Total pages in book: 30
Estimated words: 27555 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 138(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 27555 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 138(@200wpm)___ 110(@250wpm)___ 92(@300wpm)
“It’s weird but I like it.” He leaned in and pressed the softest kiss to my mouth. “I like you too Rob.”
“That’s good because I like you Levi.”
He wrapped his arm around me as another team was named the winner. “How about I buy you dinner?”
“That sounds wonderful. Let’s do it.” Despite my misgivings I wanted to spend as much time with Levi as I could.
10 LEVI
I'd spent every day for the past few weeks with Rob. We worked together, we slept together, and now that Easter Fest had arrived, we spent the in-between hours together too. It was a lot for two people who hadn't technically defined what the hell they were doing, but I didn't mind. I usually avoided spending too much time with a woman because it gave them ideas about things I didn't want them having ideas about, but with Rob, I couldn't get enough time with her.
I wasn't an expert in love, but I knew that I was falling for her. She was all the things I never thought existed in one woman, and for now, she was mine.
I waited for Rob on the sidewalk at the entrance of the park, and I felt her before I saw her through the crowd. The air around me crackled and grew thick, and when a group of elderly men parted, there she was, looking as beautiful as she always did. "You look...like an Easter egg." What the hell was I thinking? That wasn't exactly a compliment.
But Rob leaned her forehead on my arm and laughed. "Thanks, that's what I was going for."
"Are you feeling better today?"
"Yes and no. The sickness comes and goes, right now it's gone, so let's see if we can win basket-making, yeah?"
I nodded. "Never made a basket before in my life, but I'm down to try."
"That's good enough." We signed in for the contest and sat at a table loaded with more craft supplies than I'd ever seen outside a craft store. "You start with the grass," she instructed, pointing at the green construction paper. "Make small, springy blades."
"Yes, ma'am."
She suppressed a shiver. "I like that. A lot."
A deep chuckle escaped. "Noted." The whistle blew, and we got started. "What are you doing?" Rob's hands moved fast, as if she'd done this before.
"I'm making a basket. Start with construction paper and glue yarn to it. Trust me."
"I do." We worked well together.
She looked up from the basket and grinned. "How about I make us dinner on your next night off?"
My brows shot up. "You're going to cook for me?"
"Yeah. I can follow instructions as well as anybody else. Unless you'd rather go out?"
I shrugged. "Only if you want to stay in because you don't want to be seen with me." It was a genuine fear I had, but I hated how I felt after saying the words. "Sorry."
"Don't be," she smiled. "I love spending time with you, Levi. Things are just so good right now that I'm afraid the real world will intervene and screw it up."
I sighed and reached for her hand. "I get it, I do. And I'd love to have a beautiful woman cooking me a meal."
Her shoulders relaxed. "Then I'll start looking up recipes." She got back to work, decorating the basket and then making eggs while I worked on cutting construction-paper bunny ears. "I think we're done. How does it look?"
I pulled the basket closer and inspected it seriously. "Who knew you had such a talent for arts and crafts?"
"You'd be surprised how many times you have to improvise during photo shoots, runway shows, and even red-carpet events. Oh, and I grew up in this town that turned every detail of a holiday into a competition."
She was so damn cute. "You're a shark. It's adorable."
"Did you just call me adorable?"
I nodded. "An adorable shark. Is that a problem?"
"Nobody ever calls me adorable. I kind of like it." She flashed a gorgeous grin that I felt all the way down to my toes. "All done," she called out with a smile.
"Now what?"
"Now, we wait." Her brows wiggled, and she licked her lips. "Bet we have time to sneak off and make out before they announce a winner."
"You don't have to ask me twice." Anytime I could put my lips on Rob was a good time. The woman kissed like she did everything else—with her whole heart and enough passion to fuel a jet.
"Great, come on!" It turned out we didn't have to go far, slipping into a crowd of trees a few hundred feet away. Rob backed into a tree and pulled me close, kissing me as if we hadn't kissed in months. Her fingers speared through my hair, and she moaned into my mouth with a sense of urgency I hadn't experienced in a long time, if ever. The way she held me and touched me, as if I was precious to her.