Book Boyfriends: A Collection of Series Starters by Kate Hunt

Author:Kate Hunt [Hunt, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-06T18:30:00+00:00

By the time I get to Sweet Cream, my limp isn’t so bad. It’s good enough to fake not having one, anyway. Outside of the shop, I take a deep breath, then place my hand on the door handle and pull. It doesn’t budge. So I try pushing the door, but that doesn’t open it, either.

And that’s when I see Shane.

He’s inside the shop, and he’s just noticed me at the door. He’s coming over now to let me in. As he approaches, I feel my chest grow tight. Because he is just as hot, if not more so, than he is in the photograph online. He’s got a head of dark, thick hair and sharp, penetrating eyes. And he’s big. He’s at least a foot taller than me. And he’s way more muscular than I was expecting. Just looking at him makes me feel tiny.

Shane unlocks the door—yeah, I’m an idiot, of course it was locked—and looks out at me. Up close, I can glimpse an abstract tattoo twisting up his forearm. “Can I help you?”

I’m caught off guard. Doesn’t he know that I’m coming today? My brother set all of this up, so I haven’t been in direct communication with Shane.

“I’m Blair,” I say. “Um, Jake’s sister?”

Shane raises his eyebrows. “You’re Blair?”

I nod. I don’t know how to interpret the new expression on his face. He kind of looks disappointed and kind of looks surprised.

“Right,” he says gruffly. “Come on in.”

I follow him into the shop and he locks the door behind us. He must catch something in my face, because he says, “Shop’s not open for another hour.”

I nod and wait for him to start showing me around. Now that I’m inside, I can see why Sweet Cream is so popular. It has a really cool vibe. It’s mostly black and wood, with splashes of color. Vintage lights hang from the ceiling, and a neon sign that says JUST SWEET ENOUGH is installed on one wall.

I’m standing there, taking in my new surroundings, when Shane says, “What happened to your knee?”

I break out of my trance and look down, as if I don’t know what he’s talking about.

“Oh…um, someone kind of ran into me. A rollerblader. Out on the sidewalk.”

Shane grunts. “What an asshole.”

“No, it was my fault,” I say. “I didn’t move out of the way.”

“Rollerbladers shouldn’t even be on the sidewalk,” Shane says. His hand clenches and then slowly relaxes. He turns and starts heading to the back of the shop. “Come on. You can’t walk around like that all day.”

I follow him into the back, to the bathroom, which is just as trendy-looking as the main part of the shop. All the hardware is brass, and the sink is black. Shane digs through the cabinet below the sink and pulls out a first aid kit. As I stand there, frozen still, he quickly cleans my scraped-up knee and puts a bandage over the cut that’s still bleeding. His big hands are surprisingly delicate as they patch me up.

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