Falling for Sydney by Heather B. Moore

Author:Heather B. Moore [Moore, Heather B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Christian romance, clean and wholesome romance, women's fiction, romantic comedy
Publisher: Mirror Press
Published: 2016-12-10T06:00:00+00:00

Just go with it, Sydney told herself more than once that morning as she got ready to go to the ranch with Jake. Don’t overthink it.

Twenty minutes ago, she’d hugged her friends goodbye before they set off back to their cities and jobs and boyfriends. Then she caught up on a bunch of emails that had been piling up during her two days off. Even though she’d created an auto-responder, some of them were urgent.

That morning, Jake had texted to see if he could pick her up so they could drive together and have a chance to put their plan together. He told her he’d bring her back whenever she was ready.

At first, Sydney had hesitated. What if things went sour and Jake drove her back home in a cloud of silence? This made her feel more determined to keep things platonic between them even though she’d been awake half the night thinking of everything he’d said to her and that almost-kiss out in the parking lot.

When they’d unloaded at the storage unit, Jake had been friendly to Maria and June like usual, and Sydney also noticed that he paid special attention to her. It was like he was watching her constantly. So maybe what June had said was right. Several times she’d caught his gaze on hers, and each time she felt a little warmer at the attention.

Rebound guy. Is that what he was? At least in her mind? She couldn’t imagine going to his family’s ranch and meeting his parents and trying to hook up with him. Maybe this was her heart and mind’s way of protecting her from the crushing pain of Rian’s betrayal. She was locking that away and hyper-focusing on the thing or person closest to Rian—his brother. Not that they had a close relationship, but they shared the same DNA and same childhood.

Sydney’s phone buzzed with a text.

We love you and have fun. It was from Maria, but June was included in the group text.

Before Sydney could reply, someone knocked on the door. Jake was already here. She grabbed her overnight bag and purse and headed to the door. She opened it, and her breath stalled. He wore jeans again and a button-down shirt. His hair was combed but in a rebellious sort of way.

But it was his smile that made her pulse drum.

She couldn’t ever remember feeling like this when she saw Rian. It had been more of looking at their relationship from a logical standpoint.

“Ready?” Jake asked.

“Yeah,” she said, wondering if she sounded as breathless as she felt. All of her thoughts about Jake during the night didn’t really do justice to the man in the flesh.

“Great,” he continued, oblivious to the turmoil of her thoughts. He reached out a hand and took her bag.

“Thanks,” she said, then shut the apartment door and locked it. Apparently they were having a one-worded conversation.

“I grabbed some coffee on the way,” he said as they headed down the stairs to the parking lot. “Unless you’ve already had yours?”

She had in fact, but she said, “Sounds great.

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