Say You’re Mine: Heron’s Landing Book 1

Say You’re Mine: Heron’s Landing Book 1

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By:  IRIS MORLAND Ongoing
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"She's his enemy, his downfall—and his one last chance at love. After Adam Danvers lost his wife in a tragic accident, he stopped believing in love. Instead, Adam has focused solely on running his family’s struggling vineyard in the small town of Heron’s Landing. When Joy McGuire, a beautiful and clever journalist, moves to the sleepy town, suddenly Adam can’t control his intense attraction to her. She’s witty; she pushes his buttons. He wants to shake her as much as he wants to kiss her. But Joy is a journalist, and Adam hates them all on principle. He saw firsthand how a journalist’s lies destroyed his late wife. Yet as Joy proves that she’s nothing like the writers he’s known, Adam can’t help but give in to exquisite temptation. Soon a conflagration ignites between Adam and Joy. Yet as secrets unfold, Adam must trust in love or lose the woman who’s awakened his slumbering heart. This title was previously published as Seduce Me Sweetly. It’s been rereleased with a brand-new look and with lightly edited content."

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Chapter 1

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Carissa POV

Napabalikwas ako ng bangon ng marinig ko na may kumalampag sa labas ng pinto ng kwarto ko. Hindi ko alam kung anong oras na basta naramdaman ko nlng na masakit ang aking ulo. . Naramdaman ko din na wala akong saplot sa katawan ng unti-unti akong bumaba sa higaan. Pero pagtingin ko sa kama nakita ko na may katabi ako.. Nataranta akong hinila ang kumot at ibinabalabal sa hubad kong katawan.

'Anong nangyari? Napabulalas ako sa sarili dahil hindi ko talaga matandaan kung ano ang nangyari sa nagdaang gabi. Bahagya ko pang kinusot-kusot ang aking mga mata at tumingin sa katabi ko. Lalong dumagundong sa kaba ang aking dibdib ng makita kong lalaki ang aking katabi. N*******d ito base sa hitsura nitong nakadapa at tanging bewang hanggang paa ang natakpan ng kumot. Tulog na tulog ito.

'" Carissa, buksan mo ang pinto, ano ba?"

Narinig ko na kinakalampag ni Mommy ang pinto ng aking room. Hindi ko alam kung ano ang gagawin ko. Wala talaga akong matandaan. Hangang sa narinig ko na lang na nagclick ang door knob ng kwarto ko. Napabalik ako sa aking kama at kinuha ang isang unan at inilagay sa harapan ko. Sunod-sunod na pumasok sila Daddy, Mommy at Ate Ara. Gulat silang napatingin sa akin pati na din sa lalaking tulog pa rin na nasa aking kama.

"Malandi kang haliparot ka! Anong ginawa mo sino yang nasa tabi mo?" sigaw ni Mommy sa akin. Hindi kasi makita amg mukha ng katabi ko kasi nakadapa ito pero maya-maya lang ay gumalaw ito at bumangon. Ng makita ko ang mukha ng katabi ko ay nagulat ako. Si Kuya Gabriel, boyfriend ni Ate Ara. Nakita ko din ang pagrehistro sa pagkagulat sa mukha ni Kuya Gabriel. Napabaling pa ito sa akin at bakas sa mukha nitong naguguluhan din ito sa mga nangyayari. Binalingan nito si Ate Ara na noon ay umiiyak na.

Si Gabriel ay matagal ng kasintahan ni Ate Ara. Mayaman ito...... Ay hindi pala sobrang yaman... Galing ito sa kilala at pinakamayamang pamilya ng bansa.

"Ano ang ibig sabihin nito?" sigaw ni Ate Ara. May luha na din na lumalabas sa kanyang mga mata ng napagsino ang katabi kung lalaki. . "Gabriel, Carissa ano ang ibig sabihin nito?" "Bakit nagawa niyo sa akin ito?" humahagohol niyang sabi. Walang patid ang pagtulo ng kanyang luha. Hindi ko alam kong ano ang isasagot ko kasi wala talaga akong matandaan. Basta naalala ko lang na 21st birthday party kagabi ni Ate Ara maraming bisita at lahat nagkakasayahan. Nang tingnan ko si Daddy at nakatiim-bagang lang itong nakatingin sa amin. Matalim naman ang tingin sa akin ni Mommy na parang nakagawa ako ng malaking kasalanan. Samantalang su Ate Ara ay halos maghistirikal na sa sobrang sama ng loob.

