Total pages in book: 17
Estimated words: 15962 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 15962 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
Adele sighed and sat back on her heels. “You really want to know?”
“Yeah, I do.”
“I didn’t want to see it,” Adele said.
“What? Why?”
“You saw Hank. He was this amazing guy. He was smart, funny, and of course wealthy, and our parents liked him.” She shrugged. “Also, I don’t know, I kind of liked him too.”
“You married the guy and you only kind of liked him.”
“I … we … okay, it was … I thought I might be pregnant with his kid. That’s why we ended up tying the knot, and in all honesty, I regretted it the moment we, you know, did it.”
“What?” This was news to her.
“Yeah, and trust me, the day after we got married, my cycle started. How is that for Karma?” Adele blew out a breath. “Anyway, enough about Hank and me. It doesn’t matter anymore anyway. I never fell in love with him, but I did know what he was doing. When I realized I was just setting myself up for misery and the truth was at the end of the day, when he wanted to have sex, and I couldn’t stand the thought of him touching me because of the women he’d been with that day, I knew it was over. I bided my time, got the evidence, and all of that is history you know about. Let’s not talk about me. What about you and Maverick?”
Freya sighed. “You’re not mad?”
“Why would I be mad?”
“You did date him first.”
Adele laughed. “I don’t know if you could call what Maverick and I were, dating. I mean, we hung out, and we had some fun. He was a parents’ worst nightmare, and I wanted to scare Mom and Dad. I was young, and, well, now I’m not. Also, he’s not had the best of time in recent years. You and him, I bet you’re awesome together.”
She took a deep breath. “He’s really great.” She couldn’t help but smile.
“You see, that right there, that smile, that … feeling, I’ve never felt that with anyone,” Adele said.
“I, ugh, I think I might be in love with Maverick, and it’s crazy because we’ve only been seeing each other a month, and we’ve been kind of sneaking around.”
“Well, maybe it is time for you to stop sneaking, and to let everyone else who already knows see that you’re both together. Also, bring him around for dinner with the parentals, that will be a fun day.”
****
Maverick was not having the best of days. First, he woke up with a migraine that didn’t ease at any point, and resulted in him taking a couple of painkillers that eventually numbed the pain long enough for him to work. One of the part-time students nearly exploded a damn car because he’d been too hungover to focus.
He had to deal with several irate customers, as well as a delivery of car parts that was all wrong, and then of course he had to cancel his lunch date with Freya, which pissed him off. On his bad days, knowing he was going to see his woman got him through the day. He didn’t mind that they were keeping their relationship a secret. He was already aware that the town knew about them, and he’d gladly wait for Freya to be ready.
By the end of the day, he was more than ready to close shop, go home, and enjoy an ice-cold beer. The heat hadn’t helped either. He was just heading toward the back of his office when her voice stopped him.
“Having a bad day?” Freya asked.
She rarely visited him at the shop, just as he didn’t go to the DIY store. This was her way of keeping their relationship low-key.
“It was, but it has just gotten a lot better.”
The smile on her face lit up his whole world. He took a step toward her, then another, but remembered they were out in the open, so doing anything more was out of the question.
Freya frowned and he waited.
“Fuck this,” she said, and he got his hands out in time to catch her as he pulled her in close and then took possession of her lips. She tasted so good.
All too soon, he realized they were out in the open, in his mechanic store, where anyone could see them.
“Freya?”
“I don’t care,” she said. “The whole town knows anyway, right? Why try to hide what they already know?”
Well, he did have that argument with himself, but now that she’d spoken those words for him, he didn’t see a reason to argue with her.
Taking possession of her mouth, he kissed her harder, and then he had no choice but to pull away.
“I need to close up.”
“I’ll come with.” She slid her hand into his, and he felt like he was pussy-whipped, because he loved it.
He walked with her into his office, and then closed the door. Maverick knew he should close the shop and take her back home, but he’d had such a bad day.