Falling for Owen by Jennifer Ryan

Author:Jennifer Ryan [RYAN, JENNIFER]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2014-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

CLAIRE WAITED FOR Owen to leave the kitchen before she poked through his cabinets and pantry for what she needed. She fell in love with the kitchen. He may have gone bachelor bare in the living room, but he’d spared no expense in the kitchen, adding dividers in the drawers for utensils. They slid in and out and closed by themselves. She loved the huge refrigerator. He may not have very much in the way of actual food—beer took up one whole shelf—but the sheer size and newness of it made her jealous.

Her fridge didn’t work nearly as well. The vegetable drawer froze her lettuce and anything on the door was barely above room temperature.

The contents of Owen’s fridge implied he’d shopped for their meal, but not for much more. Maybe breakfast, judging by the two cartons of eggs.

The thought of staying and making Owen breakfast in the morning brought out another smile and made her belly glow warm. She couldn’t remember ever smiling this much when thinking about a man. Oh, her ex had made her smile in the beginning, but they dimmed with suspicions of his ulterior motives. Owen wanted her in his bed, but that isn’t all he wanted. He wanted to get to know her, to please her with this dinner date, and to protect her from any more trouble.

Settled into the kitchen and Owen’s home, she went out the back door to the patio and smiled at the huge stainless steel grill. Such a guy thing. She liked the black wrought iron round table with chairs. The small puddles on the deck told her he’d spent some time washing things down before going to the barn to take care of other chores. A potted red geranium stood alone by the deck rail. The other pots were filled with dirt, but no plants. The backyard was nothing more than hacked-down weeds. The beauty of the yard came from the two towering trees on both sides of the patchy grass. Their thick branches sprawled high over the yard, deck, and house, shading everything. Dappled light filtered through the bright green leaves. She loved the peaceful cocoon they made over this lovely backyard spot.

She opened the lid of the grill, thinking to give it a clean and heat it for the potatoes, but didn’t need to. The man kept a clean grill. She turned the knob and lit the burners. Lid closed, she turned to the pile of cushions by the back door. They still had the tags on them. He’d bought them for their date tonight. She tore off the tags and set the cushions on the chairs. Pleased with the dark green color against the black metal and the yard, she smiled.

In the house, she found a cylindrical clear glass vase and a tall pitcher. She went back into the pantry and grabbed a fat pillar candle and three thin taper candles. She put the pillar in the pitcher. She found a lighter in a drawer

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