Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (92 page)

Watching two good
-looking men perform physical labor had its benefits. Over the next couple of days no one enjoyed Nick and Ben’s playful nature and wicked sense of humor more than Jordan. The two worked together like a well-oiled machine. They installed conduit, ran wiring, put in a new breaker box, and replaced old, outdated connectors. When the electricity had to be turned off for the work to be completed, Jordan coordinated the cooking and baking with Ben, who promised they’d all get to take hot showers right on schedule.

Despi
t
e
J
or
d
a
n
’
s
pleadi
n
g
,
Ben
had
o
p
t
ed
t
o
sleep
on
N
ic
k
’
s
old
g
reen
couch,
n
o
t
in
the
s
o
ft
bed
in
one
of
the
g
uest
rooms.
W
h
y
,
she
could
n
’t
s
a
y
for
ce
r
t
ain,
only
that
she thought
it
had
somethi
n
g
t
o
do
w
ith
keepi
n
g
her
repu
t
a
t
ion s
t
erli
n
g
as
a
y
ou
n
g
w
idow
w
ith
a
b
a
by
who
lived
alone
and
a
w
a
y
f
rom
t
o
w
n.
Little
did
b
o
th
men
k
now
there
w
a
s
n
’t
a thi
n
g
they
could
rea
l
ly
do
t
o
pr
e
vent
the
t
o
w
n
f
rom
ta
l
k
i
n
g
a
bout
her
a
n
yw
a
y
,
nor
f
rom
the
ugly
r
umo
r
s
she
w
as
ce
r
t
ain
S
is
s
y
deligh
t
ed
in
spreadi
n
g.

J
or
d
an
had
t
r
ied
t
o
reason
w
ith
b
o
th
me
n
.
There
w
as
no one
around
t
o
k
now
what
e
xactly
she
did
out
here
m
i
les
a
w
a
y
f
rom
a
n
y
on
e
.
And
as
prop
r
ie
t
or
of
a
bed
and
breakfast
there
w
as
e
ve
r
y
chanc
e
a
si
ngl
e
ma
n
woul
d
happe
n
alo
n
g
on
e
d
a
y in
the
ve
r
y
near
f
u
t
ure
and
w
ant
a
room
in
her
coas
t
al
B
&
B
.
The
fact
that
she
would
e
a
gerly
t
a
ke
money
f
rom
a
male
g
u
e
s
t
,
a
st
r
a
n
ge
r
,
ha
d
neithe
r
ma
n
cha
n
gi
n
g
h
i
s
mind
.
N
or
did
they
give
an
inch.
E
ven
though
she
thought
their
s
t
ance r
a
ther
sil
l
y
,
it
w
as
also
ve
r
y
s
wee
t
.
Both
men
seemed
t
o
genuinely
care
a
bout
her
we
l
l-bei
n
g.

The
fi
r
st
night
on
the
sofa,
Ben
had
gone
t
o
bed
around
t
en-thi
r
t
y
.
H
e
’
d
been
fast
asleep
when
around
two
o
’
cloc
k
,
h
e
’
d
hear
d
a
n
o
is
e
.
S
i
t
t
i
n
g
st
r
aigh
t
u
p
,
i
t
ha
d
ta
ke
n
hi
m
s
e
ve
r
al
minu
t
es
t
o
realize
where
he
w
as.
H
e
heard
g
roani
n
g.
I
t
t
ook him
a
few
more
minu
t
es
t
o
realize
the
n
o
ise
w
as
comi
n
g
f
rom
somewhere
behind
hi
m
.
T
h
e
only
thi
n
g
behind
him
w
as
N
ic
k
’
s
bed,
so
he
s
wu
n
g
his
legs
t
o
the
s
ide
and
caught movement
t
o
his
lef
t
.
S
t
andi
n
g
up
in
n
o
thi
n
g
but
his
b
r
ie
f
s, he
caught
a
glim
p
se
of
N
ick
j
u
st
in
time
t
o
see
him
r
un
in
t
o the
bathroo
m
.
The
door
s
l
ammed
shut
and
Ben
heard
re
t
chi
n
g.
H
e
s
t
ood
where
he
w
as
unt
i
l
the
door
opened
ag
ai
n
.
“
Y
ou
ok
a
y
,
N
ick?”

“Sor
r
y
, did
n
’t mean
t
o
w
a
ke
y
ou. Go back
t
o slee
p
.
”

“
Y
o
u
w
ann
a
t
a
l
k
a
b
ou
t
i
t
.
”

“
N
o
.
”

And
tha
t
ha
d
bee
n
th
e
en
d
o
f
tha
t
.
N
ic
k
ha
d
re
f
u
s
e
d
t
o
ta
l
k
t
o
hi
m
.
And
l
i
ke
a
n
y
budd
y
,
Ben
let
it
g
o
.