“Did you just walk out of the committee meeting?”she demanded.
“I had to get back to the restaurant.”
“The one you’re not at right now?That restaurant?”
He sank onto the couch.“Mom, I don’t want to talk about this.”
“But Bryan?—”
“I’m fine.Mom, I’ve got to go.”He hung up the phone and turned it off for good measure.
The house felt too quiet.He’d let himself hope.That was the real mistake.He’d let himself imagine that someone like Cassidy Wren might want to build a life in a town like Starlight Shores with a man like him.
But she’d been right that first day they met.He was just a guy trying to hold onto the past while the world moved forward without him.
And she was always meant for bigger things than this small town could offer.
