Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (201 page)

L
oo
k
i
n
g
up
in
h
i
s
e
y
e
s,
she
wh
i
spered,
“
I
’
m
s
o
g
l
ad
y
ou
’
re
here,
N
ic
k
.
”

“
A
re
y
ou?”
H
e
put
h
i
s
han
d
s
on
her
w
a
i
s
t
,
drew
her
in
t
o hi
m
.
W
ith
h
i
s
body
he
backed
her
out
of
the
b
a
b
y
’
s
room,
out in
t
o
the
d
ark
ha
l
l
w
a
y
,
bent
h
i
s
head,
found
her
mout
h
.

A
c
ti
ng
o
n
ins
t
in
c
t
,
sh
e
sucke
d
i
n
h
i
s
t
o
n
g
u
e.
G
lo
r
io
u
s
hea
t
,
we
t
an
d
wonde
rf
ul
,
s
p
i
k
e
d
be
t
wee
n
the
m
.
S
h
e
melde
d
in
to
h
i
s
t
au
t
ch
e
s
t
.
B
u
t
j
u
s
t
whe
n
thi
n
g
s
s
t
a
r
t
e
d
hea
ti
ng
u
p
fo
r
he
r
,
onc
e
ag
ain
,
N
ic
k
ende
d
th
e
ki
s
s
,
bac
k
i
ng
a
w
a
y
.
I
n
th
e
d
ar
k
ha
l
l
w
a
y
,
sh
e
heard
,
r
athe
r
tha
n
s
a
w
,
h
i
s
sha
r
p
in
t
ak
e
o
f
breat
h
.

“
I
’
ve
g
o
t
t
o
g
o
.
”

H
e
s
t
a
r
t
ed
the
move
past
he
r
,
but
she
g
r
a
bbed
h
i
s
hand.
“
N
o
t
th
i
s
time,
N
ic
k
.
”

H
e
shook
h
i
s
head.
“
I
ca
n
’
t
.
”
H
e
s
a
w
J
or
d
an
s
w
a
l
low hard,
s
a
w
the
r
e
je
c
tion
in
her
e
y
e
s.
“
I
t
i
s
n
’t
y
ou
.
”

T
ired
of
the
rebuf
f
s,
she
re
t
o
r
t
ed,
“
Oh,
really?
Y
ou
could h
a
ve
fooled
m
e
.
I
’
m
tired
of
ma
k
i
n
g
an
a
s
s
out
of
m
y
s
elf
w
ith
y
ou.
I
j
u
st
do
n
’t
get
y
ou,
N
ic
k
.
One
minu
t
e
y
ou
’
re
the
e
p
itome
of
s
edu
c
tion,
the
next
y
ou
p
l
a
y
de
v
i
l
’
s
advoca
te
.
A
re
y
ou pu
r
p
os
e
f
u
l
ly
t
r
y
i
n
g
t
o
be
mean,
s
endi
n
g
me
s
o
ma
n
y
m
i
x
ed
s
i
g
na
l
s
?
W
h
e
n
i
t
ge
ts
r
i
gh
t
do
wn
t
o
i
t
,
y
o
u
ob
v
io
u
sl
y
are
n
’t
tha
t
att
r
a
c
t
e
d
t
o
m
e
.
”

“
A
r
e
y
o
u
nu
t
s?
Y
ou
’
r
e
th
e
m
o
s
t
beau
t
i
f
u
l
woma
n
I
’
ve
e
ve
r
k
no
w
n
.
”
H
e
ra
n
a
han
d
throug
h
h
i
s
hai
r
an
d
realized i
t
w
as
n
’
t
j
u
s
t
a
lin
e
.
“
I
’
d
lov
e
n
o
thi
n
g
mor
e
tha
n
t
o
t
a
ke
y
o
u
t
o
bed
,
mak
e
lov
e
w
it
h
y
ou
.
Do
n
’
t
y
o
u
ge
t
it
?
I
t
t
a
k
e
s
e
ve
r
y
s
i
n
g
l
e
ce
l
l
I
h
a
v
e
in
s
id
e
me
,
n
o
t
to
.
I
’
m
n
o
t
ready
t
o
b
e
a
su
b
sti
t
u
t
e
for―
”
H
e
’
d
alm
o
s
t
sai
d
Sc
o
t
t
.
“
Y
our
h
usband
.
”
T
her
e
h
e
’
d
sai
d
i
t
.
“
Y
o
u
do
n
’
t
thin
k
I
s
aw
y
our
fac
e
t
onigh
t
whe
n
w
e
g
o
t
t
o
th
e
r
e
s
t
au
r
an
t
.
S
t
an
d
there
an
d
t
e
l
l
m
e
y
o
u
were
n
’
t
thin
k
i
n
g
a
b
ou
t
an
o
the
r
time,
an
o
the
r
p
l
ac
e
…
w
it
h
hi
m
.
”