Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon Sala

Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon Sala

Author:Sharon Sala
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2020-05-29T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter 11

“There’s my girl,” Jack said as Hope pulled into the park. “I am so ready to sit down,” he added, and headed toward her with Duke beside him.

But as soon as Jack reached the car and opened the passenger side door, he saw the exhaustion on Hope’s face.

“Oh, Hope, honey…you look exhausted. I’m driving home.”

“I won’t argue,” she said. “It was a hectic shift in the ER.”

She got out and gladly took the front passenger seat as Jack held the door. Working and pregnancy were really pulling her down.

Duke got in the back seat, then tapped his brother on the shoulder.

“Would you please drive me by Cathy’s house before we leave? I want to check on her.”

“Sure,” Jack said, and headed toward Cherry Street, while Hope reclined the passenger seat and closed her eyes.

It only took a few minutes to get to Cathy’s house, and when Jack pulled up in the drive and parked, Duke got out.

“I won’t be long.”

“Take your time,” Hope said. “I’m off my feet, and that’s all that matters.”

“Same here,” Jack said.

Duke’s heart was pounding as he headed for the house. He’d never been scared for a woman’s life before. At least not that he could remember. It was a feeling he didn’t know how to process. All he knew was that seeing her made him happy, and when he left her, she was all he thought about. If that was love, he was so deep in it he was drowning.

And then he reached the door and knocked.

* * *

Cathy was washing up at the kitchen sink when she heard a knock at the door. She grabbed a towel to dry her hands and went to answer it, expecting it to be more fallout from the coyote incident. But the moment she opened the door, Duke stepped over the threshold, wrapped his arms around her, and just held her.

Cathy sighed. It appeared that he knew what had happened, and who was she to turn down a hug like this?

All the worry Duke had been feeling settled the moment she was in his arms. He went from the hug to a kiss, and when her arms slid around his neck and she leaned into the kiss, he groaned and finally pulled back.

“This isn’t a stopping point,” he said. “Consider this moment on pause.”

Cathy’s lips were tingling from the passion of the kiss, and her heart was pounding. Someday soon they were going to make love. They had to, or she was going to die from the want of it.

Duke cupped her face, then brushed one last kiss across her lips.

“Hope and Jack are in the car waiting for me, but I couldn’t leave town without seeing you. I needed to make sure you were okay and to remind you about our lunch tomorrow.”

“I’m not about to forget anything to do with you,” she said softly.

Duke sighed, then leaned down until their foreheads were touching. “You are something special, girl. See you tomorrow around eleven thirty. I’ll come by and pick you up, okay?”

“Yes, very okay,” Cathy said.



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