Catching Her Heart (For the Love of the Game) by Jody Holford

Author:Jody Holford
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Two-Hour Romance Short Reads; Women's Short Stories; Small Town & Rural Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction; Contemporary Romance Fiction; American Humorous Fiction; Workplace Romance; Sports Romance; Clean Romance; Jody Holford; Baseball; Coworker Romance Friends to Lovers Romance; Opposites Attract Romance; Small Town Romance; Entangled Publishing; Bliss; Popular Romance; Category Romance; Series Romance; For the Love of the Game; Covering All the Bases; Nashville; Tennessee; Summer Romance; Baseball Catcher;
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2019-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

The temperature outside had dropped several degrees and the stars had burst across the darkening sky. When they got to the truck, he walked Addie to the passenger side and started to open the door when she stopped and looked up.

“It’s so pretty. I forget to stop and just appreciate.”

Sawyer glanced up. “I think we all do that. But it’s definitely worth looking at.” He lowered his chin as he said it, studying her elegant face, her full lips, her wide blue eyes that seemed darker in the night.

Addie’s gaze came level with his. “Thanks for bringing me tonight.”

Reaching out, he tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear, his movements slow. “Thanks for coming with me.”

Her breathing slowed, and anticipation rushed into his blood when her eyes went to his mouth.

When her hand came to his chest, her fingers curled into the T-shirt beneath his unzippered jacket. “It was fun.”

Without actually lifting his feet, his body shifted closer. “Yup. Fun.” Even one syllable at a time seemed a challenge as he told himself to keep the lines drawn.

Addie’s gaze stayed glued to her hand on his chest. The spot was heating up along with the rest of him. “Good, friendly fun.”

“Mm-hmm. About that,” he said, his voice husky and low, his throat thick.

Her gaze jumped up to his. “What about it?”

God, her mouth was more tempting than a cold beer on a hot day. Just one taste. He was lying to himself even as he thought it. Once, twice, three times. It wouldn’t be enough. Addie was the kind of woman who made a man want more. More than he should want, more than he should have.

“I don’t think that’s gonna work out like we thought,” he said, putting a hand on his truck, boxing her in as his other hand drifted down the column of her neck.

She blinked rapidly, her breath hitching. “That’s too bad. I don’t have a lot of friends here.” She might have been going for sassy, but the catch in her voice gave her away.

He smiled. She was so cute. “I still want to spend time with you, but I don’t think the term friends covers what I want.”

Her other hand came up to his biceps. “No? Were you thinking more like friends with benefits?”

He half laughed, half groaned. Then he had a thought that made his shoulders clench. “Do you have any of those?”

She shook her head. “Not my style.”

Thank God. His neither. “No. That doesn’t suit you. Neither do I, for the record.” She was more than that. She was more than he’d ever known possible. Just being around her made him feel like a better person.

“Noted. So, what does suit me?” Her fingers walked up his arm, rested on his shoulders.

“Me. I don’t know why and I wasn’t looking for this and it’s probably a bad idea. But I’d like to cross the line between friendship and more. With you. Just you.”

Her smile pushed away the evening chill as she stepped closer.

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