Page 75 of Connected By Stars
“Hey Sara, it’s good to see you. I want to thank you again for coming to the wedding with me, although it seems like it was meant to be,” I say, eyeing her and Logan.
Sara blushes and smiles at Logan. “Yeah, we’ve kind of been inseparable since the wedding.”
“I hope there isn’t any hard feelings, Mav. I would never have taken Bell out if I knew you two had feelings for each other.”
“No hard feelings at all. I probably need to apologize to you, though. Sometime over the years, my protectiveness over Bell became more like jealousy, and I took it out on you. Sorry that you unintentionally stepped in the middle of all of that.”
“All’s forgiven. It worked out the way it was meant to,” he winks at Sara, causing her to blush some more. “I’m going to go check out the new surfboards that just came in.” Logan motions to the back of the store.
“I’ll be back in a sec. I want to talk to Mav real quick.”
Logan looks at me and grins. “Just so you know, I do have feelings for this one, so my jealousy will come out if you make a move.”
Laughing, I hold up my hands. “Sara is all yours, I promise. I just left Bell this morning, and she’s enough for me.”
He walks away laughing, and I swear I hear Sara sigh. Grinning, I arch my eyebrows at her. “Somebody has it bad,” I tease.
“You’re one to talk,” she laughs. “But yeah, I do have it bad. I’ve never felt this way before about anyone.”
“I’m happy for you. You deserve happiness, and Logan’s agood guy, from what Bell’s said. This could be your prince,” I tell her, grinning.
“I think he is,” she whispers, watching him in the back as he looks over the boards. “So,” she says, turning back to me, “I take it things with Bella are going good too? Leaving her this morning, eh?”
“Things are going real good,” I say, grinning again. I haven’t been able to stop smiling since I got to work.
“All your parts are working perfectly fine, I take it?” She tries to suppress a laugh and fails.
“You’re never going to let me live that down are you? But yes, if you must know, my parts are working better than fine. Like fucking fantastically fine.”
“Good to know because if she’s waited all these years for you only to be disappointed in that area, it would be a travesty.”
“Trust me, she’s not at all disappointed. In fact, she’s probably counting the hours right now until I can satisfy her again. I know I am.”
She shakes her head, laughing. “We are quite the pair. It's funny how things work and lead us to where we’re meant to be. Have you told Noah yet?”
I frown and shake my head. “No, they left early the next morning after their wedding and will be gone for two weeks. We plan on telling them as soon as they get back. My sister found out, though.”
“How did Sophia take it?”
“Better than I thought, considering she almost walked in on me buried inside her best friend seconds before she opened the door.”
She gives a small laugh. “I bet that was a fun conversation.”
“Wasn’t up there with the most comfortable moment, but she took it better than expected after she realized how muchfeelings were involved and letting me know that she’ll never forgive me if I hurt Bell.”
“And will you? Hurt her?”
Sighing, I run my hands through my hair. “I did have a freak-out moment the next morning, and we both got hurt in the process, but if anything, it showed me how much she means to me and that not having her in my life isn’t an option anymore. Once I felt my walls go down and let myself feel for her, I think it’s safe to say that she’s the only one that holds the power to hurt anyone.”
“It’s hard to put yourself out there,” she says softly.
“More like fucking terrifying,” I say, laughing softly.
“If she wasn’t your person, you wouldn’t be feeling like this. On the other side of fear is your happy ever after. Trust me, she’s just as scared.” She looks at Logan, and I can tell she’s struggling with it too. Turning back to me, she smiles. “You just have to push through it and trust in each other. The greatest love stories are worth it. Just look at Noah and Emma.”
“Before you start singing and my store is filled with forest creatures, you need to walk your Disney butt back over to Logan.”
Laughing, she looks at me with amusement. “I expect a wedding invitation. I feel like I had a huge part in this relationship and need to see it all the way through.”
