Stars and Stripes (Holidate Series Book 4) by S.N. Moor

Author:S.N. Moor [Moor, S.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-08-09T16:00:00+00:00

Dinner comes and goes and we all hang out in the hot tub for a little or cuddle on the huge chairs. After a while, Jax stands up and asks me to go on a walk with him, so I do. It’s dark except for the moonlight, which is fairly bright and almost a full moon. We can’t have flashlights on the beach after nine because turtles are still coming up to nest on the beach, and if there are bright lights, it may confuse them.

He’s silent for a while.

I don’t know why he invited me on the walk or what he wants to talk about, so I wait for him. With him, you don’t push. When he’s ready, he will speak.

We continue walking for several more minutes, then he reaches out and grabs my hand and interlaces his fingers in between mine. Still no words.

I’m dying to ask what’s going on, what’s been on his mind all day. Last night. Does he regret last night? Does he not? I want to tell him he shouldn’t, but I also don’t want to pretend like I know what happened. Something did, but I’m not sure. The only thing I know is that I can’t push.

“I love you,” he says, so quiet that it almost sounds like the waves washing back out.

“I love you, too.”

He stops walking and pulls me into him, dropping my hand and cupping my cheeks. “I love you so much, Everlee. I hope you know that.”

“I do, babe. What’s-” going on? What’s wrong? What happen last night? These are all the questions I want to ask, but can’t. So I just kiss him. I wrap my arms around his neck and he lifts me into his arms. My ankles lock around his back as my heels dig into his ass. The kiss is deep. Intense. Passionate. Full of emotion.

He pulls out of the kiss and presses his forehead to mine. “I…” He hesitates, then stares at something in the distance.

“What?” I whisper, feeling the hairs on the back of my neck start to rise.

He slowly sets me back on the sand and grabs my hand, strolling up the beach.

“What?” I whisper, looking off in the distance. There’s something large moving, and my heart starts to race.

He pulls me in front of him and wraps his arms around my waist and holds me there.

About fifteen feet in front of us is a sea turtle. She’s huge. At least three or four hundred pounds, and she’s digging a hole in the sand to lay her eggs.

I’m in complete awe because I’ve never seen it happened before. We stand there for a while, watching her, then slowly slink to a sitting position. Jax positions me between his legs and continues to hold me, never breaking his grip on me.

The turtle continues to work the sand forever, digging down deeper and deeper. She hovers for a moment, then paddles the sand back into the hole.

She laid her eggs.

I turn to look up at Jax, the moonlight causing his eyes to sparkle as he looks down at me and smiles.

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