Close To The Fire by Suzanne Ferrell

Author:Suzanne Ferrell [Ferrell, Suzanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Action/Adventure, Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Suzanne Ferrell Productions
Published: 2014-09-24T14:00:00+00:00

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Cleetus walked past the Dye Right Salon for the third time that hour. He’d volunteered to foot patrol the downtown business area today in the hopes of getting a chance to talk to Miss Sylvie again. Last night he’d enjoyed their conversation over pie until the moment he’d had to run out to the fire.

Gosh, he hoped he hadn’t scared her.

“Deputy?”

He froze, his face heating at how nice her voice sounded. Swallowing, he turned and smiled. “Miss Sylvie. Nice day, isn’t it?”

She grinned at him, her pixie eyes twinkling and dimples appearing on both her cheeks. “Must be, if you’re spending it outside patrolling the salon’s sidewalk.”

His face grew hotter at her teasing, but he wasn’t going to go all tongue-tied this time. “I confess I was hoping to catch you going to lunch. I wanted to apologize for leaving you at the café last night.”

“Oh dear, no. You were doing your duty. There’s no need to apologize for that,” she said laying her hand on his forearm.

He liked the way her hand felt on his skin.

“Then would you like to join me for lunch?”

She dropped her hand, but gave him another dimple-filled smile. “I think I’d like that very much.”

“Did I leave enough money for the bill last night?” he asked as they strolled down the sidewalk and around the corner onto Main Street where the café sat.

“Yes, and I told Rachel to keep the change as her tip,” Sylvie said.

“Good. I was worried about it.”

He’d slowed down so she wouldn’t have to walk too fast. She wore those big high heels and her legs being shorter than his and all. How did women walk in those tall heels?

“Was the fire a bad one?” she asked after a few more steps.

“Well, it was pretty big, but no one got hurt. I mean, some guys got a burn or two, and of course some of the farmers had to have oxygen since they were fighting it before we got there. But for the most part, I guess it wasn’t too bad.” He said, then stopped and held open the café door for her.

They headed towards a booth on the side of the room.

“Hey, Cleetus,” Wes Strong called as they passed his table

Cleetus stopped to speak to the other deputies. “Miss Sylvie, I’d like you to meet my friends, Wes Strong and Daniel Löwe. Wes, Daniel, this is Miss Sylvie Gillis.”

“Pleasure to meet you,” Sylvie said, blushing as she shook hands with both men.

Cleetus didn’t like watching her get all flustered by his friends.

“You want to join us?” Wes asked.

Sylvie looked up at him, with her eyes wide in question.

The last thing he wanted to do was share the little lady’s attention with his friends. Cleetus shook his head. “No, thanks, guys. Miss Sylvie’s on her break and I’m sure you guys have to get back to work.”

Wes and Daniel exchanged a look and Cleetus was sure they were going to make some wise-ass comment. What would he say then? He didn’t want Miss Sylvie to think he was rude to his friends.

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