Page 33 of Crossroads of Love

“Oh, you didn’t? I waved when I passed you.”

“It’s been a long day.”

“Let me buy you lunch,” he offers.

“No, no thanks. I have errands to run.”

I scurry to my car, trying to get my heart rate back to normal.

Where in the hell did he come from? Why is he always everywhere without me realizing it until he scares the shit out of me?

I steer my car toward the farm, looking at the clock. I still have a few hours before I pick Jayla up from school.

Shit, it looks like it’s going to rain.

At the same time, my phone buzzes with a thunderstorm warning notification. Of course, it is definitely in line with the emotions coursing through me.

Here’s to hoping that Gavin isn’t at the farm and that I can get in and get out. After that kiss, I don’t know that I can hold back.

When I pull up to the farm, I see the shiny Maserati in the driveway, like it’s laughing at me.

”I have to give him props, Henry. I thought he would have ditched already.”

When I walk into the house, I find Gavin sitting at the kitchen table, staring out the back door. He doesn’t even notice me.

I put the letter down in front of him. He quickly glances up at me.

“You left before Michael could give it to you. Henry left us letters.”

“Thanks,” he replies gruffly.

“You’re welcome, sir,” I say sarcastically as I curtsy to add to the effect.

I roll my eyes and grab some of the plastic containers off the kitchen counter.

Heaven forbid the ladies at church not get their good Tupperware back. It might cost me the next election.

He’s still staring out the back window as if he didn’t just blow up my entire world with his kiss and his words.

I can’t stand the thought of him pretending I’m the bad person here.

“You know, you’re an asshole. I mean that wholeheartedly.”

“I thought I was a bastard,” he retorts.

“You’re that, too. I honestly can’t encompass all the nasty things I believe you to be in just a few sentences. You have a lot of damn nerve lying like that.”

“I didn’t lie.”

“Listen, I don’t know what happened between you and Henry. It’s none of my business. Aaron knew you and I had a fling, and he didn’t care. So your excuse of why you stayed away from Hicks Creek and your family is straight bullshit.”

“He knew?”

“Yes, when he and I started dating again, I told him. We told each other everything, Gavin. He was my husband.”

Well, that’s a partial lie.I told Aaron everything, and he told me lies.

“He didn’t…he wasn’t…”

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