Puffin Island Series Complete Collection--First Time in Forever\Playing by the Greek's Rules\Some Kind of Wonderful\One Enchanted Moment by Sarah Morgan

Author:Sarah Morgan [Sarah, Morgan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488095511
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Zach lounged on the deck, nursing a whiskey. The chair was tilted back, his legs resting on the top of the railing, as he stared at the ocean and listened to the plaintive cry of the seagulls. The water churned and boiled, lashing the rocks at the far side of the bay. The sky was black and angry. It suited his mood perfectly.

“You’re drinking Jack Daniels, which makes me think you’ve had a hell of a day. Nursing spoiled rich folk?” Philip’s voice came from behind him and Zach turned.

“I flew a bunch of bankers up to Moosehead Lake. They’re white-water rafting on the Kennebec River, staying up there tonight and I’m flying them back tomorrow. That’s if they don’t drown in the meantime.”

“You’ll lose money if they drown.”

“No I won’t. I made them pay in advance.” He swung his legs down. “I’m guessing you don’t want whiskey, but there’s beer in the fridge. Help yourself.”

Philip did that and joined him. “I heard you saw Brittany.”

Zach watched as a couple of seagulls swooped low over the bay. “I’m not even going to ask how you know that.”

“Hard to keep anything a secret around here. Rumor has it the two of you drove off together looking cozy.” Philip pulled on a sweater and Zach frowned.

“Are you cold? Do you want to go inside?”

“No. I want to spend some time looking at the ocean, something I don’t do often enough seeing as I live right by it. Don’t fuss. Celia does enough of that.”

Celia was Philip’s wife and had been for thirty-five years.

It humbled Zach. He couldn’t imagine the level of trust and connection that came along with spending that length of time with another person. It was something he’d never experienced. And he knew that was his fault. A psychologist might have said it was because his trust had been betrayed at a young age, but Zach couldn’t remember ever trusting anyone. Especially not psychologists.

“You’re mistaking me with someone else. I don’t care what happens to you.”

Philip grinned and rested his feet on the splintered railing where Zach’s had been a moment earlier. “That’s right, you’re just a big, tough guy with no feelings. I keep forgetting. My bad. On the other hand you’re out here drinking whiskey, which means you’re not as relaxed as you’re pretending. Want to talk about it?”

“No.”

“You never do.” Philip took a mouthful of beer. “Bound to unsettle a man, though, seeing his ex-wife. I’ve known Brittany her whole life. She always was a little firecracker.”

“Is this conversation going somewhere?”

“Just saying she used to be a hell of a girl.”

“Your point being?”

“You haven’t seen her in ten years.”

“I know when I last saw her.”

She’d been asleep, her hair trespassing on to his pillow, her lips still curved in the smile he’d put there the night before.

He hadn’t hung around to see what her face looked like when he’d wiped the smile away. Making women hate him was his special gift.

“It’s a long time to not see a person.

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