Now or Never by Victoria Denault

Author:Victoria Denault
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2019-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

12

Winnie

How does a man turn me on just by eating food? Holy crap, watching him devour that roll and throw back his beer is the most sensual thing I’ve seen in my life. My attraction to him is rising to undeniable levels and it’s starting to make me panic. I can’t do this right now—not with him. I’m still so upside down emotionally and in my life in general.

I get up, under the guise of getting us another beer, but really I just need to not be so close to him. If I stay on that bench seat, right next to him, I will lose the ability to control myself and end up kissing him again. And I won’t stop at kissing. Jesus, how am I supposed to spend the night here with him a few feet away?

“Can I help myself?” I point to the fridge and holding up my empty beer bottle.

He gives me that seductive smirk he seems to have perfected in adulthood. “You can help yourself to whatever you want, Winona.”

That spark of desire in my belly turns into a fire licking its way through my veins. I should probably drop all the blankets and jackets I’m swaddled in and go back to the house so I can cool off. Instead, I open the fridge and pray the cool air will keep my cheeks from turning red. I pull out the beers and when the door swings closed it ruffles some papers on the counter. My eyes glance over, to make sure nothing fell, and the words catch my eye. The first page, in Holden’s neat handwriting, is a list of names. Right Renos. East Coast Renovations. Coastal Homes. New Old Homes.

I pick it up and walk over to hand him his beer. Holden sees the paper in my hand and looks uncomfortable. He stands up and reaches for it instead of the beer. “You don’t need to see that.”

“What is it?”

“I’m brainstorming,” he mumbles and folds the paper and shoves it in the back pocket of his jeans. “Company names. I have to file the paperwork to officially register my business and I’m trying to figure out what to call it.”

“Hendricks Homes,” I say simply because it’s a no-brainer if you ask me, but he just shrugs. “Seriously? It’s the perfect name.”

He finally takes the beer from me and twists off the cap. “Nah. I think I’m leaning toward Coastal Homes or Coastal Renos. What do you think?”

I twist the cap off my own beer and take a slow sip before answering. “I think that’s shit.”

Those wolflike eyes flare and he looks almost wounded. I decide to soften my approach. “What’s wrong with your name? It’s your business.”

He takes a long, slow breath and his expression darkens. “Because when people in this town hear Holden Hendricks they think That’s a trustworthy guy I want in my house? That’s what you think, right?”

He is being sarcastic and my face flushes but this time, hormones have nothing to do with it.

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