More than Neighbors by Shannon Stacey

Author:Shannon Stacey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-04-06T13:42:54+00:00

Chapter Ten

Meredith watched the numbers slowly ticking away on her bedside clock, wishing she was still asleep because she’d been having a rather interesting dream about Cam that ended at a frustrating time. Premature awakening.

But she was also thankful she was awake because she really didn’t need dreams like that making her want things she really shouldn’t be wanting. He was a bad idea, and she knew it.

7:54.

She blamed the kiss. Even though she’d been battling her attraction to him from essentially the first moment they met, it was still unexpected. Their first kiss.

And, if she had any sense at all, their last.

Starting about a year after Devin died, she had a few well-meaning friends in California who urged her to get out there and get back on the horse. She was too young to go without sex, they’d said, and she should find somebody to have a fling with, even if it went nowhere.

She hadn’t thought she had it in her to have a one-night stand, but when Cam had kissed her last night, she’d realized she did. If she didn’t have the responsibility of a daughter to take care of and a dog waiting for them at home—probably anxious despite the meds they gave him before fireworks and thunderstorms—she would have gone with Cam anywhere. Including his bed.

But now, in the clear light of morning, she could see how disastrous that would have been. He lived next door, so there would be no avoiding him. Her daughter adored him. And he was leaving Blackberry Bay at some point, probably right around the time Sophie would start school, so not only would she be alone, but she’d be totally alone. The first day with neither Cam nor her daughter was going to feel unbearably empty.

The clock ticked over to eight o’clock, and a few seconds later, she heard the lawnmower start next door.

Chuckling, Meredith threw back her blanket and got ready to start her day. It was a day that was going to include some housekeeping, a playdate for Sophie with two girls whose family had rented the house two docks down for the summer and a trip to the market for her. What it was not going to include was spying on her neighbor while he did yardwork, hoping he took his shirt off again.

Hours later, Oscar absolutely lost his mind when somebody knocked on the slider just as Meredith finished preparing dinner. The barking was so sudden and intense her heart thumped in her chest and Sophie put her hands over her ears.

Cam was standing on the other side of the glass, making a face that clearly said “I’m so sorry.”

She hadn’t seen him since he kissed her and for a moment all she could do was stare at him, remembering the incredible hunger for him she’d been denying until his mouth touched hers. She’d been trying so hard not to think about that.

Then she told Oscar to hush—not that he listened—and waved for Cam to come in, but Sophie had already left her chair and was rushing to open the slider for him.

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