Between Hope & the Highway by Charissa Stastny

Author:Charissa Stastny [Stastny, Charissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 47

Rawson

It had been ages since I felt so alive. In fact, I doubted I’d felt so energized since I was a child running wild and free on the ranch. As Benny hobbled ahead of us on the trail, I clasped Lizzie’s hand and swung it back and forth like an eager school boy.

Her laugh made me grin. Why had I ever found the cold model-types so appealing in high school and college? Those women were so self-absorbed and boring that if I compared them to ice cream, they’d be glued together plastic props used in commercials. They looked really good on the outside, but had nothing sweet or real to bite into; they only left one wanting. Lizzie, by comparison, was made of the freshest cream, sugars, and ingredients known to man. No wonder Chance and Seth mooned over her. It wasn’t like she was drop-dead gorgeous or even the life of the party type of girl…yet she somehow drew everyone to her. Maybe it was her kindness and simple honesty. She didn’t try to grab my attention like every other girl, which I found refreshing.

As I squeezed her hand, she gifted me with a smile.

Wow. Her smile did things to my body that Vanessa could only do with her clothes all off. Muscles flexed beneath my jacket as heat soared through my loins. Why had it taken me so long to figure out I liked this woman?

“This has been fun,” she said.

As Benny disappeared around the bend, I stopped and gently touched her nose and cheek. “You’ve healed up nice. You don’t look like a cartoon anymore.”

She laughed. “You mean Quasimodo?”

“A very adorable Quasimodo.” I leaned down to touch foreheads. “You should so kiss me right now.”

“N-n-no,” she choked.

Her reaction made me chuckle. “I’m just messing with you. Come on.”

I pulled her up the trail and tried to shake off her rejection. Again. Why wouldn’t she just kiss me? I knew she wanted to.

The sun dipped close to the horizon as we reached the look-off so we didn’t spend much time there. We took the trail at Benny’s pace and had to use our headlamps for the last part. When we neared the end, I pulled Liz behind a tree and shocked the poor girl.

“What are you doing?”

“I need a few minutes alone with you on this date, don’t you think?”

I brought her hand to my mouth and slowly kissed each knuckle. By how her perky chest rose and fell, I could tell she liked my attention. Her eyes revealed all.

“Rawson,” she whispered.

“Yes?” I licked my lips in anticipation.

“Don’t do that.”

I deflated so fast it felt like a power vac got hold of my insides on maximum suction.

“As you wish.” I threw in the Princess Bride reference to spark a smile, and miracle of miracles, it worked.

She took my hand of her own free will and pulled me back onto the trail. I couldn’t help but grin. I didn’t get a kiss, but I still felt like a

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