A Night With You by Willow Winters

Author:Willow Winters [Winters, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-01T18:30:00+00:00

AUBREY

My street has never been more captivating than when I'm waiting for Bennet to park in front of my house. Although for a Saturday, it’s uneventful apart from Miss Shaw gardening at the far end of the street.

I watch through the front window like the outdoors is a movie, watching the late-afternoon light come down on the street. It makes everything gold. The leaves rustling in the trees. A flag on the house across the street waving in the sun. Everything seems more beautiful, in deeper colors, and it's all because I can't wait for this date to start.

I shake out the nerves and check my reflection in the front room mirror when the minutes tick by.

Finally, a truck comes down the street and slows in front of my house. It's Steve's truck, which means Steve must have been really desperate...or else he really wanted Bennet to be able to take me out.

Maybe it was both. It probably doesn't matter, in the end. From what I’ve gathered, between last night chatter and this morning messages from town gossip, Bennet sold a startup company for a decent penny and flew home for a family event but decided to stay.

Whether or not that’s true though is something I aim to ask tonight. A quick kiss in the back of the bar was one thing, a date another.

I open it to reveal Bennet, who's dressed up from his bartending clothes. He wears slacks and a white button-down with the sleeves pulled up to his elbow, and I can't take it. He did that on purpose… showing off his forearms. How am I supposed to look at him all evening when he's this hot? It's hardly fair.

Bennet bites his lip, looking at me like he's thinking the same thing.

"Hi," I say.

In response he pulls a bouquet out from behind his back. Peonies. “Oh my gosh,” I let out with genuine surprise. The bouquet paper crinkles as I happily accept the flowers. I inhale deeply, loving the fragrance.

“I love them,” I tell him and then catch myself. My heart races. I try to keep it casual as I invite him in so I can at least put the flowers in water. “They’re beautiful, thank you,” I tell him and keep it lighter. Lauren gave me one rule and it was not to use the “L” word. I’ve already blown it.

“I’m glad you like them,” he says as I look up from the mason jar and find him staring down at me in my kitchen. My mind races and I can just imagine all the dirty things we could do on this very clean countertop.

As if reading my mind, he shakes his head, a grin lighting up his face. "Ready to go?"

"I am." I swallow thickly and let him lead the way.

Bennet waits while I lock up, then offers me his arm and escorts me to the truck. With my hand wrapped around his forearm, skin against skin, more of last night comes back to me. The stolen glances and blush that came to his cheeks when he saw me across the bar.

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