Winning Charlotte Back

“In Sweet Briar or in your backyard?”

“Either. Both.”

He stretched his long legs in front of him and crossed one ankle over the other. “I’m in Sweet Briar because I’m opening a medical practice here. I told you.”

“Cut the crap. You can open a practice anywhere. Why come to my town?”

He sighed. “You’re different. The Charlotte I remember would never have pressed me like this.”

“It’s amazing what being made a laughingstock in front of an entire town can do to a young girl’s personality. It cures that eager-to-please disease permanently, leaving no chance for relapse.”

“I’m sorry—”

She cut him off. “I don’t want to talk about that ever again. The past is over and I survived. We were discussing your sudden desire to live in a small town. Specifically this small town.”

“A couple of reasons. First I really like Sweet Briar. I liked walking down the street and seeing familiar faces. Friendly faces. I want that for Bobby. Of course, I know I have to prove that I’m reliable. I imagine my reputation is not the best after I stood you up at the altar.”

She raised a hand, stopping him. She didn’t need to rehash the past. She’d lived it. “You said a couple of reasons. What’s the other one?”

“You.”

“Me?” She wasn’t sure she wanted to hear this.

“I wasn’t happy with the way I left things between us. You deserved better.”

“So you moved here as some sort of penance? You could have just apologized in an email.”

He winced. “An apology is only part of it. I want to try and make amends.”

“That’s not necessary.”

“I’m a better person.”

“You don’t have to prove that to me.”

“Maybe I need to prove it to myself.”

She didn’t want to talk about Rick anymore, but suddenly she didn’t want to be alone, either. Most of her life she’d been alone. And lonely. She searched for another topic. “Bobby told me he hasn’t seen his mother in a long time.”

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