Page 89 of A Billionaire's Cabin Love

He embraced me.

“Thank you.” I squeezed him tight.

“All right, that’s enough of the hugging.” Collin gently pushed Bryce back.

“Kara, your sassy maid of honor...” His eyes found her body moving to the beat on the dance floor. Bryce licked his lips.

“…do you think I have a chance with your friend?”

My brows rose. “I’m not sure. She’s downright meaner than me most of the time.”

He rubbed his hands together in a sneaky way. “I guess I’ll have to find out.”

I shook my head as he walked away.

“He’s never experienced rejection. This should be interesting?” Collin rubbed his brow.

My eyes fell over the crowd. “Where’s Harry?”

“He’s here working. Keeping you safe. Happy Peter left town after the restraining order was filed.”

“Collin, I felt terrible. I ran him from his home.”

“No, you didn’t, Kara. He had no right, kissing you a second or third time. After the first time you shut him down, that should have been enough. We needed to nip it in the bud.”

“Deep down, I know you’re right. But I also asked you to control your temper.” My fingers slipped over his faint bruised knuckles.

I remembered the night so vividly.

The shop door bell rang. “We’re closed.” I continued pounding away at the keys.

My dad didn’t ask for my help, but I inputted the appointments on the computer calendar for the rest of the year, anyway.

“Kara, how could you?”

My eyes darted to Peter. His eyes darkened as he approached the counter.

My heart lurched. “Collin was concerned. He thought you might harm me.”

He stepped closer and stretched out his hand. I jerked back.

“I could never hurt you, Kara. You have to call off the wedding. He’s no good for you. He doesn’t know you like I do.”

“Peter, sometimes you scare me.” I rubbed my belly.

“I have to protect the child growing inside me.”

His face turned beet red and his chest rose and fell. “You’re having his baby,” he growled.

“How could you violate us like that?” his eyes saddened.

I shook my head. “Peter, you’re not thinking straight. You need to leave.”

“I love you, Kara.”

There was like a fog over his eyes. I’d never seen him like that.

“I’m leaving for now. Going to stay with my grandmother in Fairbanks. I can’t stand all the judgmental eyes on me in Talkeetna.”

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