Page 10 of Grimm County Wishes (Grimm County Lawmen #4)

J eannie repeatedly tapped the down button, urging the elevator to come faster. Tears blurred her vision, and she feared she couldn’t hold them back much longer.

As much as she’d try to ignore it, her love for Al had morphed from a sweet “I’m glad to have you in my life” love to a desperate “I can’t live my life without you” love. Al was her first thought when she woke up and her last thought before she went to sleep.

Last night was a dream come true. Or a late-night fantasy.

But that fantasy came at a cost, and Al was already eaten up with guilt over Ben’s arrest. If they gave up the show to have a relationship, they’d delay any chance Ben had to get out.

And God forbid he was in another fight and the worst happened.

They would never forgive themselves. Their relationship would be forever tainted.

They would hate themselves and worse, each other.

But that would assume Al had been interested in more than one night.

He didn’t seem that upset when she suggested it was just a one-night stand.

The elevator doors opened, and Jeannie stepped inside, grateful for the loud family arguing over their plans that could distract her. She’d never cried over a guy before, and she didn’t need to start today.

She grabbed her phone and fired off a quick email to the production company, accepting their job offer.

The thought of casting Al’s harem might make her skin crawl, but it would be worth it to leave town for a while.

With a little time apart, maybe things could go back to the way they were before.

Before she knew what it was like to join her soul with another, and before she had let it go.