Her CEO Stalker and Her Second Chance Mate (Adelaide) novel Chapter 50

Chapter 50

Briar

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Walking down the streets of Divide beside Carter felt both comfortable and weird. He had

prompted me into a few stores and I had a bag or two of random clothing. Mostly, jeans, tees,

a few random blouses, and a random tank top or two. However, what I needed were basics,

socks, underwear, a few bras, and some tennis shoes. Everywhere I went, the inhabitants’ eyes

darted from me to Carter. He introduced me to the shop owners briefly, then stood and

chatted while I shopped and browsed the stores he led me into. They all seemed nice and

friendly, though I kept mostly to myself, giving them a polite thank you as I left, whether I

bought anything or not.

Carter talked about each shop briefly as we passed by them, giving his own two cents about

what was what within them. He was rambling on about an artisan bakery when my eyes caught

the sight of a thrift shop with biker jackets in the window. My feet carried me in as I barely

registered Carter’s ‘Wait’.

My eyes gazed over the racks, as Carter rushed in behind me.

“Carter?” a woman’s voice came from the back of the store as his hand caught my shoulder,

and he was tense.

“Miranda,” he said shortly, stepping in front of me, blocking the owner of the voice from my

view. Didn’t Grandpa say something about Tucker going after her…oh, she’s the ex. I stepped

back further into the store to give them some privacy. My ears, however, couldn’t help but

hone in on the conversation as I only half paid attention to my shopping.

“Whatcha doing here?” she purred, as he stepped closer to her but kept a rack of clothes

between them.

“Just showing Briar around,” he replied, slipping his hands into his pockets.

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I watched Miranda’s brunette head careen over to survey me, as I shopped the racks.

“Oh?” she asked, as Carter blocked her view of me. What was that about?

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