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“He never gave it to me,” I said. “He chickened out and broke up instead.”
“Ouch.”
With a nod, I said, “Years of ouch. I mean, I got over him. I married another guy.”
Knox’s gaze leapt to my bare ring finger.
“Divorced him, thank you.”
“But now you’re picking up where you left off.”
“No. Just spending time together while I’m here.”
“He doesn’t like me much,” Knox said.
“I don’t think he knows you much, does he?”
He shook his head. “He’s not the friendliest guy. Holden’s the friendly one of the Henrys. Seth was standoffish at first but he’s gotten better. It’s true what they say about being an outsider in a small town. It’s a little rough.”
“Cash thinks you’re interested in me.”
Knox’s brows shot up. “You and I hit it off about writing.”
“That’s what I told him.”
“My last relationship ended up going off the rails. I’m not interested in anyone romantically. You can tell him that if it helps.”
“I already told him there were no vibes from you. I think he’s gotten better about it.” Mostly because he’d spent the past couple of nights in my bed.
“I hope so.” He said it with a lot more conviction than I’d expect, and I tilted my head at him. “I don’t like having enemies,” he said. “You might be leaving, but he and I will be stuck together in this not-so-big town.”
I grinned. “I think you’ll be fine. He’s more bark than bite these days. Anyway, I should get to the list of things I was supposed to do last night, before Aron stole my attention. And you need to send me your chapters of the new book so we can brainstorm.”
“I’ll do that.”
“I might be a little slow, what with my interview that I really need to get my head around.”
“I’m in no rush at all, Ava. I appreciate that you offered.”
I stood. “Enjoy your view, and congrats again on the house.”
After we said our goodbyes, I headed toward the cottage, Cash battling with the inn for space in my mind, and I couldn’t help noticing that, once again, California seemed a long way away. If all else failed, I’d spend tomorrow night at my little LA apartment getting my head back in the game. I had to or I’d be kissing my dream goodbye.
Chapter18
Cash
My mood was flying high when I got done with work Friday night. I was on my way to see Ava, who’d gotten back in town earlier this evening and was supposed to be waiting for me. But that was only half of it.
I’d driven to work today, something I rarely did when the weather was nice, all so I could get to her faster once we got Henry’s shut down for the night. If my time with her was limited—and it was severely—I wasn’t going to waste it walking or running all the way out to her place.
I pulled up next to her aunt’s beast of a truck, and my body heated at the knowledge that she’d driven that truck to the airport, so its presence verified she was back. When I knocked on the door, though, there was no answer. I grabbed my phone from my jeans pocket.
Where are you, gorgeous?
Her reply came almost immediately, giving me hope that she’d been waiting for me. We’d made a deal that we wouldn’t communicate while she was in LA. She’d be busy and I’d be busy, and I didn’t know if she felt the same, but I was a little concerned that we’d been gettingtooclose.
Docks, handsome.
