Page 34 of Reckless With You

I washed between my legs and was quick about it. There would be no accidental clit touching.

There were rules about that.

At least, in my head.

I’d officially lost my mind. I wasn’t sure if it had started before I professed my love to Tobey or after.

Who knew? I was over it all.

I hated the fact that Tobey had made me cry. That he had made me fall into myself and treated me like someone he didn’t know.

I didn’t know what would happen next with him, but what had happened to us already was a little concerning. While it was my fault in some ways, he had pushed me away, too. And I didn’t know how we could come back from that. Or if we ever would.

I shrugged, trying to ignore the ache in my belly, and quickly pulled on my winter clothes, chilled even though I had the heat on blast.

But that’s what happened when a cold snap hit Denver, and you were a landscape architect.

You had to double up on clothing and pray that things would work out well in the greenhouse.

Thankfully, I had a lot of paperwork to do today and a few meetings. Maybe if I were lucky, things would work out well, and I wouldn’t have to be outside for too long. I loved the outdoors more than most anything in my life, but it was way too cold for that today.

There were reasons for thecolder than a witch’s titsaying, and I was grateful that I had worn two tanks under my Henley. Because, dear God. Apparently, it wasn’t Tucker making my nipples hard, it was the breeze. See? I could laugh about it now. Not that I actually planned to tell him about that at all. I wasn’t even sure I could face him with that kind of dream in my mind.

Silk scarves around my wrists? No, thank you. Claustrophobia much?

I grinned and shook my head, heading to work, trying to think about everything I had to do today.

Since it was the slow season, I was working alone most days, even though I had summer staff when needed. My brothers and Tobey helped out when they could. And that made me think of my former best friend again, and it hurt.

The fact that I had used the wordformerin my head?

Well, that was new.

I was so done worrying about my inept feelings. I wanted to focus on the good. My family was great, I had some amazing friends, and I’d had an incredible dream.

Okay, I was so not going to focus on that.

I went straight to work, finishing up two early meetings with people that I would eventually add as clients thanks to some wonderful referrals.

I couldn’t wait for spring. That way, I could really get dirty and get things done. But the planning stages needed to be done, too, just like when it was hot as hell during the summer and things didn’t want to grow because they were too shocked. I also had to deal with that.

By the time lunch rolled around, I was hungry and in desperate need of coffee.

I also had to get my things ready for a meeting with Erin and Zoey, since we were all working together on an upcoming wedding.

Erin was an amazing cake decorator, and Zoey was a florist.

I didn’t always work with them when it came to weddings, but sometimes, we offered package deals because while Zoey worked with the flowers, outdoor weddings needed my special touch.

The fact that I could work with my two best friends made my job a little bit better.

And as if I had conjured them out of thin air, they walked in, both grinning from ear to ear.

“Hey there,” I said, opening my arms as I gave them each a hug. I tried not to think about the last time I had seen them or what we had talked about: them setting me up on a date. It wasn’t their fault that they wanted to help me get over Tobey. I wasn’t sure if I could.

I hated that murky area between things that didn’t make sense. But I was going to figure it all out.

I just had to remember to be happy.