Fall Into Me: A dark, small-town, second-chance romance by Celine L.A Simpson

Author:Celine L.A Simpson [Simpson, Celine L.A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2025-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

25

Fane

After

“Put me down!” Cali whisper-yelled while simultaneously squealing. I was pretty sure there was a giggle in there somewhere that she tried to disguise with a pretty burly-sounding “Grr.”

“Nope.” I reached up and slapped her ass lightly.

“Fane!” She really did yell that time. “You did not just do that!”

“Do what? This?” I slapped her ass again, and this time the giggle was definitely there before yet another grizzly harrumphing sound.

“Fane!” Cali’s squealing laugh was worth every second of all the middle fingers and cuss words I was sure were in my future. I set her down right next to my car.

“Motherfucking fucking…fuck!” Cali stomped her foot, and the move was so unexpected my eyebrows shot up to my hairline. “You…you’re not allowed to do any of that ever again.” She held her hands up in a big X in front of her.

“Sorry.” I wasn’t sorry at all.

“I can drive myself.” She crossed her arms. “And you touched my ass. Twice.”

“I know you can, but I’m going to help and do it for you. And it’s a nice ass, but you’re right. I should’ve asked first.”

“I—” Her blush was fluorescent. “Thank you,” she mumbled before she frowned at herself and mouthed the word, What?

“Get in, we’re going to be late.” I jerked my head toward the open passenger side door.

“I’m not—”

“Cali, I swear to God, I will physically put you in that seat.”

Her face had gone slack, and her mouth hung open, but she did it, grumbling all about how she’d see how I’d like it if she slapped my ass and then something else that sounded a lot like, “What? No. Why would I touch his ass?”

Needless to say, she sulked the whole drive into Sunshine, arms crossed and whole body angled away from me. My attention was half on her, half on the road, and just like every other time her café came into question, the need as to why she picked that name wanted to be screamed in her general vicinity.

It sat like a lead weight at the bottom of my stomach. Like that same pathetic bit of hope that had been doused the moment I got into town suddenly started to show signs of a pulse.

But I held back. Even though my plan sucked, things were…I don’t know what they were. But they were changing, and I was approaching her like I would a scared little kitten. With caution and patience and protective gear.

“People are going to think I’m your hostage,” she said, jumping out of the truck and heading off down the alley to the café.

“People are going to think we’re in love,” I corrected her, following just behind.

She snorted, tossing her words at me over her shoulder. “What a rude shock that will be for them.”

Oh, well. That wouldn’t do.

“Cali,” I said, voice sharp and urgent, stopping her mid-step. She turned in an instant, eyes raking over me with a furrow between her brows. Assessing.

She stepped toward me, and whether she knew she was doing

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