Scotland.

“Because I’m still finalizing a divorce.” The reasoning made perfect sense to Kate. One sentence should have said it all, without requiring an in-depth explanation. Michelle scoffing on the other end of the line told her something different.

“For a marriage you haven’t been emotionally invested in since the nineties. I mean, come on, sis. I could see the distance growing between you and David from the moment he asked you to stop traveling for your work. You didn’t do a good job of hiding your resentment. Not even around him.”

Kate glanced out across the expanse of the island from her small window. She imagined someone telling her right now that she had to pack up, go home, and give up the thing that’d drawn her here in the first place. The thought sent a chill through her.

“You’re right. At the time, I thought I loved him, and by giving up my career I was doing something to make our marriage better, but that’s something I truly believed.”

“Kate.” Something thunked in the background of the phone call, maybe Michelle setting down a pan or mixing bowl too hard on her perfect granite countertop. “You’ve given in to the way someone else wanted you to live your life and it got you nothing. You dressed to please him, put on the wedding his mother—not you—wanted, and put a job you love on hold. Don’t do anything like that again for anyone. If you want to have sex, go have sex. If you want to skydive, skydive. If you want to run away and live among the birds, go for it. Be the wild woman you were always meant to be. Just come visit me once in a while.”

Kate chuckled. “I’m glad you can joke, but this is scary. I think I might want more than sex, and last time that happened, I lost myself completely.”

“You sure did.” The agreement only made the admission sting even more and Kate winced.

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