Slade (BBW Bear Shifter Moonshiner Romance) (120 Proof Honey Book 5) by Becca Fanning Page A
Authors: Becca Fanning
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made her feel relieved, as well.
She smiled. “Thank you.”
Harmony kept her head facing the boys, but she could feel him watching her. She needed another reason to talk to him, to keep things going between them.
“So, are you having one of your own soon?” he asked.
Her face went hot and she looked down at her top. It was loose fitting. Did it make her look pregnant? “No, why? Do I… look like I am?”
“Oh no,” he said, shaking his head. His face went pink. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
“Oh.” She let out a relieved sigh.
“I just meant, umm…” He scratched the back of his neck. “Is there someone in the picture? Someone you’re seeing? Like a boyfriend?”
“No, there’s no one.” Not yet anyway, but if he wanted the job, she’d gladly give him the title.
“Harmy, I have to go pee,” Aiden said, holding himself and wiggling back and forth.
“Sorry,” she said. Why did he have to go right now? If she didn’t get him to the bathroom soon, though, he’d wet his pants and she’d have even more of a problem on her hands. “I better get him to the bathroom. It was nice meeting you.”
“Wait,” he said, following her a few steps. “Could I maybe get your number? Maybe you’d want to go out sometime? You know, without all the kids.”
She smiled and her heart jumped for joy. “You wouldn’t want to help me wrangle these wild kids all night?”
“Uhh…”
“I’m kidding. I’d love to.”
He took out his phone and she gave him her number.
“I’m Harmony,” she said. Aiden tugged on her hand and she walked a few steps toward the door, looking back at the man.
“Beck!” he called after her. “I’ll call you!”
Meeting Beck had been the highlight of the fair by far. By the time they got back to the car, the boys were tired, still fighting incessantly, and Aiden was covered in cherry water ice stains. Next time, it didn’t matter how much their parents gave her to take them, she wouldn’t do it.
She wondered when Beck would call. There was the standard three-day wait, but was he that type of guy? Maybe he was so into her that he’d call sooner. She thought about what she’d say when he called and what she’d wear on their first date.
After three days passed and he hadn’t called, she started to think he wasn’t going to. Had she done something to make him second guess getting her number? Maybe he’d met someone better after she’d left his booth. Disappointment filled her. It wasn’t exactly easy to meet guys as a nanny. Most days she was with a two-year-old and a six-year-old all day, then some evenings, when their parents had to work late, she watched Aiden, Connor, and Hunter.
Unless she took the kids out, she didn’t meet anyone aside from whatever new imaginary friend had been created since last time she was with her charges. And when she did take them out somewhere, she was either too distracted to notice any guys, or she was so frazzled and disheveled that she was not attractive at all.
So, when Beck still hadn’t called by the fifth day, she’d given up completely. By the next week, when it had been a full eight days since she met him and her phone rang, he was the last person she expected it to be.
“Hello?” she said as she folded laundry on one of her nights off.
“Hi, is this Harmony?”
“It is.” Who was this guy calling her? She tried to place his voice, but couldn’t.
“Hey, this Beck. I met you at the county fair?”
It took her several seconds to realize who he meant. “From the honey booth?”
“Yeah, that’s me.”
“Oh wow.” She set down the towel she was folding. “I didn’t expect you to call. It’s good to hear from you.”
“Oh. You didn’t?”
“Well, I just mean that it’s been over a week, so I thought you’d changed your mind.”
He chuckled softly. “No, I’m just sadly not very good with women.”
“I find that hard to believe.”
“Thanks, but
She smiled. “Thank you.”
Harmony kept her head facing the boys, but she could feel him watching her. She needed another reason to talk to him, to keep things going between them.
“So, are you having one of your own soon?” he asked.
Her face went hot and she looked down at her top. It was loose fitting. Did it make her look pregnant? “No, why? Do I… look like I am?”
“Oh no,” he said, shaking his head. His face went pink. “I didn’t mean it like that.”
“Oh.” She let out a relieved sigh.
“I just meant, umm…” He scratched the back of his neck. “Is there someone in the picture? Someone you’re seeing? Like a boyfriend?”
“No, there’s no one.” Not yet anyway, but if he wanted the job, she’d gladly give him the title.
“Harmy, I have to go pee,” Aiden said, holding himself and wiggling back and forth.
“Sorry,” she said. Why did he have to go right now? If she didn’t get him to the bathroom soon, though, he’d wet his pants and she’d have even more of a problem on her hands. “I better get him to the bathroom. It was nice meeting you.”
“Wait,” he said, following her a few steps. “Could I maybe get your number? Maybe you’d want to go out sometime? You know, without all the kids.”
She smiled and her heart jumped for joy. “You wouldn’t want to help me wrangle these wild kids all night?”
“Uhh…”
“I’m kidding. I’d love to.”
He took out his phone and she gave him her number.
“I’m Harmony,” she said. Aiden tugged on her hand and she walked a few steps toward the door, looking back at the man.
“Beck!” he called after her. “I’ll call you!”
Meeting Beck had been the highlight of the fair by far. By the time they got back to the car, the boys were tired, still fighting incessantly, and Aiden was covered in cherry water ice stains. Next time, it didn’t matter how much their parents gave her to take them, she wouldn’t do it.
She wondered when Beck would call. There was the standard three-day wait, but was he that type of guy? Maybe he was so into her that he’d call sooner. She thought about what she’d say when he called and what she’d wear on their first date.
After three days passed and he hadn’t called, she started to think he wasn’t going to. Had she done something to make him second guess getting her number? Maybe he’d met someone better after she’d left his booth. Disappointment filled her. It wasn’t exactly easy to meet guys as a nanny. Most days she was with a two-year-old and a six-year-old all day, then some evenings, when their parents had to work late, she watched Aiden, Connor, and Hunter.
Unless she took the kids out, she didn’t meet anyone aside from whatever new imaginary friend had been created since last time she was with her charges. And when she did take them out somewhere, she was either too distracted to notice any guys, or she was so frazzled and disheveled that she was not attractive at all.
So, when Beck still hadn’t called by the fifth day, she’d given up completely. By the next week, when it had been a full eight days since she met him and her phone rang, he was the last person she expected it to be.
“Hello?” she said as she folded laundry on one of her nights off.
“Hi, is this Harmony?”
“It is.” Who was this guy calling her? She tried to place his voice, but couldn’t.
“Hey, this Beck. I met you at the county fair?”
It took her several seconds to realize who he meant. “From the honey booth?”
“Yeah, that’s me.”
“Oh wow.” She set down the towel she was folding. “I didn’t expect you to call. It’s good to hear from you.”
“Oh. You didn’t?”
“Well, I just mean that it’s been over a week, so I thought you’d changed your mind.”
He chuckled softly. “No, I’m just sadly not very good with women.”
“I find that hard to believe.”
“Thanks, but
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