"Disi-otso anyos ka pa lang pero lumandi ka na Carissa at sa boyfriend pa talaga ng kapatid mo." Sabay pakawala ng mag asawang sampal sa akin ni Mommy. Pakiramdam ko namanhid ang aking mukha sa sakit na aking naramdaman. "Mommy, sorry po hindi ko alam" umiiyak kong sabi. "Wala akong matandaan kung bakit nangyari ito". Sabay lingon sa katabi ko na kita din ang pagkalito sa kanyang mukha. Bumalatay ang pagkalito sa mukha nito. Waring inaalala ang mga nangyari nung nagdaang gabi. " Kuya Gabriel paano nangyari ito ba---- hindi ko nantuloy ang sasabihin ko ng sabunutan ako ni Ate Ara.

" Walang hiya kaaaaa... Ahas ka..!!! ."sigaw ni ate Ara sa akin habang hila-hila ang aking buhok. Halos matangal ang anit sa aking bungo sa sobrang lakas ng pagkahila niya sa akin. Hindi ako makapalag kasi hawak-hawak ko ang kumot na tumatakip sa aking kahubdan." Ahas ka, bakit ikaw pa na kapatid ko ang umagaw sa lalaking pinakamamahal ko". Sigaw ni Ate Ara sa akin. "Kakalbuhin kita" at lalo nya pang nilakasan ang paghila sa buhok ko na pakiramdam ko ay matatangal na sa anit ko.

"Ara tama na yan". Sigaw ni Daddy. "" Wala ka ng magagawa dahil nangyari na ito. " Binalingan niya si Gabriel." Mag usap tayo Gabriel. "Ipaliwanag mo kung bakit nandito ka sa kama ni Carissa". Baling ni Daddy kay Gabriel na halata sa boses at kilos nito na nagpipigil sa matinding galit. Halata din sa mukha nito ang malaking disappointment ng sulyapan ako nito.

"Tito, I I dont know what happened. Why I am here..... Wala akong matandaan... Nalilito na sambit ni Gabriel." Ara Babe hindi ko alam.. Im sorry......

" Babe bakit mo nagawang lukuhin ako" humahagolhol na sabi ni Ate Ara. "Bakit ang kapatid ko pa" huhuhuhu" hindi ko matangap.." Sigaw ni ate Ara. HINDI KO MAINTINDIHAN BAKIT SA DINAMI-DAMI NG TAO BAKIT KAPATID KO PA". "Mommy, Daddy hindi ko matangap ito". Ang sakit-sakit".

"Ate, Im sorry.." sambit ko habang umiiyak. " Hindi ko alam.. Wala akong alam, wala akong matandaan" huhuhuhu. Dad, Mom sorry po. Sambit ko sa kanila habang nag-uunahan sa pagtulo ang aking luha. Litong lito ako sa mga nangyari. Hangang ngayon hindi pa rin kayang iproseso ng aking utak bakit nangyari ang bagay na ito. Ikakasal na sa susunod na buwan ang aking ate Ara at Kuya Gabriel. Nagmamahalan sila at saksi ako dun. Pero bakit nangyari ito.

" Bweno dahil nangyari na ito wala na tayong magagawa pa para baguhin ang nangyari na."Sambit ni Daddy." Helena, Ara lumabas muna tayo sa kwarto na ito." Kayong dalawa" ani ni Daddy sa akin at kay Gabriel "Ayusin niyo ang mga sarili niyo mag - uusap tayo. Kapag tapos na kayo mag-bihis sumunod kayo sa akin sa liberary may mahalaga tayong pag-uusapan. Tatawagan ko na din ang mga magulang mo Gabriel para pumunta dito sa bahay.". Wika ni Daddy

Humakbang si Daddy papunta ng pinto. Si Ate Ara naman ay masama ang tingin sa akin. Nag uunahan pa rin sa pagpatak ang luha sa kanyang mga mata. Si Mommy naman ay matalim akong tinitigan. Nilapitan nito si Ate Ara at inakay papuntang pinto kung saan naghihintay si Daddy para sabay na silang lumabas. Narinig ko pa ang paghikbi ni Ate bago tuluyan silang nakalabas sa pinto at pabalibag itong isinara.

