Free Goddess Bared: Goddess Series Book 5 (Young Adult / New Adult) by M.W. Muse Page B

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    “And then this morning, roses were delivered to the house. I assumed Lissa had some boyfriend who sent them to her for Valentine’s Day, but there was no note attached to them. And—”
    “Legacy, that doesn’t mean they weren’t for her.”
    “There were seventeen roses in the vase, Calli. Seventeen! Adin gave me seventeen roses on our first date, remember? He made a big spiel about how he wanted to give me seventeen roses. A rose for every year we knew each other.”
    Calli stared at her, incredulous. “I, umm…huh. I don’t know what to think about that.”
    The doorbell rang.
    “Great. River probably heard me honking my horn. I don’t know if I should tell him about this,” she muttered.
    The doorbell rang several more times in a row.
    “Get the door. Um, I’ll decide if I’m going to mention it to him.”
    Calli answered the door while Legacy stood several feet behind her.
    “Happy Valentine’s Day, River,” Calli said like nothing was going on.
    River handed her a box of chocolates. “Happy Valentine’s Day, Calli.” Then he stepped around her and walked to Legacy, handing her an identical box of candy. “Happy Valentine’s Day, Legacy. You saved me a trip to your house. Now what was the racket about?” he asked as he crossed his arms over his chest.
    She stared at him. Then looked away. “Um, nothing.” She shrugged and looked back at him. “Just wigging out about the holiday.”
    He glared at her wordlessly for several seconds. Then he said, “You’re lying.”
    She frowned at him while she shook her head. “No, really, I’m just—”
    “Knock it off, Legacy. I can feel your energy. I know you’re lying.”
    “Ugh,” she mumbled, “you and your energy.” She stared at River while he stared back with his eyebrows raised, waiting. She sighed in defeat. “Fine. You know the dream I told you about? Well, there was more to it last night. My mom said, ‘Be careful. He’s not dead.’ Then this morning, seventeen roses were delivered to my house.”
    “And you think these two things are related?” he asked indifferently.
    “Adin gave me seventeen roses on our first date.”
    “Oh,” River mumbled, looking down at his crossed arms.
    “So I wake up from a dream that told me he’s not dead, and then I get seventeen flowers delivered.” She shook her head, staring at River. “I don’t even know how to begin processing this.”
    River unfolded his arms and raised his hands. “Okay. Okay. Let’s just try to be logical about this.” He took a deep breath. “Who all knew Adin had given you seventeen roses on your first date?”
    “Umm, Olive and Lissa.”
    “Who else?”
    “Umm, his grandma knew he was giving me roses, but he didn’t clarify if she knew how many he was giving me.” Adin had mentioned the flowers in front of her once, and he’d written about her knowing in his journal. Legacy didn’t want to tell River this, though. She didn’t want anybody knowing what was in Adin’s journal. She wanted his personal thoughts to stay between the two of them.
    “Anybody else?” River asked.
    She shook her head.
    “Me,” Calli said, stepping beside her.
    “Yeah, I told Calli. And Adin could’ve told anyone. He could’ve said something to his mom, dad, friends. I have no idea. It may only be just a few, or a lot of people could know. I really have no way of knowing.”
    River nodded. “Okay, so now about the dream. You were worried you were being warned that some man was evil and you were being played, and now that man isn’t dead. Do you think Adin is the man you were being warned about?”
    “No!” She shook her head, backing away from River. She hadn’t considered this possibility because she refused to think of it as even being possible.
    River looked at her calmly. “If you don’t think it’s about him at the beginning, then why do you think it’s about him at the end?”
    “I-I don’t know. Maybe it’s about two different men.”
    River