Not Until You by Valerie M. Bodden

Author:Valerie M. Bodden [Bodden, Valerie M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Clean & Wholesome, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Action & Adventure, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty, Hope Springs Series
Publisher: Valerie Bodden
Published: 2019-05-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Nate fastened the last button of his shirt and tucked it into the waist of his jeans. He couldn’t figure out exactly how he’d let himself get talked into the concert. It was the last place he wanted to go, the last place he told himself he’d ever go again. But when Violet had asked, the yes had come out in a nanosecond. In the few weeks that had passed since their trip to Barney and Gladys’s, something had shifted between him and Violet―in a good way. That night, as he’d clutched her hand after his nightmare and she’d shared her own horrifying dreams, they’d forged a connection.

Since then, they’d stopped pretending that they weren’t seeking each other out. They spent nearly every evening together, and he’d taken her out for dinner to celebrate when she sold the hutch a week after they picked it up. It was only pizza, but still―it was something. He’d been spending more time with her friends, too. He couldn’t deny that it felt good to finally belong somewhere again. The last time he’d had that feeling was with his band.

Nate shoved the memory away. He couldn’t let himself dwell on his lost dreams tonight.

Tony followed at Nate’s feet as he padded into the kitchen. He gave the dog a scoop of food and waited absently for him to eat it. His eyes fell on the saucer from Barney and Gladys’s china set that Violet had compelled him to take. He had told her to keep the whole set, but she’d insisted that he take at least one piece because Gladys had wanted them to share it.

He hadn’t mentioned that Gladys also wanted them to share more―a life together―since she didn’t seem to have picked up on that part of Gladys’s ploy. Or if she had, she had pretended not to. As had he. In the end, he’d agreed to take one saucer because he’d figured if her set were permanently one tiny plate short, it would be no great loss.

And if they did happen to reunite the set someday―

Tony nudged Nate’s hand with his cold nose, pulling Nate out of his daydreams before they could go too far.

“Okay, buddy.” Nate locked Tony in his kennel. “I’ll probably be home late tonight. So no parties.” Nate almost bit his tongue as the words came out. They were exactly the same words his parents had said to him every time they went out. And he had always obeyed. Until that last night. When he hadn’t.

Nate shoved a hand through his hair but then immediately tried to smooth it down.

The knock at the door made him jump, and in spite of himself, his heart picked up speed. It shouldn’t react this way to a concert with a friend. But apparently no one had told it that.

Nate threw a treat into Tony’s kennel and crossed to the door. He took two deep breaths before opening it.

But the sight on the other side stole those breaths right back.

Violet was wearing a flowing blue dress that hung longer on the sides than in the front and back.

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