" Kuya" Sambit ko. "Paanong------bakit?" hindi ko alam kung paano umpisahan ang sasabihin pagkaalis nila Mommy Daddy at Ate Ara. Nabalot ng katahimikan ang buong kwarto at wala yatang balak magsalit si Gabriel. Nakakuyom ang mga kamao nito habang nakakunot ang noo. Kaya naman nagdesisyon na akong basagin ang katahimikan na iyon.

" Pinikot mo ba ako? "nagulat ako sa sinabi ni Kuya Gabriel. Bakas sa boses nito ang galit.

" Kuya No".... Wala sa vocabulary ko ang pikotin ka.. Lalo na at boyfriend ka ng Ate ko. ". Nahihintakutan kong sagot dito. Mahigpit ang pagkakahawak ko sa kumot.

"Then paanong napunta ako dito sa kwarto mo?" tiim bagang niyang sabi. Tinitigan ako nito at bakas sa mukha nito ang poot at pagkasuklam sa akin.

"Hindi ko alam, wala akong matandaan". Sagot ko sa nanginiginig na boses. Yumuko ako dahil hindi kayang salubungin ang masakit na titig sa akin ni Gabriel.. Nakakatakot ang hitsura nito.

"Tandaan mo Carissa oras na makipaghiwalay sa akin ang Ate mo dahil sa nangyari na ito magbabayad ka sa akin. Hinding hindi kita mapapatawad." galit niyang sabi. Tumayo ito at isa isang isinoot ang kanyang mga damit. Wala itong pakialam kahit hubot-hubad ito. Hindi ko naman alam kung anong gagawin ko ng mga pagkakataon na iyon. Unang beses kong makakita ng hubad na lalaki sa harap ko at hindi ko alam kung ano ang magiging reaksiyon ko. Pumikit na lang ako habang hinihintay na matapos magbihis si Kuya Gabriel.

"Kuya hindi ko naman ginusto ito eh" iyak ko. "Sorry kung nangyari ito.. Huhuhuhu ". Umiiyak na wika ko dito ng masiguro kong tapos na itong magbihis. Hilam ang luha sa aking mga mata na tumingin dito.

"Pwes ayusin mo ang paliwanag mo sa ate mo" padabog nyang sabi. "Sigaruduhin mo lang na hindi maapektuhan ang relasyon namin kundi mananagot ka sa akin tandaan mo yan". Wika nito at padabog na lumabas sa aking kwarto.

Naiwan akong naguguluhan. Hindi pa rin maproseso ng aking utak ang mga nangyari. Wala akong matandaan. Kagabi masaya pa kami habang sinicelebrate ang birthday ni Ate. Naguguluhan ako. Paanong napunta kaming dalawa ni Kuya Gabriel sa kama. Paanong katabi ko siyang nakatulog dito sa kama. Hindi naman ako nalasing kagabi kasi never akong tumikim ng kahit anong alak. Marahan kong hinawi ang kumot na tumatakip sa hubad kong katawan. Marahan kong pinakiramdaman ang aking katawan. Wala naman akong naramdaman na kakaiba sa aking katawan.

Tuluyan na akong bumangon at inayos ang aking higaan. Walang bakas na kahit ano sa aking kama. Naguguluhan man ay dali-dali akong pumunta sa closet at kumuha ng damit na maisusuot.

