Promise Cove (A Pelican Pointe Novel Book 1) (223 page)

H
e
leaned
over
s
o
only
she
could
hea
r
.
“
I
f
they
’
re a
n
y
thi
n
g
l
i
ke
what
I
’
ve
sampled
alread
y
,
I
’
d
s
a
y
I
’
ve
hit
the l
o
t
t
e
r
y
.
B
ut
m
a
ybe
y
ou
should
limit
a
few
of
th
os
e
s
e
r
v
ic
e
s
t
o
only
m
e
.
”

“
Oh,
I p
l
an
on
i
t
,
M
r
.
H
a
r
r
i
s.
Y
ou
’
re
on
our
ve
r
y
spe
c
i
a
l
g
u
e
st
l
i
s
t
.
”

That night, Nick
was restless. Even with the pain pills, she noted that he woke up several times in a cold sweat just as he had earlier that afternoon. It seemed to Jordan that whatever was bothering him was so painful it even affected his subconscious. Lightly, she touched his face.

He jerked with a start.

W
hen
she
s
a
w
h
i
s
e
y
e
s
pop
open,
she
moaned
s
of
t
l
y
,
“T
h
at
i
s
n
’t
e
xa
c
tly
the
rea
c
tion
I
w
as
ho
p
i
n
g
fo
r
.
”

“
J
or
d
an
.
”
H
e
drew
in
a
breath,
let
it
slowly
e
s
cap
e
.
“
I
…
I
w
as
dreami
n
g
.
”

“
I
k
n
o
w
.
L
et
m
e
mak
e
i
t
bet
t
e
r
.
”
S
he
r
os
e
u
p
o
n
one
elbo
w
,
leaned
in
t
o
him
and
put
her
mouth
on
h
i
s
li
p
s,
drew in
h
i
s
b
o
t
t
om
li
p
,
t
u
gged.
S
he
p
l
aced
a
hand
on
h
i
s
s
t
omach and
s
k
immed
her
w
a
y
lowe
r
.
S
he
t
ook
him
in
her
hand.
H
e
w
as
alread
y
hard.

H
e
ra
is
ed
one
bro
w
.
“
Y
ou
w
ant
t
o
fool
around…now?”

“
I
w
a
s
s
e
r
io
usl
y
con
s
ide
r
i
n
g
i
t
.
B
u
t…i
f
y
ou
’
r
e
i
n
t
o
o
muc
h
pai
n
..
.
”

H
e
rolled
over
her
w
ith
the
pu
r
p
os
e
of
endi
n
g
up
on
t
o
p
.
I
ns
t
ead,
he
g
r
a
bbed
at
h
i
s
w
r
i
s
t
,
g
roani
n
g
at
the
hu
r
t
and immed
i
a
t
ely
rolled
off
of
he
r
.

“
Be
care
f
ul,
y
ou’
l
l
cau
s
e
y
our
sti
t
ch
e
s
t
o
open
u
p
.
”
P
a
tti
n
g
h
i
s
ch
e
s
t
,
she
prodded
p
l
a
y
f
u
l
l
y
,
“
L
oo
k
s
l
i
ke
I
’
l
l
h
a
ve
t
o do
a
l
l the
wor
k
.
”

H
is
li
p
s
c
u
r
ved
d
e
s
p
i
t
e
the
in
t
en
s
e
pain
in
h
i
s
w
r
i
s
t
.
“
I
prom
is
e
I
’
l
l
mak
e
i
t
u
p
t
o
y
o
u
.
”

“
I
k
now
y
ou
w
il
l
,
”
she
rea
s
oned.
“
B
ut
unt
i
l
y
ou
’
re
a hundred
percen
t
,
I
’
d
s
a
y
it
’
s
a
l
l
on
me
,
”
she
prom
is
e
d,
as
she s
k
il
l
f
u
l
ly
be
g
an
t
o
work
her
w
a
y
do
w
n
h
i
s
bod
y
.