Destination Wedding ~ A Novel by Sletten Deanna Lynn

Author:Sletten, Deanna Lynn [Sletten, Deanna Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deanna Lynn Sletten
Published: 2014-04-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Claire awoke the next morning to the sun peeking through the partially closed curtains. She reached over, pulled one curtain aside, and hooked it open, then lay back and sighed. The view outside the window was glorious. It was another sunny day with blue skies and puffy white clouds overhead.

Claire picked up her phone and unlocked it to see what time it was. Nine-thirty a.m. Wow, she hadn't realized she'd slept so late, but it had felt good. She couldn't remember when she'd slept in this late in a long time.

Claire felt something move beside her, and she turned to see Jim smiling back at her. She jumped, startled by his nearness. "What on earth are you doing in my bed?" she exclaimed, pulling the blankets tighter around her. "You scared the bejeezus out of me."

"Sorry," Jim said sheepishly. "I didn't mean to scare you. And technically, I'm not in your bed, I'm on your bed. See? I'm on top of the comforter and you're safely tucked under the blankets. No one is touching anyone."

Claire rolled her eyes and fell back on her pillows. "That's not the point. You're on my bed, uninvited. How long have you been there?"

"I'm sorry," Jim repeated. "But that cot is killing me. Plus, it was making so much noise, I was afraid I'd wake you."

Claire stared hard at Jim. "How long?"

"Only an hour or so."

Claire sighed, then lifted her arms in surrender. "I feel like I've lost control of everything. First my room, now my bed. Is there anything else in my life you'd like to take?"

Jim grinned and leaned over closer to her. "Well, if you're offering…" he started to say, but Claire cut him off.

"No, I'm not," she said pointedly. "I'm going to shower and then head over to that delightful coffeehouse and have one of their delicious muffins and a coffee. What are you doing this morning?"

Jim continued smiling that rakish grin of his as he watched Claire pull clean clothes out of her suitcase and walk toward the bathroom. "I'll go anywhere you're going," he said.

Claire shook her head and escaped into the bathroom, but there was a small smile on her face.

Later, Claire sat at a table on the patio of the coffeehouse while Jim went inside to order their coffee and food. She was surprised when her phone buzzed in her pocket. When she pulled it out and looked at it, she sighed. Steven. He probably wanted to know if she was still thinking about his proposal. In truth, she'd stopped thinking about it the past two days and was just enjoying her vacation. But she didn't dare tell him that. It would hurt his feelings.

Reluctantly, she answered the phone. "Hi, Steven."

"Hello, Claire. How is everything going there?"

Claire frowned. Steven sounded very happy. Almost jovial. She was used to him being more serious. "Everything is fine. How about you?"

"Couldn't be better. In fact, it's been pretty amazing here. The staff has sold more houses this week than we sold all last month.

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