Breaking Clear (Full Hearts Series Book 3) by Mj Summers Read Free Book Online

catching up and enjoying the last of the pinks and purples disappearing behind the mountains. Harper shared her horribly embarrassing story of getting locked out of the house the night before and they all laughed as quietly as they could until their stomachs hurt.
    When Amelie woke, Harper decided it was time to make her exit. “I better go. Thank you for supper. It was delicious. And thanks for letting me have some Amelie time, Megan. But not you, Luc, you baby hog.”
    “I can’t be blamed. I am too much in love with her to let anyone else hold her. She has me under her spell, like her mother,” Luc replied, his French accent making his words sound all the more romantic.
    “That may be the case, but I’m only going to be in town for a few months. It’s only fair that I should get a lot of cuddle time in now.”
    “Sorry, mon amie ,” Luc answered. “I’ll try to keep that in mind.”
    “You better. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t even have that little bundle of joy,” Harper replied, running her finger along Amelie’s chubby cheek. “You let your mom and dad get some sleep, little monkey, or Auntie Harper isn’t going to teach you how to apply makeup when you’re older.”
    “My Amelie won’t need makeup. Look how beautiful she is,” Luc stated defensively.
    “Easy there, buddy. No one is saying she isn’t beautiful.” With that, Harper gave Megan the “call me” sign on her way out.
    *     *     *
    As she drove across town, Harper thought about Megan’s life, feeling happy that things had worked out between her two friends. Harper had introduced them, hoping only that Megan would have a little fun with Luc. Megan had been a single mom for over five years and had been working so hard to build her photography business and take care of her son, Elliott, that she hadn’t bothered to give herself a break. No one could have predicted that they would fall in love and become a family. Amelie had been a surprise that came along only a few months after they met, but she was obviously a welcome one at that.
    Luc, a highly successful nightclub owner and real-estate investor, had never seemed more content in all the years Harper had known him. He was absolutely overflowing with love for Megan and both of the kids. And Megan had come to life again as well. She wasn’t as serious as she had been after her marriage to Ian had ended in tragedy. He had developed a devastating drug problem shortly after Elliott was born. Now Megan seemed more like the girl Harper had grown up with. Confident, fun, lighthearted. Elliott, too, had benefited from Luc’s presence in his life. He finally had a full-time dad who cared for him, took him to Little League games and played with him. He seemed more carefree now. Instead of being like a miniature man who was always worried about his mom, he seemed more like a young boy now. Harper was grateful that things had worked out so beautifully for them, and as she drove along, she even felt a hint of pride at the part she had played in it all.
    But as she neared her new old home, a small seed of loneliness took root. She was going back to her dad’s house on its quiet street, a place full of memories, both happy and horrible. Somewhere she’d avoided as much as possible for over half of her life. The thought made her ache for her apartment in Manhattan, right in the centre of the universe. There, she could find ways to distract herself twenty-four hours a day.
    But it wasn’t just a hideout for Harper. New York was her home. She missed her friends and the feeling of excitement in the air, but she missed her work most of all. She loved being on the cutting edge of the fashion industry, seeing the incredible artistry of the biggest designers and knowing who was going to set the trends long before the rest of the world found out how it would be dressing a year from now. It was like being in on an incredible secret. She would need to put that part of her life on hold,