Crushing On You: Travis and Gabriella (An Emerald Falls Romance, Book One) by Kersey Christine

Author:Kersey, Christine [Kersey, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Sapphire Creek Press
Published: 2016-07-08T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Gabby gave Sadie her evening pill, then she began getting ready for her date. All day she’d been thinking about this evening, surprising herself with how much she’d been looking forward to it. Well, maybe she wasn’t all that surprised. After all, the date was with Travis Haywood.

“I’m so excited,” she sang to Sadie, who seemed less than enthusiastic as she curled up on Gabby’s bed.

Ready by a quarter to six, Gabby sat on the couch and began reading the novel she’d started a few days earlier. Engrossed in the story, she didn’t realize forty-five minutes had passed until Sadie jumped onto her lap and insisted on a scratch, at which time she looked at her phone.

“I thought he said six,” she murmured. Sadie purred and head-butted Gabby’s hand to get her to re-focus.

As the minutes ticked by, Gabby became worried—what if something had happened to him on his way over? At seven o’clock she tried calling him, but got his voicemail. She decided to leave a message.

“Hi. It’s Gabby. Just wondering if you’re okay.” She disconnected and chewed on her bottom lip, then picked up her book, but she was unable to concentrate.

At seven-thirty her phone rang. She snatched it from the couch cushion beside her, and when she saw Travis’s name on her caller ID, she swiped the phone to answer. “Hello?”

“It’s Travis,” he said.

“Are you okay? I’ve been worried.” Her concern kept her from feeling self-conscious about admitting her anxiety.

“Yeah. I had to assist Doc Martin in emergency surgery. I’m sorry I didn’t make it over.”

Relieved beyond words that he was okay, and proud that his job involved doing something so important, she softly sighed. “That’s okay. Did everything go all right?”

“Yeah. I’ll tell you about it when I see you.”

When he saw her? Was he still going to come over? “Tonight?”

“You’re probably starving by now.” He laughed. “Unless you gave up on me and ate something.”

Too distressed about his whereabouts to even think about eating, she was definitely hungry. “No. I didn’t eat anything.”

“I’ll pick something up and bring it over. Is that okay?”

Her earlier excitement came roaring back. “Yes. That’s fine.”

“Good. I’ll see you in a bit.”

She disconnected the phone, then turned to Sadie, who was stretched out on the cool wood floor. “He’s coming over.”

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