Pumunta ako sa banyo upang maghilamos. Pagtingin ko sa salamin para akong bruha dahil sabog-sabog ang aking buhok dulot ng pagsabunot ni Ate Ara. Putok ang aking labi at pasa sa mukha dahil sa pagsampal ni Mommy sa akin kanina. Mapait akong napangiti. Hindi na bago sa akin na saktan ni Mommy pero mas matindi ngaun kasi talagang bumakat sa mukha ko ang palad ni Mommy. Mabilis akong naligo para maginahawaan at naglagay ng kunting powder sa aking mukha upang matakpan ng kunti ang pasa.

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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be constructed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locales or organizations is entirely coincidental.Say You’re Mine (Heron’s Landing Book 1)Published by Blue Violet Press LLCSeattle, WashingtonCopyright © 2016, 2020 by Iris MorlandCover design by Qamber DesignsAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.Published 2020.First edition published 2016 under the title Seduce Me Sweetly (Heron’s Landing Book 1). Second edition 2020.
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Author’s Note
Dear Readers,Before you begin Adam and Joy’s story, please know that Say You’re Mine was previously published under the title Seduce Me Sweetly. This second edition has been lightly edited and changed to better fit the overall feel of the rest of my catalogue.All my best,Iris
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Chapter 1
Joy McGuire glanced down at her chipped manicure and sighed. She had a feeling this was going to be an omen for the rest of her week.The movers weren’t even close to arriving in Heron’s Landing, and Joy had had to sleep on a few blankets and a jacket for a pillow the night prior. Her back aching and her neck sore, she could’ve cheerfully murdered someone when she’d gotten a call that the movers were lost—again—and they wouldn’t be in town until later that evening.It was nine o’clock AM. At least she’d driven with the majority of her clothes and toiletries, so she could put on clean underwear and wash her face. She just hoped she’d be able to sleep in a bed tonight, otherwise she was sorely tempted to book a room in the one inn this town of two hundred and fifty people hosted.Heron’s Landing was a far cry from Chicago: tiny and quintessentially Midwestern, it had a single main street with no more than a dozen shops and restaurants, while its main feature was a vineyard on the nort
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Chapter 2
Walking the rows of his family’s vineyard, River’s Bend, Adam felt the world on his shoulders. He passed between the rows, the sun beating down overhead. Where had this warmth and dryness been when they’d needed it? Now, though, it was too late: the amount of buds that should’ve been on the vines was fewer even than last year. Fewer buds meant fewer grapes, and without grapes, little wine could result.Adam wiped his brow. The humidity was creeping up already, despite it being early morning. It would probably reach close to one hundred degrees, as was common in the middle of June. Mosquitoes buzzed about, but he hardly noticed them. He probably should’ve doused himself in bug spray before coming out, but what were a few mosquito bites? He was used to them by now. Any Missouri country boy was used to bugs biting and buzzing and flying about.At any rate, the bugs weren’t the problem. His sad grape crop was—the extensive rains of March and April had devastated the vines, causing a lot
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Chapter 3
Joy had needed a project. She had a few clients she still wrote for long-distance, but she wanted to sink her teeth into something here in Heron’s Landing. That was why she’d come, wasn’t it? To get to know a new town and new people? The town wasn’t hustling and moving as quickly as Chicago. In fact, it moved about quickly as an elderly turtle swimming through mud. But that didn’t stop her from looking around for stories.Drumming her fingers on the arm of her couch—the movers had finally arrived that morning—Joy brainstormed for a few hours. Perhaps she could interview the owner of Trudy’s? Or maybe Mike in the general store downstairs had something worth writing about? She pursed her lips, thinking.Of course, there was always the vineyard, River’s Bend. It was the jewel of Heron’s Landing, but that seemed cliché. Plus, it was five miles from her apartment, and she really didn’t want to drive that gravel road to get out there. The day had already edged into one-hundred-degree terri
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Chapter 4
