A Life Less Extraordinary by Mary Frame

Author:Mary Frame [Frame, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The next morning I expect there to be strain between me and Jared, some awkwardness to add to the icing on the crappy cake of my life, but there isn’t.

After I wake up Paige, I find him in the kitchen. He smiles at me, a real smile that lights up his eyes and makes my insides flutter like curtains in the breeze.

He makes breakfast while I put together lunch for Paige, just like every other morning. We chat like nothing happened. Like it’s any other day and I didn’t practically hump him in the pool less than twelve hours ago.

I don’t think about his hands gripping my ass when he carried me out of the pool while we talk about how he can give me a ride to the shop on his way to work. I don’t think about his hot breath on my neck when we go over our plans to check out the castle at the cove tonight after we take Paige to Naomi’s. And I definitely don’t think about the slick texture of his skin beneath my hands, the hardness of his chest when it pressed against mine while we’re dropping Paige off at the bus stop.

My non-thoughts are making me a bit heated.

To cool myself down, I decide to tell him funny stories about Paige as we’re driving into town.

“She was obsessed with super heroes,” I tell him. “She made me call her Iron Man. Seriously, I would say, ‘Paige put your shoes on,’ and she would say, ‘I’m not Paige. I’m Iron Man.’ ” I pitch my voice higher, like a little girl’s.

He laughs and then grabs one of my hands, pressing his lips to the back of my fingers before releasing me. The movement is so brief and natural, I can almost deny the entire thing even happened.

I’m still sitting there, speechless, when we pull up in front of the shop.

“I’ll pick you up at four.” He smiles at me like he didn’t pull the rug out from under me with one quick and tender action.

I stare at him while my brain malfunctions. “Okay,” I say finally, climbing out of the patrol car.

“Call me if you need anything.”

I nod and watch him pull away.

He’s dangerous. I need to get a grip on myself. No time for distractions of the sexy variety.

After he leaves, I run upstairs to watch the videos before I open the shop.

There’s nothing abnormal, no strangers or anything odd on the tapes over the last twenty-four hours.

I curse and flop my head into my hands. What are they planning? I know they’re going to do something, I just need to figure out what. What would I do if I were in their shoes? I try to think of something nefarious, but it’s useless. I’ve never been as manipulative and conniving as they are.

There has to be a way to find them though, or at least confirm they’re somewhere in town.

But how?

I tap my fingers on the desk, thinking.

Maybe we should move one of the cameras back out somewhere public.

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