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Ash was on pins and needles for the weekend to arrive. It didn’t help that Trent had asked him to finish up some financial statements that week, and Ash had had to put aside thinking about Violet to finish the job. Trent had seemed to sense that Ash’s mind was elsewhere, but he’d thankfully kept his big mouth shut.Twenty-four hours before their date, Ash texted Violet. I don’t want to just take you to dinner. I want to take you somewhere else.Like the playground? she replied with a winky-face emoji.Better than that. Can I pick you up around ten tomorrow morning?Now I’m curious enough to say yes.Despite Violet’s best efforts, Ash wouldn’t tell her where he was taking her. He hoped this mad scheme he’d concocted would work. He wanted to take Violet away from Fair Haven, and away from everything that was holding her back. He knew that her business’s financial issues, along with being reminded of her husband while living with her mother-in-law, were causing her to push him away.
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Violet licked her fingers and sighed happily. “That was the best continental breakfast I’ve ever eaten,” she declared. “The Fruit Loops were a particular delight.”Ash smiled wryly. “Don’t try the coffee, then. You might be disappointed.” He grimaced as he drank his own cup of coffee before setting it aside. “I need real coffee. Do you want some? I’m dying.”Violet kissed him, letting the sheet she’d wrapped around herself fall to her lap. They’d woken at dawn to make love a second time before falling back asleep. A few hours later, starving and caffeine-deprived, they’d snagged a few bagels, mini boxes of cereal, and milk cartons from the continental breakfast just minutes before it had ended.“I don’t want you to go anywhere,” she said. “Coffee isn’t that important.”“It’s pretty important, but with breasts like yours...” Ash kissed her neck as he fondled her breasts, making her shiver. “You’d make a man forget his own name with tits this pretty.”She pinched him. “Don’t be vulg
Then Came You: The Youngers Book 1 Chapter 14
Ash had a pile of things he needed to do today, but he couldn’t stop thinking about Violet’s books. He’d gone over the spreadsheets, the receipts, the bank statements—all of it. The numbers on the bank statements and spreadsheets didn’t add up, yet Ash couldn’t figure out why. Tired and frustrated, he’d gone to bed well after three in the morning Sunday night.When he’d gotten into the office this morning, he’d begun calling the bookkeepers who’d helped with Violet’s books. One had resulted in a disconnected number. The second had been sent to a voicemail that might have been the wrong number entirely. The third had been the voicemail of an actual bookkeeper, but Ash hadn’t had high hopes that Jeffrey Martin, CPA, would return his rather odd phone call anytime soon.With only a few hours of sleep, he was tired and grumpy. He was tempted to go home early. Although Trent was technically his boss, he wasn’t a hard-ass about Ash being in the office, either. Trent worked at all three rest
Then Came You: The Youngers Book 1 Chapter 15
Violet squinted as she was about to finish off the clasp for the bracelet she was making for Lizzie. Picking up her smallest pliers, she was just about to close the metal circle around the end of the bracelet when a knock on the front door startled her. The pliers clattered to the tabletop.She frowned as she looked at the time. Who was knocking at the front door at this time of night? Oh God, what if it was another summons from the collection agency? She’d thought the agreement she’d gotten in place regarding payment installments had gotten them off her back, but had she been mistaken?At least Martha hadn’t heard the knock on the front door: the water was currently running in the bathroom for Martha’s nightly bath, loud enough that it was unlikely she’d heard anything.When Violet heard the visitor knock a second time, the knock faster and louder, she wrenched the door open with angry words on her lips. The words died when she realized it was Ash. His face was pale, his lips thin.
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Ash had never driven so fast as he did after Violet called him, telling him that Martha was in the emergency room. He burst through the hospital doors and practically ran over at least one nurse to get to the front desk. He was so out of sorts that the attending nurse had to get him to take a deep breath before he could eke out the words Martha, Fielding, where?“Ash!” Abby Thornton hurried up to him, which wasn’t particularly fast given the size of her pregnant belly. She took his arm. “Let me take you to Violet. She said you were coming.”Ash let Abby lead him to a waiting room not far from the nurses’ station. There, he found Violet slumped in a chair, her eyes closed and her face pale.“Violet, baby.” He sat down next to her and took her hands, chafing them because they were so cold. “I’m here. It’s me.”Her eyelids fluttered open. A second later, her face crumpled, and she started crying into his shoulder. Ash didn’t even notice that Abby had left them alone; he didn’t care ab
Then Came You: The Youngers Book 1 Chapter 17
Forty-eight hours later, Ash opened his door to find Violet standing there. She was coatless, the rain soaking her to the skin, yet nothing about her presence surprised him. He was almost relieved that she’d come to him. He ushered her inside and took her straight to his bathroom.“You’re going to die of pneumonia,” he muttered.“That’s not how you get pneumonia.” Her teeth were chattering so hard that Ash could barely understand her.He stripped her of her clothes, ignoring the desire that ignited in his blood when her pale flesh was revealed. She was cold, exhausted, and grief-stricken. This wasn’t the time to get hot and bothered. Pushing the lust away, he dried her off. She let him without protesting, and her lack of response was what scared him the most.Where was the vivacious Violet he knew? This wasn’t the Violet he’d fallen in love with.He put her in one of his robes, and it was so big on her that she was swimming in the fabric. He led her to his bedroom, and she followe
Then Came You: The Youngers Book 1 Chapter 18
Violet groaned as she awoke to the sound of someone talking. It took her a long moment to come out of her dream to realize it was the sound of Ash’s voice. Opening one bleary eye, she saw him pass by his bedroom, his phone up to his ear.“Great, that’s fantastic news,” she heard him say. “Yes, I’ll be down there by this afternoon. Great. Thank you.”Violet yawned. She needed to get back to the hospital before Martha was checked out. Glancing at her phone, she saw that she had a little time to spare.Her stomach rumbled ominously. When had she last eaten? She couldn’t even remember.It’d been two days since Martha had been admitted to the hospital. When Violet had left to go home to get some sleep, she hadn’t intended on going to Ash’s. Yet the thought of going to that house without Martha had been unbearable. Like she couldn’t control herself, she’d driven straight to Ash’s, not caring that it was late or that it was pouring down rain.She’d just needed to see him. To be with him.
Then Came You: The Youngers Book 1 Chapter 19
Violet had never understood why people hated the rain so much. She loved it. Gazing out onto the cityscape of Seattle as the rain poured down, she felt a sense of peace for the first time in weeks.“Violet, do you want anything from the store? I thought I’d stop by after I get coffee,” Vera called from the hallway.Violet had come down to Seattle to stay with Vera and her family, mostly at Martha’s insistence that Violet get away from town. Martha had regained her strength within a week after being admitted to the hospital, and by the tenth day, she’d been getting crotchety at Violet’s hovering. Violet hadn’t had the courage to tell her that she couldn’t bear to go out into town in case she ran into Ash.Violet swallowed against the sudden lump in her throat. “No, I’m fine,” she answered. “I’ll start dinner while you’re gone.”Someone yelled, and then a crash followed. More than likely Ethan had decided to play soccer in the house again.Vera and Jim owned a pretty bungalow that w
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