Elementary Romantic Calculus: An Opposites Attract Small Town Romance (Chemistry Lessons Book 6) by Susannah Nix

Author:Susannah Nix [Nix, Susannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Haver Street Press
Published: 2021-05-17T18:30:00+00:00

Josh left her alone for the rest of the day, ceding his bedroom to her and popping in only occasionally to bring her more coffee, or a glass of water, or a sandwich. And once to grab a clean shirt after a situation with a pregnant goat that he assured her she did not want the details of.

Otherwise, he let her work undisturbed. At one point late in the day, she heard him singing to himself downstairs. As alluring as that was, she held strong and refused to let herself get distracted.

By evening, she was certain she was on the right track. There was still a lot to do, but she knew how she was going to do it. Could see the solution glowing in her mind like a beacon, lighting the way ahead.

She stepped back, hands on her hips, and surveyed her work with a sense of pride that had been missing in her life for too long. Pride that had been stolen from her by her disheartening job search and compounded by Paul’s abandonment at her lowest moment.

It seemed silly now that she’d invested so much in someone who’d never exhibited more than a passing attachment to her. It was embarrassing that she’d allowed him to hurt her. To damage her sense of her own self-worth.

She didn’t need him or anyone else to validate her. She didn’t need an impressive academic position to prove she was a gifted mathematician either. Not once she’d published this proof. It would stand on its own as a testament to her worthiness.

A mathematical proof, but also proof that she was good enough.

And she’d done it on her own, without institutional support.

Take that, Princeton. What do you think of my CV now?

She was feeling confident enough to pack it in for the day, and made her way downstairs, in search of Josh. She found him in the kitchen, newly returned from milking the goats and in the middle of making dinner. For the two of them.

He looked up, smiling at the sight of her, and she threw herself into his arms, kissing him until he gently untangled himself so he could tend to the food that was in danger of burning on the stove.

Mia wasn’t used to people doing things for her. But she might be able to get used to it, she decided, standing in that farmhouse kitchen filled with the fragrant sizzle of cooking food.

“Do you like cooking?” she asked, grabbing two beers out of the fridge.

He shrugged as he pushed ground beef around a skillet. “I like to eat. It’s hard to do one without the other.”

“I never learned to cook.” She twisted the caps off both bottles and handed one to Josh.

He eyed her as he sipped his beer. “What do you eat?”

“I can make pasta. Grilled cheese sandwiches. Canned soup.”

“That’s cooking.”

“Not like this.” She nodded at the skillet of beef and onions he was stirring.

“Beef stroganoff is easy. Anyone can make it.” He tipped some beer into the pan.

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