Chasing the Runaway Bride by Susan Meier

Author:Susan Meier [Susan Meier]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2014-10-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Monday morning, Cade woke antsy. For weeks, he’d been living with the knowledge that people were figuring out he wasn’t Hunter’s father. The fact that Lonnie had admitted it shouldn’t mean anything.

But it did.

Not because of the town. Because of Piper. Now that Lonnie had come clean, there was no reason for them to stay away from each other. All those little fantasies he had about her? He couldn’t see any reason not to act them out.

He bounced out of bed with a laugh, but as he dressed for work, other thoughts crept in. She’d admitted she was embarrassed about being the runaway bride. She hated being a laughingstock.

He frowned. Those things might come into play, but all they had to do was keep their affair a secret, and they could have all the fun they wanted.

Twenty minutes later, he met Piper at the entrance to O’Riley’s. “Mornin’, sweet cheeks.”

She rolled her eyes. “I told you to stop calling me weird names.”

She reached for her keys and he lightly pinched her cheek. “You cannot ruin my good mood this morning.”

As the door opened, they walked in to the scent of April Johnson’s glazed doughnuts.

Refusing to look at him, Piper said, “Think I’ll go back and get the tray so she doesn’t have to bring it out.”

“Fine. I’m going to the office.”

She scampered away, and he watched her for a few seconds before he headed to the cashier’s cage. He might be ready, willing, and able, but it seemed she needed some time to process everything that was happening. Still, they were going to spend a night together, and it would probably be soon. He might have to seduce her, but he wasn’t going to push her. For as vivid as his fantasies were, she had to be as onboard as he was.

Looking for his grandfather’s proof to keep his mind occupied, he spent an hour pulling files from the drawer, examining them, and putting them back. With every folder he read, the odds increased that he was getting closer to finding the thing that would clear his grandfather’s name. About the sixtieth file, though, he suddenly realized that the proof that exonerated his grandfather might hurt Piper’s dad—which would hurt Piper.

He paused, sucked in a breath. Was finding this proof really necessary? They were working well together. No one cared about the stupid Hyatt/O’Riley feud anymore. Why was he doing this?

She stepped into the office as he shoved the file back into its place.

“Why are you looking at those old files again?”

“Curiosity?” Her nose wrinkled as she walked over, as if she needed to confirm for herself that he was reading files so out-of-date the IRS probably wasn’t interested in them anymore.

“Curiosity about what?”

She met his gaze, and as always happened when they were in a quiet room, alone, connecting like normal people, their attraction sparked. She automatically pivoted to race away, but he took her arm and turned her to face him. The smoothness of her skin nearly did him in.

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