Never Say Never (Sonoma Summers Series Book 1) by Jesse Devyn Crowe

Author:Jesse Devyn Crowe [Crowe, Jesse Devyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Phoenix Publications, Ardenvoir, WA, USA
Published: 2019-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Someone pounding on my door woke me a half hour later. "Jess, I know you're in there. I can see your car the parking lot."

I opened my apartment door a crack and peeked out into the darkness, which I immediately realized was a stupid thing to do because I did not have a chain lock. A tall dark haired man stood outside my door, holding a bedraggled bouquet of pale pink roses.

"I knew you were home," Kevin said, his voice sounding pleased. "So... hey... what's going on?"

"The power's out is what's going on. What are you doing here?" Perplexed, I studied Kevin's shadowed face. He looked down at his feet and shook his head.

"Ya gonna bust my balls? I know I deserve it, Jess. But I decided I had to at least try."

"Try what?" I rubbed the gritty sleep out of my eyes, too rummy to think straight quite yet. Either that or Kevin wasn't making any sense, which wouldn't be entirely surprising.

"You gonna invite me in?"

"Why not?" I opened the door wider and motioned him in, figuring it was the only way I'd get to the bottom of his unannounced visit.

"These are for you. I'm apologizing and shit. They probably need some water." Kevin shoved the wilting bouquet into my arms. He slipped off his black sneakers, then strode past me and took a leaping jump over the back of my couch. His bare feet landed smack dab on the center cushion, soon followed by his behind on the bounce. "Don't suppose you have a beer in your fridge?"

Same old Kevin, I thought, deciding to keep my irritation in check for the moment. I popped the top on a Corona and handed it to him, then opened one for myself and curled up into my old leather wingback chair on the opposite side of the coffee table.

One beer and fifteen minutes later I got the story: Kevin had come to apologize. More like plead for reconciliation. His mother and sisters had told him he was the biggest idiot in Sonoma County for letting me walk out of his life and, by his own admission, Kev thought they might be right. Would I please, please consider going out with him again. He promised he'd do better. Be more considerate. Besides, he had a good job now, driving for Nowalk Transportation, so he'd be able to afford to treat me the way I deserved to be treated. Like a queen...a beautiful queen. He was turning over a new leaf...

"Enough, already," I interrupted, finding a contrite and complimentary Kevin way out of character for the man I knew. I was now glad I had the foresight to choose the chair, rather than the couch, to ensure the conversation stayed a conversation rather than take any sudden romantic turns. "Why did we break up, Kev? Do you even remember?"

"Well, you broke up with me. I didn't break up with you." Kevin's voice sounded childishly adamant, as if breaking up had never entered

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