I dart across the black-and-white checkered floor and climb into our booth-the one we were sitting in before Daddy called Mommy it still has our dishes on the table-just in time to see the taillights of Daddy’s truck disappear.
Holding my breath, I climb the steps and push as hard as I can against the diner door, the jangle of the bell ringing in my ears. The truck door makes a loud bang as I swing it tight. Turning, I see his hand wiping at something on his cheek before he gives me a wink and a smile. “Reesie,” Daddy calls out as my red shoes hit the sidewalk. Stifling back a sob, I slide along the old bench seat and push the heavy old Ford truck door open. “Remember that Daddy loves you, baby girl. He squeezes his eyes shut and I’m afraid I just made him really angry, but. “I need you to go back inside, sit down in our booth, and ask that nice waitress for another piece of that pecan pie you like so much,” he says slowly, evenly. It’s that serious one that makes my bottom lip wobble. why?” I whine, casting wary eyes at the truck-stop diner, empty but for a man with a Santa beard.ĭaddy rests his hand on the steering wheel and turns his body to face me. “Go on, now,” he urges, his gruff voice cracking. He’s had it since he walked back from the pay phone. I’ve never seen that look on Daddy’s face before. The only problem is, he likes trouble, especially when it’s so good-looking… Excerpt She’s the boss’s stepdaughter and it’s been made very clear that office romances are grounds for dismissal. If Ben truly were a smart guy, he’d stay clear of Reese. The one he hasn’t stopped thinking about.
After three long years of balancing law school with his job as a bouncer at Penny’s Palace, he’s ready to lead a more mature life-until his first day of work, when he finds himself in the office of that crazy, hot chick he met in Cancun. Luckily Ben has brains to go with his knockout looks and magnetism. Blown knee that kills any hope of a professional football career? So not part of the plan. Thank God she can get on a plane and leave that mistake behind her.įootball scholarship and frat parties with hot chicks? Part of charmer Ben Morris’s plan. She moves to Miami with the intention of hitting reset on her irresponsible life, and she does quite well…aside from an epically humiliating one-night stand in Cancun with a hot blond bouncer named Ben. So when her impulsive, short-lived marriage ends in heartbreak, she decides it’s time for a change. Purple-haired, sharp-tongued Reese MacKay knows all about making the wrong choice she’s made plenty of them in her twenty-odd-years.
Read Ben’s side of the Ten Tiny Breaths story in this romantic coming of age novel by the beloved, top-selling indie author praised for her “likeable characters, steamy liaisons, and surprising plot twists” ( Kirkus Reviews). Sometimes you can’t change-and sometimes you just don’t want to.
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