Free Dark and Stormy: Sacred Hearts Coven by Felicia Starr Page B

couldn't give me an indication that he wanted it to. Who knows? Some guys will never let you know how they feel.
    “At the end of the day, the biggest thing that was missing was the magic I felt when I first laid eyes on him. I think I built up a fake image of our feelings based on that one moment.” Regina picked up the moonstone and rolled it around in the palm of her hand.
    “He was a magnificent kisser, though, and even with his Italian heritage and dark hair, he had the softest face. It was almost strange how his facial hair grew in soft and not stubbly. I never got scratched by a five o’clock sha dow. Every kiss, morning or night, was silky smooth.”
    “So at least you had great sex. You could always hit him up for a booty call,” Alita suggested.
    “Nah. Sex was good. His body was sculpted like an NFL linebacker. But because of his long days at the office, he was often too tired. I'm sorry, but I’m too young to be to be too tired to have hot sex with my hot-body boyfriend. Ya know?” Regina realized more about her relationship with Paul in that moment than she did the two years they dated.
    “Really? That sucks. I always thought he was kind of a bore. He was nice to look at, but he didn't have much to say. What did you guys do anyway? You never really talked about going anywhere.” The questions never stopped.
    “He was big on ordering pizza and watching sports. I learned a thing or two about the rules of basketball and football. I guess at least I walked away a little bit smarter.” Regina laughed a little even though she knew it wasn't funny. Hearing her talk about Paul out loud caused her to feel pity for herself. She squeezed the moonstone and held it tight in her hand and tried to imagine absorbing the energy from it. She was ready to find success, not only in business.
    “I know you didn't call me in the middle of a hurr icane to talk about Paul. What’s up?”
    “Oh, we wanted to know if you knew how to transfer the calls from the landline to our mobile phones.” Regina looked over at Reddick reading the manual for the phone system. She thought about how hard he worked and how he was always full of energy. He probably wouldn't ever be too tired to service his woman. “And we aren’t having a hurricane, Alita. You are always so over the top.”
    “First of all, get on that computer you’re always attached to and check the weather report. Second, of course I know how to work the phone system. That is part of my job and I worked with the phone tech when he installed the system. I am your go-to gal.”
    “Great, I’m going to transfer you to Reddick. Do you think you can walk him through it. I’m going to go look up the weather.”
    “Absolutely, and you guys should really get out of there and go home or somewhere more inland!”
    “Reddick!” she yelled over to him. “I’m transferring Alita over to you. For the phones.”
    He gave her a thumbs-up. She hit a few buttons and his phone buzzed.
    Regina opened the screen to her laptop. First she checked to see if she had a full charge. Even if she lost the Wi-Fi connection, she could still work on their PowerPoint presentation as long as there was enough juice. Emails could always be written and scheduled to be sent in the morning. She loved having her emails go out before eight a.m. She felt like it showed people she was eager to get her workday star ted. People could trust her to work for them if she worked that hard for herself.
    She also wanted to make sure she had an opportunity to take a look at what was happening with the storm. Maybe Reddick wasn't just teasing her when he said they should be evacuating the area. She just thought he was trying to get a rise out of her, or for her to go home so he could outwork her.
    She found a reputable weather site. She was about to punch in her zip code for her local weather when she realized the weather warnings on the home page were for Blue Beach County. Sure enough, there were large red