Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (248 page)

H
e
reached
for
her
then,
mol
d
i
n
g
her
body
t
o
his
and
k
issed
her
w
ith
e
ve
r
ythi
n
g
he
had.

“
Y
ou
’
re
cho
k
i
n
g
me
,
”
N
ick
s
n
apped,
as
Ben
L
a
tham
fi
r
st tigh
t
ened,
and
then
st
r
aigh
t
ened
the
b
l
ack
tie
around the
co
l
l
ar
of
N
ic
k
’
s
s
t
arched
whi
t
e
dr
e
s
s
shi
r
t
.

A
s
b
e
st
man,
Ben
b
r
ushed
off
the
shoulde
r
s
of
the
b
l
ack
t
u
x
edo
N
ick
wore
and
t
old
him,
“
B
uck
u
p
.
Y
ou
do
n
’t
w
ant
y
our
tie
comi
n
g
undone
du
r
i
n
g
the
ceremo
n
y
.
”

“
A
s
if.
I
t
fee
l
s
l
i
ke
y
ou
’
re
t
y
i
n
g
a
no
os
e
around
m
y
nec
k
.
”

“
I
s
tha
t
a
f
i
g
ure
of
speech,
or
s
ome
code
the
b
e
st
man
i
s supp
o
s
ed
t
o
reco
g
nize
for
‘
I
’
m
get
t
i
n
g
cold
fee
t
,
plea
s
e
get me
the
he
l
l
out
of
here?’
W
ant
me
t
o
r
un
in
t
e
r
ference
wh
i
le
y
ou
make
a
break
for
it?”
Ben
asked
in
mock
t
one,
as
he
t
ook
N
ick
by
the
shoulde
r
s
and
t
u
r
ned
him
around
t
o
face
the
f
u
l
l-le
n
g
th
mi
r
ror
on
the
door
in
the
s
t
udio
apa
r
tment
where, hou
r
s
earlie
r
,
the
g
roo
m
’
s
pa
r
t
y
had
been
rele
g
at
ed
t
o
fend for
them
s
elv
e
s.

“
N
o
.
I
’
d
j
u
s
t
l
i
k
e
t
o
h
a
v
e
enoug
h
ai
r
lef
t
in
m
y
lu
n
g
s
t
o s
a
y
‘
I
d
o
’
when
the
time
com
e
s
that
’
s
a
l
l
.
”

“
B
i
t
ch
and
moan,
b
i
t
ch
and
moan.
Y
ou
fi
na
l
ly
f
i
nd
a beauti
f
ul
woman
wh
o
’
s
w
il
li
n
g
t
o
s
et
a
s
ide
y
our
s
ordid
past
lo
n
g
enoug
h
t
o
ma
r
r
y
y
o
u
an
d
a
l
l
y
o
u
d
o
i
s
b
i
t
ch.
W
ho
s
a
y
s there
are
no
miracl
e
s
left
in
the
world?”

“
I
can
al
w
a
y
s
get
an
o
ther
b
e
st
man,
w
is
e
a
s
s
.
”

“
A
h,
but
I
keep
y
ou
on
y
our
t
o
e
s.
W
h
y
’
d
b
o
th
of
y
ou de
c
ide
t
o
cha
n
ge
the
name
of
th
i
s
p
l
ace
a
n
y
w
a
y?
I
s
a
w
the new
s
i
g
n
out
f
ron
t
.
P
rom
i
s
e
C
ove
Bed
&
B
rea
k
fas
t
.
H
as
a nice
r
i
n
g
t
o
i
t
.
”
J
ust
then,
Ben
t
ook
out
an
e
n
velope
f
rom
the in
s
ide
breast
pocket
of
h
i
s
own
t
u
x
ed
o
.
“
B
y
the
w
a
y
…
”

“
A
w
w
,
y
ou
g
o
t
me
a
g
ift
ce
r
tifica
te
.
I
’
m
t
ouched
.
”
N
ick said
a
bs
entl
y
,
as
he
at
t
em
p
t
ed
t
o
f
l
uff
s
ome
s
t
yle
in
t
o
h
i
s
st
il
l-
lo
n
g
hai
r
w
it
h
h
i
s
f
in
ge
r
s.

“
N
o
t
e
xa
c
tl
y
.
Somethi
n
g
Sc
o
t
t
g
a
ve
me
a
couple
of wee
k
s
before
he
died.
A
t
least
I
think
that
’
s
when
he
w
r
o
t
e
i
t
.
A
l
l
I
remember
i
s
he
g
a
ve
th
i
s
t
o
me
sho
r
tly
before
he,
y
ou
k
no
w
,
t
o
g
ive
t
o
y
ou
should
a
n
y
thi
n
g
happen
t
o
him
and
he did
n
’t
make
it
bac
k
.
I
put
it
in
m
y
gea
r
,
forg
o
t
a
l
l
a
bout
i
t
.
S
he
r
yl came
a
c
r
os
s
the
e
n
velope
the
o
ther
d
a
y
g
o
i
n
g
through
s
ome of
m
y
s
t
uff
I
brough
t
bac
k
f
ro
m
I
r
aq
.
”