Luring Levi (Tarnished Saints Series Book 2) by Elizabeth Rose Page B
Authors: Elizabeth Rose
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one of the fair officials. He started talking and they started pointing and then the clipboards with paperwork emerged.
Her heart sank to think that she once again failed to tell him that he was the father of her children. She didn’t know if she’d ever have another chance. And by the way Levi was acting she didn’t know if he’d even care.
“Mother, can we go to the beach now?” Valentine stood next to her, pulling on the end of her shirt.
“Yeah, I want to build a sand castle,” said Vance from next to her.
She ran a hand over Vance’s head and looked over to Levi, realizing they really did look alike. How was Angel the only one to notice? She wished they were goin g to the beach today with Levi - as a family. As a mother and father and their two young kids. But they weren’t.
“Yes, let’s go,” she told them and took one of each of their hands in hers as she led them to the car.
Levi was barely listening to the man in front of him as he watched Candace holding the hands of her kids and retreating to the car. Spending the day at the beach was something he would have loved to do with her and her kids. He wanted more than anything to see her in a bikini and also to show the kids how to build one bad-ass sand castle. He used to love going to the beach when he was a child, spending the day with his brothers. They’d bonded with each other even if it was just holding each other under the water until they turned blue. Still, it brought them together as a family. And he still held the family title of Champion Sand Castle Builder, even if Judas always kicked it in, being jealous that he’d never won the yearly competition.
If only he had a family to spend special moments with now. He never thought he wanted kids until lately. That little Vance reminded him of himself at that age. So much so, that it was almost scary. And that little prissy Valentine just needed to be around a bunch of boys to drop the stuck-up attitude at only six years of age.
If he were their father, things would be different indeed. He wondered who m the lucky bastard was who planted his seed inside Candace getting two kids for the price of one. Whoever he was, he was a low-down, slimy, skin-flint bastard, that much was for sure. Because Candace deserved a good man to take care of her and her kids, and the guy was an idiot to let a catch like her just walk out of his life forever.
“Did you hear me, Mayor Taylor?” asked the fair commissioner. “Is it all right to start setting up for the fair now?”
“Yes, everything’s in o rder,” he said handing the clipboard back to him. His eyes wandered over to Candace again as she pulled out of the lot and headed toward the beach.
“That lucky stiff doesn’t know what he’s missing,” he said softly and shook his head.
Chapter 9
Candace sat on the beach and tilted her face up to ward the sun. Angel sat next to her. The girls as well as Eli and Vance were taking turns burying each other in the sand, but out of earshot.
“So I’m guessing by the look on your face that you didn’t tell Levi,” said Angel, throwing a scrap of bread from the lunch they’d just finished up into the air. A gull swooped in and caught it in midflight, followed by another that tried to get it as well.
The kids decided it was more fun to chase the birds around the beach, and squealed with laugh ter as Angel threw a whole handful of crumbs into the air, bringing forth a few more birds.
“No, I didn’t,” replied Candace , closing her eyes.
Angel brushed the crumbs from her hands and lay back on the sand. “Do you want me to tell him?”
“What?” Her eyes popped open. “No!” she answered in horror. “I’ll do it.”
Angel laughed. “Just kidding. I knew that would put a fire under your butt.”
“I tried to do it this morning but he was too busy with the fair and meetings and cooking at the restaurant to even listen.”
“He’s cooking at the restaurant?” she
Her heart sank to think that she once again failed to tell him that he was the father of her children. She didn’t know if she’d ever have another chance. And by the way Levi was acting she didn’t know if he’d even care.
“Mother, can we go to the beach now?” Valentine stood next to her, pulling on the end of her shirt.
“Yeah, I want to build a sand castle,” said Vance from next to her.
She ran a hand over Vance’s head and looked over to Levi, realizing they really did look alike. How was Angel the only one to notice? She wished they were goin g to the beach today with Levi - as a family. As a mother and father and their two young kids. But they weren’t.
“Yes, let’s go,” she told them and took one of each of their hands in hers as she led them to the car.
Levi was barely listening to the man in front of him as he watched Candace holding the hands of her kids and retreating to the car. Spending the day at the beach was something he would have loved to do with her and her kids. He wanted more than anything to see her in a bikini and also to show the kids how to build one bad-ass sand castle. He used to love going to the beach when he was a child, spending the day with his brothers. They’d bonded with each other even if it was just holding each other under the water until they turned blue. Still, it brought them together as a family. And he still held the family title of Champion Sand Castle Builder, even if Judas always kicked it in, being jealous that he’d never won the yearly competition.
If only he had a family to spend special moments with now. He never thought he wanted kids until lately. That little Vance reminded him of himself at that age. So much so, that it was almost scary. And that little prissy Valentine just needed to be around a bunch of boys to drop the stuck-up attitude at only six years of age.
If he were their father, things would be different indeed. He wondered who m the lucky bastard was who planted his seed inside Candace getting two kids for the price of one. Whoever he was, he was a low-down, slimy, skin-flint bastard, that much was for sure. Because Candace deserved a good man to take care of her and her kids, and the guy was an idiot to let a catch like her just walk out of his life forever.
“Did you hear me, Mayor Taylor?” asked the fair commissioner. “Is it all right to start setting up for the fair now?”
“Yes, everything’s in o rder,” he said handing the clipboard back to him. His eyes wandered over to Candace again as she pulled out of the lot and headed toward the beach.
“That lucky stiff doesn’t know what he’s missing,” he said softly and shook his head.
Chapter 9
Candace sat on the beach and tilted her face up to ward the sun. Angel sat next to her. The girls as well as Eli and Vance were taking turns burying each other in the sand, but out of earshot.
“So I’m guessing by the look on your face that you didn’t tell Levi,” said Angel, throwing a scrap of bread from the lunch they’d just finished up into the air. A gull swooped in and caught it in midflight, followed by another that tried to get it as well.
The kids decided it was more fun to chase the birds around the beach, and squealed with laugh ter as Angel threw a whole handful of crumbs into the air, bringing forth a few more birds.
“No, I didn’t,” replied Candace , closing her eyes.
Angel brushed the crumbs from her hands and lay back on the sand. “Do you want me to tell him?”
“What?” Her eyes popped open. “No!” she answered in horror. “I’ll do it.”
Angel laughed. “Just kidding. I knew that would put a fire under your butt.”
“I tried to do it this morning but he was too busy with the fair and meetings and cooking at the restaurant to even listen.”
“He’s cooking at the restaurant?” she
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