Forrest for the Trees by Smartypants Romance

Author:Smartypants Romance [Blades, Kilby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smartypants Romance
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Tell me everything. Spare no detail.

Sierra burst out laughing the moment she got an eye full of Rick’s text, then second-thought the outburst after realizing that she was quite hung over. She had the day off, an ideal circumstance given that it had been a late night. After kissing under the big oak tree for a good, long while, she and Forrest had made their way back to the barn, where they ran into Chase again.

Sierra had always assumed the guys she saw Forrest with around town and around the park were his friends, but she’d seen a different side of him the night before. He and Chase were close. Hearing them talk had clued her into dimensions of Forrest’s life she had never imagined. Undoubtedly, Sierra would spend her day off not only recalling every lick of his kiss and every sweet and sumptuous moment of their date, but every tiny little brushstroke that had painted a more complete picture of him.

He passed the kissing test.

The memory of said kissing gave her body a tingle. She bit her lip against a smile as she tapped the message out. It was a swollen lip, by the way. That was how much they’d enjoyed themselves. It was another mark in his favor: not only did his timing and technique make Forrest a master of the lost art—she could tell that he really liked doing it.

What other tests did he pass?

Even though they were just texting, she could hear Rick’s voice in her mind. She had a good guess, too, as to the expression on his face.

He got an A in seeing me home safely and bidding me goodbye at the door like a gentleman.

Rick’s response was three eye roll emojis. The bouncing dots that had begun on the next line of the chat window told her he was typing again.

All right. Just remember. That “no sex ’til the third date” crap is for people who secretly hate themselves and resent their bodies.

Now it was Sierra's turn to roll her eyes. Rick was the poster child for sex-positivity.

She tapped back, I’ll keep that in mind. Call me this week for drinks.

With that, she got out of bed, brushed her teeth, made her coffee, and swallowed three Advil down. As she went through all the motions, she couldn’t help but relive every moment of what could never be erased in her mind as the perfect date.

You got what you wanted, a voice inside her whispered. It was an unfamiliar voice. The one that often spoke to her was grim—some inner manifestation of all her fears. It felt as if—for months—petty annoyances and disappointments had loomed. Only, this new voice inside her rang of hope.

Sierra was half a cup of coffee into meditating on that thought, seated outside on her back patio, looking at the creek below. When her phone rang, her heart gave a flip. Instantly, she hoped it was Forrest.

“Hey, Jaya …” she answered after the caller ID confirmed that it wasn’t. Her friend didn’t bother with a greeting.

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