Dare To Kiss You: A secret crush, neighbours to lovers, small town romance (The Donnellys of Dogwood Cove Book 1) by Julia Jarrett

Author:Julia Jarrett [Jarrett, Julia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter thirteen

Kat

“I knew it!” Lily crows the second she walks in my front door. She points at me dramatically. “That is the face of a woman who got laid.”

“Could you at least close the door before you announce that?” I hiss, ushering her in the house, my gaze darting around outside to make sure no neighbours were witness to her.

“What’s the big deal?” she asks, wandering into my kitchen. “You asked him to the gala in public, everyone knows you’re going together.”

“Right, but no one knows we’re dating.” I say, sinking down on one of the stools that lines the counter at my kitchen island.

Lily claps her hands together under her chin. “So, you are dating.”

I lift my shoulders up and let them fall, a small smile forming. “I mean, yeah? We’ve gone out for dinner, and then we went snowshoeing yesterday.”

“And the sex. Don’t forget the sex.”

I blush. “Yeah. The sex.”

“I want to hear all about it.” Lily turns toward me, two cups of coffee in hand. She’s well acquainted with my kitchen and knows just how to make coffee for us both. Memories of the morning after Hunter slept on my couch come back, and his reaction to trying my peppermint mocha creamer. He was so cute.

I desperately wanted a repeat of that morning today, but Hunter insisted on going home last night. Even after making me see stars no less than three times, he wouldn’t stay over. It made no sense to me, his reaction to the very idea of being seen leaving my house when it wasn’t an issue the night his furnace broke down, but I was too scared to push him to explain. We’re too new, too fresh, for me to rock the boat.

“Okay, I can tell by the dreamy look on your face you’re thinking of him.”

Taking a sip of my coffee, I look at Lily. I could use some encouragement and advice, and she’s the only one who knows what’s going on. “That’s the problem, Lil. I can’t stop thinking about him. He’s so sweet, and charming, and funny, and —”

“You had better be about to tell me he’s good in bed. Please tell me he’s good in bed,” Lily interrupts me.

I just smirk over the top of my coffee cup. “He’s good. He’s really good.”

Lily shrieks, her hand slapping mine. “Yes, girl!”

After our giggles subside, I keep going. “But he doesn’t want anyone to know we’re together.”

Lily frowns. “Why not? He does realize you’re freaking amazing, right? He doesn’t seem like the kind of guy to have sordid affairs.”

“Who the heck says ‘sordid affairs’ anymore?” I ask, then shake my head. “Never mind. No, it’s not that. He’s just worried about what my brothers would say, and he wants to talk to Leo first. He is his boss, after all.”

“And he’s your cousin. So what?”

She makes a good point, and I don’t have an answer. Keeping my eyes on the coffee cup in front of me, I give a small shrug. “I don’t know.

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