The Lucky Heart by Devney Perry

The Lucky Heart by Devney Perry

Author:Devney Perry [Perry, Devney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: A Jamison Valley Series Novel
Publisher: Devney Perry
Published: 2017-09-10T04:00:00+00:00


“What brings you to Montana, Pax?” Silas asked.

We were all standing around his island drinking a beer after Silas had returned from his lap through the pasture to check on the cows. The thirty minutes that he had been gone, Paxon and I had waited together. Awkwardly. He’d walked around Silas’s home, checking it out while I’d sat on the couch and stared at the blank TV. At first, I’d tried to make small talk but all of the questions that I’d asked were returned with grunts and muted “Uh-huhs,” so I’d finally given up.

Damn me for not driving my car here tonight. I desperately wanted to escape.

“I discharged last month,” Paxon said. “Then went home to LA for a bit but it was too loud. Lots of chaos, and I needed to be somewhere quieter.”

“Understood.” Silas’s tone spoke volumes. He’d said that he’d had a rough couple of years after he’d first come home so I figured Paxon was going through that as well. If he needed quiet, he’d come to the right place. Prescott was about as opposite from Los Angeles as he could get.

“How long are you here for?”

Paxon grinned. “Depends on how long it takes you to kick me out.”

“Stay as long as you want,” Silas said immediately. “Where are you staying?”

Paxon tipped his head toward Silas’s couch. “Care if I crash there for a night or two?”

“It’s all yours, man. For as long as you need.”

“Thanks. I appreciate it. Got any work around here you need help with?”

Silas huffed. “More than enough. If you feel like pitching in, I’d be grateful.”

“You got it,” Paxon said, then turned to me. “What about you, Felicity? Are you helping out too?”

I hated the way he sneered my name. It took every ounce of willpower not to sneer his in return. I opened my mouth to answer his question—nicely—but Silas stepped closer to my side and threw an arm around my shoulders, answering Paxon first. “She is. Tonight she helped me pull a calf.”

Paxon glared at Silas’s hand clamped on my bicep, but smiled when he looked back at Silas. “It will be fun to reminisce. Talk about old times. Remember that time we were on leave in Seattle and you hooked up with that bartender? That was an awesome trip. What was her name again?”

I flinched and Silas’s arm banded tight. Ouch. I wasn’t sure what hurt worse, hearing that Silas had come to Seattle and hadn’t bothered to look me up or that Silas had come to Seattle and had sex with another woman.

The latter. Definitely.

I hated thinking about Silas with other women. He hadn’t stayed celibate during our years apart; neither had I. But the mental picture of the man I loved with anyone else was not easy to see.

And thanks to Paxon, that image was now front and center. “Asshole,” I muttered.

Paxon opened his mouth, but Silas shut him up with a menacing “Pax.” They glared at each other for a minute until Pax finally lifted up his hands, giving in.



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