Dandelion Wishes (Harper's Mill Book 3) by Summer Donnelly

Author:Summer Donnelly [Donnelly, Summer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-08T06:00:00+00:00

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Awkward, party of two, Brick thought. Maybe Violet should have warned him that her dad was going to be at the Fire Box, too. Because eating a steak dinner while Adam, Ben, Caleb, and Darius Race stared at him like something a cat dragged in was not the highlight of his evening.

But then again, neither was the movie.

“Did you enjoy the movie?” Brick asked, anxious to fill the truck with a sound other than the subtle sound of vibration accompanying Mandy’s texting thumbs.

“Yeah,” she said absently. “It was a good one. Dinner was good, too,” she said, finally looking up at him. But then her phone immediately began vibrating and he lost her attention again.

He subtly tried to check his watch. “We’re good on time. I’ll have you home with fifteen minutes to spare. The Judge will be happy.”

Mandy shrugged. “He can think what he wants. He doesn’t control me.”

Brick didn’t say anything as he pulled into her driveway and put the truck in neutral. The parking brake was loud in the quiet night air.

Mandy was right. Dinner at the Fire Box had been delicious with well-seasoned steaks and potatoes baked to utter perfection. The wait staff had been attentive with regular refills and plenty of bread with their signature honey-butter.

The company, however, had remained locked to her cellphone and had only muttered single syllable responses to his initial conversational gambits.

And of course, the combined heat from Violet’s dad and uncles had almost singed his eyebrows.

He stepped down from the truck and walked around to open the door for Mandy.

“You don’t have to walk me to the door,” she said, walking slightly ahead of him.

Brick sighed. “I just thought we should talk,” he said. “This date tonight was probably a mistake,” he said, deciding to address the issue at hand. Prolonging the idea that this would lead to a second date or something more serious was futile. “Maybe not for either of us.” His voice was firm, but not unkind.

Mandy looked down at her shoes. “You’re probably right,” she said. “It was too soon after Dix and you’re hung up on a certain auburn haired girl.”

“Is it that obvious?”

Mandy laughed. “Only to anyone with eyes.”

Brick relaxed, the tension leaving his shoulders. “C’mon. Let’s get you home. We had a good dinner at any rate, right?”

Mandy smiled up at him. “We did. Thanks, Brick,” she said, brushing a quick kiss on his cheek. “You helped me see there are good men out there. Maybe Dixon Light isn’t one of them, but they exist.”

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