The One Who Stays by Blake Toni

Author:Blake, Toni
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2019-07-29T16:00:00+00:00

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TIME. IT WASN’T on his side in this particular moment, but when else would he get the chance to be back in the attic? So use it wisely. Shoving the blue canning pot back onto the shelf it had come from, he scanned the area, hoping to catch sight of more books, or boxes labeled that way. Of course, maybe that made no sense—to think a book he’d hidden would end up in the attic, a place he’d never been when he was here before. But when he thought through all the variables, he still concluded it could be anywhere. Or nowhere.

Keeping one eye on the entrance where Meg could pop up anytime as she had a few hours ago, he did his best to quickly rifle through things without messing them up. Some boxes contained old bric-a-brac, empty picture frames, Christmas ornaments. Another old papers, folders, maybe from Meg’s school days. He succeeded in finding another box of books, but they were more in the church hymnal and Sunday school study line. He looked quickly through them just the same, but of course didn’t find the volume he sought. Damn it.

Letting out a sigh, he dropped the lid back on the box. And disliked himself for a second, for all this damn searching through this woman’s home.

A victimless crime, though. Most of his crimes hadn’t been that way, so by that standard, this was nothing.

The heat between them was downright palpable. He’d never dreamed making lilac water with someone could be so sexy—and he gave a soft chuckle thinking that making it with Meg had been a damn sight different than with his grandma. He’d never imagined standing over a pot together would be so tempting. But something about him and Meg together...just being with her brought out that side of him.

Of course, some would argue all women did, that it was just how he was put together. Was there something different about this one? Hell. He didn’t know, and it wasn’t like him to over-examine such things. And this was a bad time for it anyway.

A glance back toward the square of light that opened down into the second floor hallway made him decide it was time to go, not get caught here again looking through her belongings. He quietly descended the drop-down ladder, then folded it back up into the ceiling, feeling better for being back out in the open.

The house lay still and quiet—no sound from below. Maybe she was still outside.

And so it made sense to just head back downstairs—if she was outside, it would be good to have her find him back in the kitchen when she returned.

But maybe it wouldn’t hurt to take just one quick glance into one particular room.

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