Blazing Hot Summer: A Blaze Family Romance Collection by Fiona Starr & Flirt Club

Author:Fiona Starr & Flirt Club [Starr, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steamy Starr Stories
Published: 2019-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

ROMAN

I’m in my driveway pulling everything out of my truck, looking for my wallet. I retrace the morning in my head, trying to figure out where I had it last. I didn’t need it at the hardware store; I had paid for my order when I placed it early this morning, so I had it then. I definitely had it at the grocery store. After that I went and got coffee… Did I have it with me at the bakery? I feel like I must have… I paid for my coffee, right? After meeting Poppy, everything kind of goes muddy in my mind.

Poppy… I didn’t even get her last name.

The first time I shook her hand it was like an electric charge shot through my arm. It happened again when I touched her wrist. It was like the world got brighter and she was the light. It happened in an instant and I was addicted. I could barely pay attention to our conversation. My thoughts were consumed with finding another way to touch her.

And now I’m cursing myself for leaving without getting her phone number. I’ve been out of the dating gig for too long. I’ve forgotten how it works.

“You’re an idiot, Roman,” I mutter to myself.

A silver SUV pulls into my driveway and parks behind my Bronco. The sun glints off the windshield obscuring my view of the driver. Then the door opens and Poppy’s there.

“Hey. You dropped your wallet at the bakery.” She smiles. “I tried to catch up with you at the hardware store, but you weren’t there.”

“Yeah. Thanks. I had already paid for my order, so I didn’t need it. I noticed it was gone when I got home.” I shake my head and take my wallet back. “Thank you. Sorry to make you come all the way out here.”

“It’s no trouble. I only had a few errands to run in town.” She glances around the side of the house and the work I’ve been doing rebuilding the porch. “You’ve only been here for three days? You’ve made a lot of progress.”

It’s easy to focus on manual labor when you’re trying to not think about other things. “Yeah. Not a lot of distractions out here.”

“Oh, would you like me to go? I don’t mean to intrude.”

“No,” I say more forcefully than I intend to. I take a step toward her. “I mean, you’re not distracting me.”

She smiles and looks up at me and it’s like the sun has to compete with the light in her eyes. “Good.”

“Would you like to see the old tree house?”

Her smile brightens. “You know what? I really would.”

We walk around to the back yard and the giant gnarled cottonwood tree that dominates the west corner. The tree house sits about ten feet off the ground, nestled between three huge branches.

Poppy’s face brightens as she takes in the sight. “Oh my god. It looks exactly the same. I can’t believe how well it’s been kept.”

“Yeah, my uncle loved working on it for the grandkids.

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