Christmas In Maine: A Winter Romance Book 1 by Meyers Grace

Author:Meyers, Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Sage

Sage woke to the smell of hazelnut coffee, Clark still nuzzled in the crook of her arm. Smiling to no one in particular, all the memories of the night before came flooding back as she realized she wasn’t in her cabin. “Oh, my…”

With determination, she climbed from the bed and scooped up Clark. “Come on you cutie, we have to get downstairs.”

Travis was in the kitchen, two coffee cups in hand. “Oh, wow! You scared the devil out of me! Here, I wasn’t sure how you like it so I added a little of each, creamer and sugar. Hope that works.”

Clark squirmed in Sage’s arms and happily ran off when she put him down. Travis slipped the back door open smoothly so he could go out. “He’ll be out there for a while. When you're ready, I can give you a tour of the house, a proper tour as you called it, along with the barn and my workshop.”

Sage’s hair was a rat's nest, her skin ruddy and oily, she needed a bath and proper clothing. “Can we do this in about an hour? I want to get home and take care of a few things. I have a few phone calls to make and then we can do this.”

“Sure. Let me drive you home.”

It surprised Sage when he pulled around to the front door in a rusty pickup truck. “Sorry, I have two other vehicles, my BMW and a motorcycle, but this was the easiest to get to right now.”

“It’s fine. I like old trucks.”

Travis’s hand brushed Sage’s as he opened the passenger side door. “Let me help…”

“Thank you.” Slipping across the worn leather of the seat Sage got comfortable as Travis shut the door.

The morning sun shined bright across the horizon, a chill of air caressing Sage’s cheek through the slightly open window as he drove. “It’s so beautiful here, I always wanted to live here. Don’t get me wrong, I love Boston but Maine is so gorgeous.”

“Yes, it is. Originally I was born in Alabama, but my parents moved back here a few years later. She’d met my father in Alabama and convinced him to come back to her home, nowhere else felt quite like Freeport. Well, we're here.”

Sage had no choice but to accept Travis’ extended hand as he tried to get out of the vehicle. The last thing she wanted to feel was a physical chemistry between them—fresh out of her broken relationship that ended in standing alone at the altar. “Thank you.”

“No problem. I guess I’ll let you be.”

Travis hurried to his side of the truck and darted out the driveway faster than Sage climbed the stairs. Turning around, it shocked her to see him go, wanting to thank him again for his kindness.

“That man is a strange individual, one minute he’s here pacing around my house at two in the morning, the next he’s gone on the wind on some other agenda. Strange.”

The wind chime hanging from the edge of the porch chimed in the breeze.

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