Excerpt;
Eden
opened the door and hopped out. “I’ll be just a second, if you
want to stay out here.”
Drew could tell a non-invitation when he heard one, so he nodded. He
did get out of the car—where somehow it was less cold—and stomped
his feet a few times while she walked up the stairs, a firm grip on
the rail. She disappeared through the door. A few minutes later, she
came out, the worry lines back on her face. Instinctively, he moved
closer, but before he could say anything, her heel slipped out from
under her and she slid down several stairs. He rushed over to stop
her fall, catching her just before she fell down the last three
steps.
“Are you okay?”
Drew’s heart pounded with adrenaline.
She moaned and used
the railing and his hand to pull herself up to standing. “Guess I
should have scraped and salted those this morning.”
“Your landlord
doesn’t do it?”
She let out a
short, humorless laugh. “No.” He noticed her limping when they
started toward the car and he slid his arm around her waist.
“Do you need to
go get that looked at? Did you break something?”
“No. I just
twisted my knee. It’ll be okay. This happens like once a week.”
Drew stopped
walking and stared at her in disbelief. Once a week?
“I’m fine.
Really. But we’ve got to go before it gets too late. Thank you,
though.” She glanced up at him and Drew’s breath caught in his
throat. The sunlight kissed her pale hair, skin, and eyes, reminding
Drew once again of an angel. She was so beautiful. So kind. And so
taken.
He forced himself
to step back and pretended nothing weird had just happened by running
a hand through hair still slick with the gel he’d put in it after
his shower. He discreetly wiped gel off onto his pants. “So, Silver
Linings?”
“Yes. Silver
Linings.” She wouldn’t meet his eyes, and he didn’t think it
was his imagination that she sounded breathless too.
Author Kaylee Baldwin
When Kaylee Baldwin isn’t writing, she’s usually chasing after her four children, checking her email, trying to get motivated to train for that race she shouldn’t have signed up for, hanging out with her pretty awesome husband, and reading whatever good book she can find. She graduated from Arizona State with degree in English Lit. Her published books are Meg’s Melody, Six Days of Christmas (part of the All I Want collection) and Silver Linings.
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