Final Proposal by K. Bromberg

Author:K. Bromberg [Bromberg, K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: S.I.N. Series, Book Three
Publisher: JKB Publishing, LLC
Published: 2022-08-28T00:00:00+00:00

Ellery

“How did you even know this was a thing?” I ask as the breeze tickles my cheeks. The sound of water lapping the dinghy’s hull nearly lulls me to sleep.

“Some of the crew were talking about it. I guess it’s a town tradition. Something about reliving the founder’s first steps or something.” He shrugs and brings the bottle of beer to his lips before setting it back down and holding the tiller again. “I thought it would be nice to get on the water and away from the site for a bit.”

“It’s most definitely nice.” I look around at the line of boats before and after us. We look like ducks following each other in our twelve-foot sailboats. Some boats have four people on it, others just one, and a few young kids manning the helm by themselves.

Chatter can be heard from one sailboat to another, community members who clearly know each other. On the shore to our right, the townspeople who don’t have a boat or a ride in one are barbecuing and setting up for a night of festivities apparently.

I turn my attention back to Ford, who looks completely at ease with the halyard in one hand and the tiller in the other. Or at least I think that’s what they’re called because he threw a lot of terms out at me, and I don’t exactly remember which is what.

He looks good with the setting sun on his face and the evening breeze in his hair.

“You have a smudge of dirt on your forehead,” he says. “Here, let me get it.”

“It’s not dirt.” I scrunch my nose up as my cheeks turn red and wave my hand at him. “Don’t ask.”

“You know I’m going to ask after you say that.” He angles his head to the side. “What?”

“It’s a bruise.”

“Okay.” He stretches the word out. “From?”

“I was reading last night in bed,” I say as if that should explain it all, but when he just furrows his brow in confusion, I continue. “I fell asleep and dropped my Kindle on my face.”

He belts out a laugh that I’m sure has other sailors looking our way. “You what?”

“You heard me.”

“I wasn’t aware there were hazards in reading. Well, was it a good book at least?”

I think of the chapters I flew through. The hero fighting for the heroine. The push. The pull. The incredible, hate-fuck scene that followed where I admit—embarrassingly—that I was picturing Ford and me as the characters.

And then the thunk followed by my yelp as it hit my face when I dozed off.

“Very good.”

“Why are you blushing, Ellery?” He angles his head to the side and stares at me, his smile widening as if he already knows.

“No reason.”

He laughs again, his stare unrelenting. “Maybe I should read this book of yours.”

The red on my cheeks darkens. “I don’t exactly picture romance as your genre of choice.”

“You never know. I’m full of surprises. Maybe that’s one of them.” He stretches his foot out and bumps mine with his, his grin widening.

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