He gave her a wink and then turned and walked away.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

THE NEXT WEEK was a flurry of activities for Bryce as she prepared for her trip to Boston. She’d made her family aware she was leaving town so they could plan accordingly, since she wouldn’t be there to help them out at the café. When she’d told them that Kaegan had hired her as his real-estate broker and that she would be traveling to Boston with him, they’d merely nodded and told her that was nice of him to hire her and for her to have a nice trip. Neither her parents nor her brothers seemed concerned that after all this time of disliking each other, she and Kaegan would be taking a trip together.

She was the one who’d begun questioning if taking the job had been the right thing for her to do. Then there was what had happened Saturday. Surprisingly, she had no regrets about that night, mainly because she had needed him in a bad way. Taking care of her physical needs for once had been the best thing she could have done and her body was loving her for it. She felt rejuvenated, invigorated and recharged. Kaegan had been so keen to her needs, and if anyone would have told her she was capable of having multiple climaxes the way she had, she would not have believed them.

At the moment, she recalled his parting words when she’d left his place. Did he think after Saturday night she would develop an appetite for him? If so, he would be disappointed. She’d gone four years without being sexually active with a man and could go another four.

If anyone wondered why she was in such a good mood and smiling a lot, they hadn’t inquired about it. When Kaegan had walked into the café Monday morning with Ray and Sawyer, her heart had begun thumping like crazy in her chest the moment their eyes met. She had read that we-share-a-secret look and knowing they did share one had made every cell in her body sizzle. They might be one-and-done, but they’d made enough sexual memories Saturday night to last a lifetime.

He had called Tuesday night to give her flight information and to say he would be flying to Boston a day early for a business meeting. Someone would be picking her up from the airport to deliver her to the hotel. He would like her to tour several vacant facilities and then have dinner with him and Eric Tolbert, the man who would give them insight as to places of interest on the harbor. She was excited about the prospect of meeting Mr. Tolbert and appreciated Kaegan believing in her abilities to handle this aspect of his business.

In a way she was glad he would be leaving the cove a day earlier than she would. Ever since that day they’d returned to the dock late after making that side trip to Eagle Bend Inlet, rumors had begun flying around town about them finally getting back together. She found that odd, since they hadn’t been seen around town together. And whenever he came into the café, she didn’t talk to him any more now than she had before. Nor had he visited her at her home, and she hadn’t been back to his. Because Kaegan lived in the bayou and not in town, she doubted anyone knew she’d spent the night at his place Saturday night. Still, she knew there were those watching her with romantic minds, including her own parents, although they hadn’t said a word.