Chasing Love by Melissa West

Author:Melissa West [West, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Damn, and just like that, Charlie forgot what he was doing, lost in Lila’s magnetic pull. Every time she said something like that, he found himself staring, searching her face for some hint that she was joking or saying something she thought he wanted her to say. But instead, she’d hold his gaze, her eyes sparkling, her smile so breathtaking, and he was stuck, staring and caught, and yet he couldn’t look away any more than he could make himself stop having these thoughts about her.

“You’re staring at me.”

“You noticed.”

“Hard not to, seeing as I’m looking at you while you’re doing it.” She laughed, but there was nothing funny about it. No, this was scary shit, the kind that could end a twenty-year-long friendship. Which he couldn’t let happen. And yet . . .

He reached into the cooler for a water, just to have something to damn do, but he couldn’t help but look back at her again.

Like the other night, she had her hair in a mess on top of her head, and though he’d always been a long-hair guy, he found the look unbelievably sexy on her. She wore a tank top and Columbia hiking shorts, a popular pair they sold at Southern Dive because lots of women around town wore them during the summer, when people wore as little as possible. And never once had he given those shorts a second look on anyone else. But on Lila, with her long, tanned legs ending in hiking boots, he thought she might be the most adorable person in the world, let alone Crestler’s Key.

Which all led to one hard truth: He needed to talk to Lucas. And he would . . . as soon as they got back into town. For now, he was here to give her a distraction, and he intended to do just that.

“You ready?” he asked, clearing his throat and his mind in the process.

She clapped. “You’re the boss. Lead me. I’m up for whatever.”

“All right. I thought we’d hit the trail first. The waterfalls are beautiful this time of year, and that trail to the left up there,” he said, pointing ahead, “goes past two. Three, if we go off course. But that’d take a little more time and a lot more faith.” He winked. “So grab your pack and bring your super powers, Ms. Protector; we’re hiking.”

Charlie tried to keep quiet as they went up the trail and instead allow nature to tell its own story. Everything was in bloom, and with the stream out there and the waterfalls in the distance, the mountains became magical. But he was never one to keep his mouth shut for long, so after a while, he started pointing out landmarks, explaining this plant or that, then dove into stories of family trips the Littletons had taken over the years, too many to recount.

“Did any of you ever get lost? I can’t imagine all three of you hanging around your parents the whole time,” she asked.

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