After the Storm (Cottonwood Cove, #5)
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now the hottest girl I’d ever seen wanted to be friends with me.
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even if I do look good in the hat.”
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If Presley Duncan were an animal, she’d definitely be a raven.
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this is cute
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“Well, if memory serves, the cowboy only came to life for his wild raven.”
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already gonna cry
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Gracie
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HE’S A GIRL DAD FUCK MEEEEE OH NO
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Cry me a fucking river.
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LOL
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And my kid… my adorably big-hearted, cute-as-a-fucking-button-with-a-heart-of-gold little girl was in love with the little porker.
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“But we signed up for Bob Picklepants to live with us, didn’t we?” Bob mother fucking Picklepants.
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Bob mother fucking Picklepants.
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i’m screaming
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I was living with an asthmatic mutt named Bob Picklepants, who snored so loud he woke me up most nights, a horny pig named Maxine, who humped my leg every chance she got, and the world’s cutest kindergartener on the planet.
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i’m so glad i’m re-reading cage’s book with context.
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Preston always walked up and squared his shoulders at me, like we had some kind of beef.
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this has no business being so funny
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But damn, if I didn’t try to make up for it by loving her fiercely.
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She’d always been the prettiest girl in the room, but after years of not seeing her, I hadn’t been prepared to have the wind knocked from my lungs.
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😫😫😖
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We’d always been explosive together. The way we loved. The way we fought. The way we existed.
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need
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I don’t even have to stop the truck if you don’t want me to. I’ll just slow down and you can jump out.”
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LMAO
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are the reason that my life is the disaster that it is.”
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crazy accusation to throw around
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“Have you seen that good-looking ex of yours, Cage Reynolds?”
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so funny
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“That is one sexy man, isn’t he?” she gushed. “But so irritable. Every time I flirt with him, he acts like I’m committing a crime. The guy needs to relax. And you know what can take the edge off for a man like that?”
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L M A O
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He’d built a house there
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very much giving the notebook
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PD + CR with a heart around it.
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:(
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my ex-boyfriend—the only man I’d ever truly loved—was living in the house that we’d always talked about building together someday. It was a lot.
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yeah i’d probably off myself
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“Presley? That’s your friend who shares your heart with me, right, Daddy? Her name is inked right by my name. We have the same birthday. We’re your two girls?”
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i’m literally going to throw up
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The hits just kept on coming, so I’m sure Maxine was going to be a gorgeous woman who wasn’t wearing jeans, a hoodie, and dirty boots, and she probably had her life all figured out.
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this is incredibly funny now remembering who maxine is
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I was getting a glimpse of the life that should have been mine. Time had never been on our side. And that certainly hadn’t changed.
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literally ill die
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“Maxine is a pig.” “Wow. I see you haven’t lost your charm for complimenting others,”
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“She looks at you like she’s the luckiest girl in the world to have you for a daddy.”
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:( <3
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I think he’s given his heart to Maxine now. Last time I was over, that pig was awfully territorial.
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That’s interesting. It has Maxine embroidered on it, Tough Guy.
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LMFAO
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That fucker has knocked up more women in Cottonwood Cove than the Reynolds brothers have all together.
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Presley and Maxine in the same room. Let the fireworks begin.
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and then I’ll refer her to my mother for emotional help.
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to see a fucking raccoon looking back at me.
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When I graduated top of my class in veterinary school, they could not have prepared me for the shit I was dealing with in Cottonwood Cove.
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shot a look at Kate, who was sitting behind the desk with her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing.
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my kind of girl
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“Well, he’s got some fucking nerve coming here, of all places.” I stormed past my brother, and he gripped my shoulder, but I shook him off because I was on a fucking mission.
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oop-
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He’d have more luck fighting Maxine than me. But there was humor in his eyes as he said it, so I sat
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“She got a tattoo on her wrist. This little raven. She said it was just something special she wanted. But years later, during one of our heated fights, she admitted Raven was a nickname that you’d given her. That it was a reminder of a time when she was actually happy.” He sipped his wine. “How do I compete with that?”
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Because I wasn’t going anywhere until this asshole was gone and I knew she was okay. Old habits die hard, I guess.
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<3
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“Stop being so theatrical. You have a pregnant mistress back home. You aren’t the victim in this situation.”
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But I’m not mounting non-consenting women in the park, am I?” That didn’t sound right. It wasn’t like I was mounting consenting women anywhere, but that was beside the point.
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“Fine. But I want you to do it,” she said as she looked at me. “I will not allow anyone else to touch Mr. Wigglestein’s testicles.” Who the fuck else would do it?
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so funny
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Okay. I promise I won’t tell the other people about your heart, Daddy.”
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she is totally gonna talk to presley about their shared heart
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I turned around and shot her a warning look, which she seemed completely unfazed by.
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Gracie’s hands flew to her mouth. “Oh. Daddy’s not happy about you telling me that horses are your first love. That must be a secret, too. Daddy said it’s a secret that he loves you and me and that we are in his heart. You can’t talk about that at work, Presley.”
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she is the funniest kid ever i love her we are akin
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“Like the tinfoil?” The little kid smirked, and it was hard not to laugh.
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LMAO this has to be the asshole
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“I got ‘spended ‘cause Gracie tattled on me.” I imagined that was kindergarten speak for suspended. Was that a thing in kindergarten now?
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why is he seriously beefing with a five year old
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I scooted my chair closer to Cage, and he glanced over and smirked.
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To my surprise, Cage stuck his tongue out at the little boy, which had my head falling back in laughter.
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LOL
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It was not a big deal. Friends were allowed to text.
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lol
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Gracie had no clue about self-preservation.
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lol
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