Waiting for You (A Contemporary Romance Novel) by Strom Abigail

Author:Strom, Abigail [Strom, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
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Publisher: Abigail Strom
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Mark accepted his decision with good grace, even though it meant hiring a temporary mechanic. “Maybe the trip will do you good,” he said. “Help you clear your head a little.”

His family was harder to convince, but eventually they agreed that taking a few months to see the country might not be a bad thing.

Mark was on board, his family was on board—and taking a long motorcycle trip had always been a dream of his.

So why was he having second thoughts?

Not because of Angie and Paul. He wasn’t looking forward to the visit but he was committed to it, and it wasn’t the prospect of talking about Dan that had him pacing his living room two nights before he was supposed to leave.

It was Erin.

He couldn’t get her out of his head. And after an hour of prowling around his apartment, he finally admitted the truth.

He was going to miss her.

If anyone else had come by the other night, he would have been pissed. He hated when people tried to take care of him.

But he hadn’t been pissed at Erin. Not even when she pushed him to talk about Dan.

He felt comfortable around her. Or at least he did until the tipping point he reached every time they were together—the point when he couldn’t tamp down his desire anymore, and he lost his ability to think about anything else.

He wouldn’t act on it. When Erin finally gave herself to a man, she deserved at least the possibility of happily ever after.

But he wasn’t sure he could stand to be around when that happened.

So it was good that he was clearing out for a while. Better for him and for Erin.

Even if he was going to miss her like crazy.

He dropped onto his couch and pulled out his cell phone.

“Hey,” he said when Erin answered. “I know we’re going to dinner tomorrow, but what are you doing before that? Do you want to spend the day with me?”

“What about your family? Won’t they want to see you before you leave?”

“No, we did the whole goodbye thing today. So what do you say?”

“Well…I guess so. What do you want to do?”

He hadn’t even thought that far. All he knew was that he wanted to spend as much time as possible with Erin before he left. “What about a picnic by the lake? The weather’s supposed to be good.”

“That sounds nice. I can pack a basket and—”

“No, I don’t want you to do any work. I’ll be in charge of lunch.”

“Really?” She sounded skeptical, and he laughed.

“I won’t let you go hungry.”

“All right, then. What time should we meet?”

“I’ll pick you up at one o’clock.”

“I’ll be ready.”

He flipped the phone closed, and flipped it open again to call Allison. “When’s the last time I asked you for a favor?”

“I think it was twenty-two years ago. You asked me to take care of your pet frog while you were at summer camp.”

“So I’m due, right?”

“Depends on the favor.”

“I need a picnic lunch for tomorrow.

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