Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (104 page)

And
felt
n
o
thi
n
g.
O
k
a
y
,
so
he
could
n
’t
ve
r
y
we
l
l
b
l
ame his
non in
t
erest
on
I
raq.

The
woman,
howeve
r
,
had
no
idea
what
he
w
as
thin
k
i
n
g and
leaned sedu
c
tively
in
t
o him.
T
w
irli
n
g her
hair
w
ith a fi
n
ger
and
lic
k
i
n
g
her
red
li
p
s,
she
man
a
ged,
“
Y
ou
’
re
N
ick
the new
g
uy
in
t
o
w
n,
the
one
that
r
id
e
s
that
b
ig-assed
H
arle
y
, are
n
’t
y
ou?”

N
ic
k
leane
d
ou
t
o
f
he
r
ra
n
g
e
an
d
d
raine
d
h
i
s
bee
r.
“
T
h
a
t
’
s
m
e
.
”

“
I
’
m
S
is
s
y
.
The
banke
r
’
s
m
y
d
add
y
.
And
j
u
st
so
y
ou
k
no
w
,
tha
t
jo
b
y
ou
’
v
e
g
o
t
i
s
n
’
t
g
o
i
n
g
t
o
l
a
s
t
muc
h
lo
n
ge
r
.
The
little
w
idow
w
il
l
never
be
a
ble
t
o
t
u
r
n
that
r
undown
house
in
t
o a
n
ythi
n
g
but
spare
lumbe
r
.
”

I
f
he
w
as
n
’t
in
ter
e
sted
before,
he
r
high-
p
itched
v
o
ice
ende
d
a
n
y
and
a
l
l
hope
,
e
spe
c
ia
l
ly
th
e
nas
t
y
b
ite
in
her
to
n
e.
“
I
s
tha
t
r
ight?
A
n
d
d
o
you
get
tha
t
f
i
r
sthand
info
r
mation
f
rom
y
ou
r
daddy?”

“
Amo
n
g
othe
r
s
.
”
S
he
s
t
uck
out
her
chest
in
his
direction
ag
ain
and
a
l
l
but
pu
r
red
out
e
ve
r
y
word,
“
I
’
ve
j
u
st
been d
y
i
n
g
t
o
go
for
a
lo
n
g
r
ide―on
a
H
arle
y
.
”

“
Ma
ybe
some
other
time,
I
w
as
j
u
st
a
bout
t
o
head
ou
t
.
”

Reco
g
nizi
n
g
a
rebuff,
S
i
s
s
y
did
n
’t
t
a
ke
k
indly
t
o
bei
n
g put
off.
“
D
o
n
’t
t
e
l
l
me
y
ou
’
re
more
in
t
er
e
s
t
ed
in
that
p
r
i
s
s
y
J
or
d
an.
I
went
t
o
high
school
w
ith
Sc
o
t
t
,
g
rade
school
t
o
o
. And
if
he
were
here,
Sc
o
t
t
would
t
e
l
l
y
ou
fi
r
sthan
d
y
o
u
do
n
’t
k
now
what
y
ou
’
re
m
iss
i
n
g
.
”
Sedu
c
tivel
y
,
she
licked
those thick
r
uby
li
p
s
a
g
ain.
“
Y
ou
can
bet
I
’
m
so
much
more
i
n
ventive
than
that
bo
r
i
n
g
little
housewife
e
ver
could
b
e
.
And
I
do
n
’
t
h
a
v
e
a
n
y
b
r
at
ty
k
i
d
s
t
o
ge
t
i
n
th
e
w
a
y
.
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
lif
e
is pretty
much
a
s
c
rewed
up
m
e
ss,
t
o
o
.
”

N
o
w
tha
t
j
u
s
t
p
i
ss
e
d
hi
m
of
f
.
A
n
d
N
ick
w
a
s
pret
t
y
sure
wha
t
Sc
o
tt
woul
d
s
a
y
if
h
e
wer
e
her
e.
I
n
fa
c
t
,
N
ick
could
alm
o
s
t
hea
r
Sc
o
tt
’
s
v
o
ice
t
e
l
l
i
ng
hi
m
to
r
u
n
th
e
o
the
r
w
a
y
, l
i
k
e
m
a
yb
e
bac
k
to
T
h
e
C
ove
an
d
bac
k
to
J
or
d
a
n.
“
L
ad
y
, y
o
u
do
n
’t
e
ve
n
k
no
w
m
e.
W
h
y
woul
d
y
o
u
s
a
y
suc
h
a
thi
ng ab
ou
t
J
or
dan?”