Collide by Juliana Stone

Author:Juliana Stone
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: romance, siblings, small town romance, contemporary romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

It was nearly six o’clock Sunday evening when the doorbell rang. Slinging a tea towel over her shoulder, Bobbi unplugged the crock pot and pushed it back into its spot between the toaster and the fridge. With Billie at Logan’s and Betty not yet returned from her Saturday night out with Matt Hawkins, there had only been the three of them—Bobbi, Herschel, and her father. So, leftover chili and garlic toast was more than enough.

With a sigh, Bobbi tossed the towel over the drying rack next to the sink and headed for the foyer just as the doorbell went again.

“Twins! One of you going to get that?” Herschel said loudly, as the volume of the television increased tenfold. Her father and Gramps were already in the family room, no doubt each in their favorite seats, eyes glued to the flat screen.

God forbid they miss 60 Minutes.

“I got it,” she mumbled, reaching for the doorknob. “And in case the two of you didn’t notice I was the only one at the dinner table.”

Twins my ass, she thought, though a small smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. From the earliest memories she had, Gramps had always referred to the three of them as twins. No matter if one or three were around. It confused more than a few folk, but it was just Gramps.

She opened the door and a fresh gust of wind tickled her nostrils. For a moment she wasn’t sure who was standing on the porch. The lights weren’t on yet and it was already dark outside.

“Hey.”

Bobbi hoped the weird little squeak she heard in her head hadn’t made its way into the outside world, but judging from the small smile Shane sported, that wasn’t the case.

“I would have called but I wasn’t sure you’d answer.”

Shane’s rakish grin was offset by the thick waves that curled from beneath his plain black toque. A cream colored turtleneck kept him warm beneath a North Face coat, though he wore jeans and his regular boots.

“Bobbi?” he prodded.

She had thought of nothing but this man since the night before. She’d tossed his idea around, his crazy idea that the two of them could have a no-strings-attached, sex only non-relationship and she, god help her, was considering it.

She gazed up into his eyes and felt that something spark inside her, the something that only Shane Gallagher could get going. She wasn’t sure what it was exactly, but it sure as hell felt good.

She cleared her throat and stood back, conscious of the fact she was in a pair of old track pants and a simple white T-shirt.

“Would you like to come in?”

He shook his head. “Nope.”

Surprised, her head shot up sharply. “Then why are you here?”

He leaned against the door jam and though the wind was gusting somewhat, spreading cold air and snowflakes into the house, she was hot as hell. Hot and irritable and twitchy.

That was a good word for it. She was twitchy.

She could smell him now. That crisp, masculine scent.

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