Total pages in book: 146
Estimated words: 138588 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 693(@200wpm)___ 554(@250wpm)___ 462(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 138588 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 693(@200wpm)___ 554(@250wpm)___ 462(@300wpm)
Sabrina felt a smile cross her face. “It’s almost one.”
Nell Flanders and Holly Burke were with the younger kids for lunch so Sabrina could have an hour of admin time. Will and Bobby almost always went home for lunch, but they’d brown bagged it today and were helping Del with the older kids.
“Yeah, I missed that, too.” Elisa put her hat down on the desk and took the seat in front of Sabrina’s desk. “It’s been a day. I’m sorry I didn’t come get you myself.”
Sabrina sat back. “No, you sicced Dad on me. Or did you mean to sic him on Wyatt and Sawyer?”
Elisa’s brows rose. “Did I need to sic him on Wyatt and Sawyer? He wouldn’t tell me anything beyond you were safe and you had dinner with him and Cass last night. And he told me the electricity problem you went up to complain about isn’t Sawyer’s fault.”
It was good to know Mel Hughes didn’t simply report back to his bio daughter. He was the dad she’d always longed for. Even if he was a little weird. “Don’t tell me it’s an alien.”
“He says ghost,” her sister countered. “Apparently Dad also believes in the afterworld.”
Sabrina groaned. “It doesn’t matter. Sawyer’s agreed to pay Hale to fix it.”
Elisa nodded. “I’ll let him know.” She went quiet for a moment. “What happened? Don’t give me the BS you did on the phone.”
She’d spent a good part of the day trying to decide how to handle her sister. She’d talked around things during their brief phone call. She’d discussed the situation with Wyatt, who’d told her he’d back however she wanted to play it.
She didn’t want to play.
“It was the most amazing weekend of my life.”
Elisa took a long breath and seemed to decide on how to proceed. “So you slept with them.”
It was surprisingly easy to tell her the truth. “I did. It was amazing and I’m okay. We talked, too. We spent real quality time together. They’re amazing men.”
“You know about…” Elisa began.
She needed to stop her sister before they got too far along. “I know about Wyatt’s childhood. I know he grew up in a world we can’t imagine, and Sawyer was the one who got him out. Not directly, but Sawyer’s time with the Horde affected Wyatt on a base level. He taught Wyatt how to value himself enough to leave.”
“I haven’t heard the full story, but then it’s not like Sawyer talks a lot,” Elisa admitted. “I think I’ve had one conversation with him, and it didn’t include a bunch of words. It was mostly nods and grunts. So you’re with them now?”
“I am with Wyatt. Sawyer was a lovely weekend, but we’re not a good match.” She rather thought they were. When she was around Sawyer talked more, opened himself up. But she couldn’t force him to see that she was good for him. She knew damn well Wyatt was good for her. He made her smile, made her look forward to something besides work. She liked how he was embracing the world. He’d told her he was going to the library to pick up a copy of Twilight so he could feel closer to Bella. She was looking forward to discussing sparkle vampires with him.
He was adorable and sexy, and he made excellent brownies.
And that thing he did with his tongue…
“Are you sure you want to make decisions based on one weekend?” Elisa asked, her brow furrowing.
“How long did you need with Van and Hale?” Her sister was being a hypocrite. She pretty much met her men and started seeing them exclusively. She had two boyfriends roughly two days after she’d hit town. Sabrina had taken months to find her men.
Though she hadn’t actually gotten both of them.
Would she mourn Sawyer forever?
The truth of the matter was she should be grateful Sawyer hadn’t put up a fuss about her dating Wyatt. It was obvious the men of Bliss took their partnerships seriously, but Sawyer had simply nodded and wished them well.
Had the rejection hurt Wyatt’s feelings, too? Would he mourn the loss of Sawyer?
Sabrina shook the idea off. Wyatt knew what he wanted. It wasn’t like Wyatt and Sawyer wouldn’t be friends. Wyatt still lived with the man and probably would for a long time. They were going to take it slow.
Unlike her sister.
“It was like a week.” Elisa sighed. “As long as he makes you happy, I’ll be happy.”
“Are you sure?” She wanted to make a couple of things clear to her sister. “I know you’ve worked almost all your life in some kind of position of authority.”
“And I’m marrying two guys with really interesting histories.” Elisa’s lips curled up, and she got the secret smile she always had when she was thinking of Van and Hale. “Van’s parents carted him all over the country. We’re pretty sure he was accepted into two actual cults. No formal schooling until he was an adult. He’s been arrested a couple of times. Hale’s not exactly what I would call a people person… Huh. When I think about it we kind of shop at the same store, sis.”