Be My Reason by Samantha Christy

Author:Samantha Christy [Christy, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, contemporary romance
Published: 2014-05-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I jerk awake and it takes a minute to remember where I am. I’m hearing music from ‘The Shining’ play over and over as the DVD is stuck on the menu screen. I look at the clock and see it is after eleven. The events of the day flash through my mind and I remember how exhausted I was when I came up from my monthly inventory.

Oh, we fell asleep on the couch. Together. My head is on his shoulder and my hand is on his leg. Crap. I jump over on the couch about two feet and that wakes Nate up. He has a smirk on his face.

“Okay, so exactly how long was I sleeping like that?” I feel a blush creep up my face.

“Not long,” he says. “I couldn’t bear to push you off me, you smell just like a cupcake.”

“What?” I look at him like he is crazy. “I did shower after work you know.”

“I know. I can smell your shampoo. Flowers?” he asks.

“Mmmm,” I mumble.

“Anyway, you always smell like cupcakes. Vanilla, I think. You spend so much time baking that it probably oozes from your pores.” He laughs.

I hit him with a pillow. Then I smell my arm.

“Brooklyn, it’s a compliment. It smells nice. I will never be able to eat sweets again without thinking of you.”

“Oh. Well . . . thanks, I guess.” I decide to ask him what has been bugging me for weeks. “Nate, how come you never go out? I mean, it must be a bore hanging out and watching movies with me.”

He puts his arm up on the back of the couch so that his hand is mere inches from me. “First, it is never a bore to hang out with you. Second, I don’t really want to go out and risk running into a lot of people from high school.” He shrugs and looks embarrassed and uncomfortable so I don’t press him on the issue. He gets up and walks to the kitchen. I can hear him open the refrigerator.

When he returns, he places two beers on the table in front of us then proceeds to twist off the tops, handing me a bottle. Oh, I guess we’re talking.

He tells me about his job and how exciting it is watching a building come up from nothing. He actually gets a gleam in his eyes when he talks about it. He is very passionate in his explanation of what it takes to design a new structure, and even though he has lost me with all of the technical terms, I’m in awe of how smart he is on the subject.

I tell him about starting up the bakery four years ago and he seems genuinely interested. He asks about any plans to expand the bakery or maybe franchise it out.

“No way.” I take a drink then shake my head vehemently. “I would never disclose my secrets to virtual strangers. Besides, it was always my dream as a little girl to run a mom-and-pop bakery that was all my own.

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