A Heart's Design by Natalee Cooper

Author:Natalee Cooper [Cooper, Natalee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: La Jolla, Design, Clean Romance, Sun Valley, A Heart, Romance, Beach Romance, Sweet Romance, S, City Romance, Country Romance, Heart, A Heart’s Design
ISBN: 9781509226689
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Published: 2019-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Several circles of light danced on the ceiling, reflections from a jewelry box sitting in the sunlight on the bedside table. Madison snuggled deeper into her covers and stared at the patterns, focusing her thoughts on anywhere but last night.

Her phone alarm went off, but she ignored the beeping until it gave up. Curling into a ball, she nestled her head into the white pillow. Less than a second later, she pulled it over her face like the action could smother her traitorous mind for going straight to Jase and those steps last night.

Really. This is ridiculous.

She threw her covers back and scraped her phone off the nightstand, canceling the alarm for good. On the screen was a missed text.

From him.

Swiping her hair back from around her face, she sat up and read that he had business and might not be able to see them off. The message wasn’t long. Or personal. Which was a blessing, because it was safer that way. Because Jase Cutter wasn’t just any guy, as she’d reminded herself last night when she couldn’t sleep. He was the man whose ventures every west coast newspaper noted, the man half the women in southern California fangirled over on social media. His lifestyle, the society he moved in, was one she wasn't used to.

Thinking to the night of the gala reaffirmed that gap. It would be foolish to toe even a pinky over that professional line. Keeping things on a business level was safer.

Much safer.

In the bathroom, she avoided the mirror as long as possible, only using it long enough to sweep her hair into a ponytail. She did all of this determined not to think about a certain bachelor’s almost kiss. And failed.

What a disaster.

But her eyes fluttered closed at memories of the warmth he had trailed on her cheek with his touch last night. And then there was everything else. He’d gifted her so much confidence with his praise of her work and had seemed genuinely intrigued. Yesterday was the first time since losing her father she’d felt someone truly got her. That someone understood the way a plot of land or dilapidated building, even a blank sheet of drafting paper, spoke to her.

Beautiful disaster? Ugh.

Whatever last night had been, Eric’s timing was a blessing.

It was.

That last thought was repeated over and over as she dressed and made up her bed and was almost believable by the time she hefted her bag off of the floor and shut her door behind her. There were no doubts Idaho would be missed—Jase’s land, too—but her time with its owner left her anxious for home and normalcy, and, for the first time ever, Madison was impatient to get on a plane.

“Morning.”

She startled at the sound of Eric’s surly voice. “Good morning,” she said, not bothering to infuse a cheerfulness she didn’t feel.

Her grip on her bag tightened when he only took his stuff downstairs and out to the rental. His disappointment in her hurt, but she couldn’t fault him.

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