Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (123 page)

“
Y
o
u
h
a
v
e
e
ve
r
y
r
igh
t
t
o
fee
l
tha
t
w
a
y.
”
H
e
t
u
r
ne
d
her
t
o
fac
e
hi
m
.
H
e
r
hea
d
fe
l
l
bac
k
o
n
h
i
s
shoulde
r
.
H
e
inhaled
th
e
f
r
a
g
ranc
e
o
f
he
r
hai
r
an
d
sm
e
l
le
d
v
an
il
l
a
.
W
h
e
n
he
looke
d
do
w
n
he
r
b
i
g
bro
w
n
e
y
e
s
locke
d
o
n
h
i
s
.
“
I
’
m
s
o
r
r
y
. I
did
n
’
t
k
n
o
w
.
”

“
Of
cou
r
s
e,
y
ou
did
n
’
t
.
”

The
urge
t
o
k
is
s
her
ove
r
whelmed
hi
m
.
B
ut
the
minu
t
e
he leaned
in,
she
suddenly
g
o
t
up
and
w
a
l
k
ed
over
t
o
the
en
t
er
t
ainment
cen
t
e
r
,
and
be
g
an
fl
ip
p
i
n
g
throug
h
a
s
t
ac
k
o
f
C
D
s in
the
dr
a
wer
unt
i
l
she
found
the
one
she
w
an
t
ed.
“
I
h
a
ve
a
C
D
I
bought
a
couple
of
months
a
g
o
.
”
S
he
slid
the
d
i
sk
in
t
o the
s
t
ere
o
.
T
eddy
Thom
p
s
o
n
’
s
l
i
l
t
i
n
g
v
o
ice
f
il
led
the
roo
m
.
H
i
s
haun
t
i
n
g
,
mo
v
i
n
g
melod
y
,
C
hang
e
o
f
H
e
a
r
t
,
d
r
if
t
ed
f
rom the
speake
r
s.
S
he
held
out
her
hand.
“
D
ance
w
ith
me,
N
ic
k
.
”

N
ick
sucked
in
a
breath,
g
o
t
u
p
,
and
cl
o
s
ed
the
d
i
s
t
ance
t
o
where
she
s
t
ood.
H
e
slip
p
ed
h
i
s
a
r
ms
around
her
and
they be
g
an
t
o
move
slowl
y
.
I
ns
t
in
c
tivel
y
,
he
brought
her
a
r
ms
up
t
o
drape
around
h
i
s
nec
k
,
wh
i
le
h
i
s
g
a
thered
her
in
cl
o
s
e
r
.

F
eeli
n
g
h
i
s
han
d
s
on
her
had
her
hea
r
t
ra
c
i
n
g
as
it
had
n
’t in
t
wo
y
ea
r
s.
N
ick
holdi
n
g
her
l
i
ke
th
i
s,
t
ouchi
n
g
her
l
i
ke th
i
s
s
eemed…
s
o
r
igh
t
.
S
he
fo
l
lowed
h
i
s
lead
around
the room
as
they
c
ircled
the
floor
in
each
o
the
r
’
s
a
r
ms.
T
h
e
beat cha
n
ged
slightly
and
he
let
go
lo
n
g
enough
t
o
dip
her
t
o
the
s
ide
and
then
back
ag
ain
before
dr
a
w
i
n
g
her
e
ven
cl
o
s
er
than befor
e
.
H
e brought
one
of
her
c
l
asped
han
d
s
t
o h
i
s mouth, and
gently
p
l
aced
a
k
i
s
s
ther
e
.
T
h
e
s
o
n
g
shif
t
ed
t
o
T
ou
c
hing
H
ome
.
They
be
g
an
mo
v
i
n
g
ag
ain,
one
t
r
ip
around
the
room, then
an
o
the
r
,
body
t
o
bod
y
.

J
or
d
an
d
anced,
e
y
e
s
cl
o
s
ed,
in
a
drea
m
y
fo
g
.
Bei
n
g
held in
h
i
s
a
r
ms
felt
l
i
ke
he
a
ve
n
.
S
he
im
a
g
ined
them
stre
t
ched
out
t
ogethe
r
,
her
s
nuggli
n
g
up
t
o
him
in
bed
as
they
l
a
y
s
ide
by
s
id
e
.
I
f
she
moved
j
u
st
s
o
,
leaned
in
t
o
him
a
little
mor
e
…
S
he nu
z
zled
her
head
in
t
o
h
i
s
nec
k
.