All I Ever Wanted: Of Love and Madness, Book Three by Cimms Karen

Author:Cimms, Karen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lone Sparrow Press
Published: 2017-05-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Five

“It’s going to rain.” Kate stood in the doorway leading into the house from the garage and watched Billy empty the contents of the dustpan into the garbage. “Do you want to bring your bike in?”

“If you don’t mind.”

“Of course not. Are you hungry?”

He ran a hand over his stomach, and she followed it with her eyes, her face growing warm at the memory of her own hand touching the skin beneath his T-shirt.

“Kind of. I haven’t eaten since this morning, but I don’t want you to go to any trouble.”

“It’s no trouble. Let me see what I can whip up.”

She was poking around in the refrigerator when he came inside.

“I’m trying to see how creative I can be. I don’t get much comp—” She averted her gaze, but not before she’d caught the look of hurt in his eyes. “Not that you’re company. It’s just . . .” Shut up, Kate. Just shut your mouth. She tried to smile but wasn’t quite sure she’d pulled it off.

“Anything is good. Toast, crackers. Just something to put in my stomach.”

“I can do better than toast.”

He sauntered into the dining room, stood in front of the patio door, and whistled softly. “This is amazing. What a view.”

For some reason, it made her happy that he liked it, which surprised her. She stopped rummaging long enough to follow his gaze.

“It is, isn’t it? You should see the sunrise. It comes up right over those trees. It’s beautiful.”

“May I?” Her legs felt rubbery when he smiled. “May I see the sunrise?”

She ducked her head back into the refrigerator and made a big show of pulling out a container of organic greens and a cucumber.

That answered the question of where he was staying.

“I guess,” she said, focusing on the salad ingredients and not the achingly beautiful man standing in her kitchen, “if you can get up early enough.”

Billy opened the slider and stepped out onto the deck. It was still clear enough to see the yard below, the garden, and the drop-off to the cove.

“Where’s the water?” he asked when she stepped out beside him.

“It’s low tide. By the time you get up, the tide will have come in, gone out, and come in again. It’s comforting. No matter what else happens, the tide comes in and goes out, and no matter how barren and muddy it looks, in just a little while, it will be beautiful again.”

“It’s beautiful now.”

He wasn’t looking at the view.

“Wait, you’ll see,” she answered, as if he were.

Billy scanned the rocking chairs on the deck, the colorful mums in the large containers, and the pool below. “A built-in pool?”

“Comes with the house. C’mon, I’ll give you a quick tour.”

She showed him the living room and took him downstairs and through the family room. They were headed outside when her cell phone began to ring.

“I’ll be right back.” She darted for the stairs. “I have a feeling this is someone I’ll want to speak with.”

“Go ahead. I’ll just poke around.”

She reached the phone just as it stopped ringing.

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