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“Okay.” She started to step back, but he tightened his arms around her waist.

“Whatever we decide to do, what’s important to me is that I get to see you again tomorrow.”

He loved the way she smiled as she nodded. “Me too.”

He brought one hand up to cup the back of her head. “Can I kiss you?”

She chuckled. “I was wondering how long it’d take you to get around to it.”

He laughed with her. “I’m out of practice with this whole dating thing.”

“That’s okay, I am too.”

He lowered his head, and she rolled up on her tiptoes to meet him. He brushed his lips over hers once, twice, three times. Until now, that was all he’d allowed himself. When she shivered in his arms, he was done holding back. He took the kiss deeper, and she opened up to him. Her arms came up around his shoulders, and he tightened his around her waist. What started out slow and gentle soon grew more passionate. He felt as though the connection they shared deepened with every moment that passed. The rest of the world faded away. All that remained was the woman in his arms, and the feeling that she belonged there.

Chapter Fourteen

After breakfast on Saturday morning, Sadie tidied the kitchen while she waited for her dad to get ready. She told him that she would be fine in the garden center – they both knew that Tilly and Parker would be able to tell her what to do. But it was obvious that he was itching to get out there himself, showing Sadie the ropes was just his excuse.

She grabbed her phone from the counter when it rang and smiled when she saw Josh’s name on the display.

“Good morning, sweetheart. How are you?”

“I’m good. How are you doing? How’s Grandpa?”

“Everything’s fine here. I’m doing great, and Grandpa is, too. I’m going to help out in the garden center today, and he’s going to join me for a while – show me what I need to do.”

Josh laughed. “You mean he’s back on his feet and wanting to get back to work?”

“I do. He’s doing better.”

“That’s good. What about you? How are you doing?”

“I’m doing great. I really am. How about you?”

“Yeah, everything’s fine here. I was just thinking about you, so I wanted to check in. Have you heard anything from Dad?”

“Not a peep. Have you?”

“I have. He called last night; he was trying to get information from me about you.”

Sadie scowled. “That’s not fair! If he wants to know anything about me, he should call me. Not put you in the middle.”

Josh laughed. “That’s what I told him. The thing is, I think he’s going to file for divorce. He was going on about how you just walked out.”

Sadie was so surprised that she made a few sputtering noises before she could actually speak. “He said that?”

“He did.”

“Wow!”

“You’re too polite, you know, Mom. There are much worse and much more appropriate things you should be saying right about now.”

“Honestly, Josh? I don’t know what to say.”

If it were up to her, she might never have told him what she’d seen – what his father had been up to when she walked in on him in his office with Adrienne. It made her feel a little guilty, but she would be forever grateful to Trevor, one of the plumbers. He’d seen her as she was leaving the office, and she’d told him what she’d seen. He’d quit on the spot and had taken it on himself to call Josh and tell him exactly what was going on.

Josh’s next words brought her back to the moment. “Then I’ll tell you what to say. You’re going to say,Damn! What an asshole! I’m going to drop whatever I’m doing today, and find myself a lawyer, and file before he can.”

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