“It’s so nice of you to join us,” Julia Danvers said as she kissed Adam’s cheek. “We haven’t seen you in ages.”They’d actually seen him…well, two weeks ago? Three? Adam couldn’t remember, and guilt coiled in his gut. His parents only lived a few miles from his own house, but sometimes it felt like they lived on the other side of the country when he got swamped with working at River’s Bend. And his mom was extremely talented at letting him know when he’d stayed away for too long.“He just didn’t feel like eating another Hot Pocket for dinner,” Grace said. She laughed at her brother’s expression. “You know I’m right—you eat the same as an eighteen-year-old freshman in college.”“Can it, Squirt,” Adam growled. “Or I’m going to tell Mom and Dad about the Merlot Incident of 2013.”Grace blushed bright red.“What Merlot Incident? What in the world are you talking about?” Carl Danvers asked as he entered the dining room, slapping a newspaper against his thigh. The patriarch of the Danve
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Chapter 5
Two weeks after arriving in Heron’s Landing, Joy fulfilled her promise to Grace and invited her over for a full-on girls’ night. It included manicures, cocktails, and a variety of chick flicks—10 Things I Hate About You for Joy, and Sleepless in Seattle for Grace. Joy also tossed in a few random contenders to spice things up—Terminator 2 and Rocky—mostly so she could tell people that girls’ nights didn’t mean they could only talk about boys and boy-related issues. Always important to pass the Bechdel Test in real life.Pulling out the red polish to begin work on her nails, Joy squinted as she started on her left hand. Sadly, Dana the stylist was on maternity leave for the foreseeable future and didn’t want to inhale nail polish fumes right now, so Joy was stuck doing her own manicures for now. Which was fine, but she wasn’t talented enough to paint tiny flowers on her own nails, so they inevitably seemed rather plain in comparison to what she was used to.Oh, the sacrifices she made
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Chapter 6
Adam had hoped that the sunshine of the past few weeks would hold up until the harvest. But on a Monday morning in early July, he awoke to claps of thunder. Getting out of bed, he opened the blinds to see torrential rain falling like bullets from the sky. Hail pinged the roof, and a bolt of lightning burst across the sky.The rain continued all day. It stopped for a bit in the evening, but started up again by Tuesday morning. By Wednesday, it had rained so hard that flash flood warnings had been issued across the state, and the river was about to flood from its banks. There was so much water that the unpaved roads around Heron’s Landing—and there were plenty of them—turned to mud, and many of its citizens had to stay home or walk to their destination, as any vehicle would get stuck the moment it was put in drive.By Wednesday afternoon, the sun had come out, but Adam knew it was too late. Going into the fields with Jaime and a few others of his staff, they all saw how the rain had de
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Chapter 7
Joy hadn’t expected Adam would be thrilled about her doing a story on the vineyard. But she hadn’t expected he’d be quite so steamed, either.Sitting across from him in a booth at Trudy’s, twenty minutes after he’d called and mysteriously asked to see her, she sipped her coffee, waiting for him to say something. Instead, he seemed intent on having a staring contest with her. If she’d known he just wanted to glare at her, she would’ve stayed in bed, made her own coffee and maybe watched a movie.Feeling peevish and tired, she asked, “You wanted to talk to me about something?”He ripped open a sugar packet with more force than strictly necessary, and thus the majority of the granules ended up on the table. He swore. “Are you writing a story about the vineyard?” he asked in clipped tones.Joy sipped her coffee. Grace wasn’t working today, and she could tell that Terry had made the coffee today because it tasted like bitter lukewarm water. She dumped more creamer in it, slowly stirring
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Chapter 8
Adam was stewing. Stewing and drinking and feeling generally sorry for himself. He knew and he wasn’t proud of it. But sometimes a person needed to sit and wallow for a bit, and then you could go back to your life and move the hell on.He finished his third beer, sighing. Morose music played in the background of his house; the lights were dimmed. If he’d put on black eyeliner and gotten his lip pierced, he could’ve given one of those emo kids a run for their money. Were kids still doing that these days? Adam stared at his beer can, wondering. Grace had been friends with a self-described emo kid who’d renamed himself Lucifer back in junior high, but Adam had missed that trend. Thank God.His beer can empty, he debated whether or not four beers in two hours was excessive. Being not in the least bit slight in stature or overall body type, he barely felt buzzed. It would take a lot more than a few beers to get him hammered. And really, he didn’t want to get hammered. He just wanted to ta
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