Best Worst Mistake by Riley Lia

Author:Riley, Lia [Riley, Lia]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-10-01T07:00:00+00:00

“What’s all this?” she asked, looking at his laden tray.

He passed her a mug of warm milk. “My mom used to heat me a cup of moo juice whenever I got upset.”

She cupped the ceramic mug between her hands, hoping the heat might loosen some of her body’s tension, and took a tentative sip. “That’s so sweet of you. Thank you.”

He held up a book. “The other night, I noticed how you read to your dad, thought maybe you’d like someone to read to you for once?”

She stared at the woman in the Regency dress on the cover, her brain trying to register the image. “Sense and Sensibility? You want to read me Jane Austen?”

He set down the tray on the nightstand and picked up the book with a trace of uncertainty. “It was on my list, and when I went into your shop today after going to Haute Coffee, the woman working there said that you like this author.”

“Jane is life. I love her.”

His chest heaved a little bit. “This is good then?” He sat down on the bed, grabbed the soft throw blanket on the end, and shook it over her lap.

“A cup of warm milk on an almost winter’s day? Cake in bed? A hot guy offering to read me Jane Austen after mind-blowing oral pleasure? I don’t think good can hold a candle to what’s inside me.”

He opened the book and flipped through the soft, creamy paper, a shy smile tugging the corner of his mouth. He paused, but not for long. “Chapter One.”

For the next hour he read in a low, methodical voice about the two sisters, Marianne and Elinor, and their life in Sussex and Devonshire.

Finally, he closed it and placed it on her nightstand. “We can do more in a bit.”

A chill licked up her spine as the pleasantries of the eighteenth century receded. Reality could only be held at bay for so long. “You want to know what’s going on with me, don’t you?”

The silence between them grew taut, vibrating as if someone plucked an invisible string. “If you care to make it my business, maybe I can help in some way.”

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