St. Helena Vineyard Series: Out of the Fire (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Healing Hearts Duet Book 1) by Casey Hagen

Author:Casey Hagen [Hagen, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

Bellamy rushed to get dressed before Shane arrived. After last night, she thought it best to see him with full body armor.

Maybe she should look into a chastity belt.

Not that she had chastity to protect anymore but, holy hell, every last part of her wanted to rub up on him like a cat.

She was pretty sure the very idea was ill-advised at best.

He was leaving again. Did she really need a repeat performance? How many nights had she cried herself to sleep when he left the last time? Hundreds probably. He’d told her about the college in L.A., and then two days later he was gone.

At least he admitted his selfishness. It was better than an apology. Admitting his faults meant maybe he wouldn’t repeat them. On her. Or anyone.

It worked out perfectly that she had plans to volunteer at the St. Paws Animal Rescue that morning and then meet Cameron and Val for lunch at The Chatter Shack. The soonest she’d be around him for any length of time would be this afternoon.

Maybe she could visit his dad at the hospital and kill some of that time, too.

But not because she was scared.

Absolutely not.

She just didn’t trust her hormones and heart to not overtake her common sense and send her running straight back into heartache.

She had just smoothed her hair into a ponytail when she heard the doorbell. She grabbed her purse on the way to open the door.

“Hey,” she said, pulling the door open and stepping aside to let him in.

“Hi, Bell. You heading out?”

There it was again, the nickname he’d called her all through high school. She didn’t know what to make of him calling her that. It was like he was ready to slide right back into who they were, with no mention of whether she was who he really wanted—or who he wanted for right now.

He had a life seven hours away from St. Helena. She wouldn’t ask him to change it, and she wanted nothing to do with L.A.

She was safe here in St. Helena. She had roots and friends. And when it came down to it, if she never found the right man for herself and never had a family of her own, she at least had the people of St. Helena, the family she’d chosen.

“Yeah, I’ve got plans. You probably won’t see me until late afternoon, if that.” She fumbled for her keys in her purse. “You know what? If I don’t make it home before you’re done, don’t worry about locking up. No one ever bothers the place anyway.” She started past him, but he reached for her arm and stopped her.

“Hey, I know what you’re doing,” he said, tugging her to him and dropping his forehead to hers.

She breathed him in just once before she pulled away. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m not doing anything. I have plans and I’m busy.”

His hand dropped to hers, where he interlaced their fingers. “You’re scared.”

“I am not,” she said, her head held high.

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