Glory Falls by Janine Rosche

Author:Janine Rosche [Rosche, Janine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2021-01-12T00:00:00+00:00

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On the night of December 23, the town of Landstuhl was bustling with holiday-minded folks, most full of drink, singing carols that bent from German to English and back—a sound she’d prefer over Erik’s ten-minute-long story. Something about trying to buy a specialized sports car at a dealership and the look on the man’s face when he took him on a speedy test drive. She willed her mind to keep focusing and added her fiftieth nod. Was this how Thomas felt when she talked a lot?

For a third date—if that’s what this was—Erik still didn’t seem to know much about her, other than maybe her talent and her money. He hadn’t given her time to add anything else to the conversation. The man could fill hours with stories about himself, which all highlighted his rich and famous life. Nothing truly personal. It was all rather dull.

But his smiles and little touches had a way of making her lips say yes whenever he asked her to join him for a concert, dinner, or an evening walk. Of all the women in the world, Erik Braun found her desirable. Not the beautiful starlets on set. Not the glorious models with their perfect bodies and faces. Her.

Plus, there was no friend zone with Erik to break out of. He wanted her, though Blue hadn’t let him kiss her yet. The image of Thomas’s face always seemed to get in the way.

Yet as they approached her parents’ flat, Blue prepared to stiff-arm all thoughts of Thomas out of the way. She hadn’t been kissed—really kissed—in a long time. Erik was probably good at it, too. Blue would be hard-pressed to find a woman who didn’t swoon when his character kissed Melanie’s character.

“Well, here we are.” Erik joined her on the front stoop, angling his body to block any escape. She couldn’t duck away this time. His eyes roved her face, lingering on her mouth. “Let me ask you a question.”

Finally, he wanted to know something about her.

“Is there any romance in your screenplay?” he asked.

Blue’s mind shifted far too quickly back to Montana and to Thomas. So much for that stiff-arm. “A bit. Between the hero and his childhood friend.”

“If you’re single, how do you research the kiss scenes that you write?”

“I guess I have a good imagination.”

Erik tucked his hand into her coat collar, his fingers caressing her neck. “Would the hero kiss her here?” He kissed Blue on the side of her throat. Not a little kiss, either. A close the door, turn down the lights kind of kiss.

Blue had expected a certain amount of heat, maybe even lust if Erik kissed her. Now that it was happening, she felt neither. Just a panic rising. On instinct, she shirked away, lifting her shoulder to meet her ear until he had to pull back.

“Thomas wouldn’t kiss a girl like that,” she said. “Definitely not so soon.”

“Fair enough. How would he kiss a girl?”

“Respectfully. Innocently.”

Erik scoffed. The sound of the noise bit into her.

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