If You Love Me by Ciara Knight

Author:Ciara Knight [Knight, Ciara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781939081940
Publisher: Defy the Dark Publishing LLC

Chapter Eleven

Drew and Carissa walked in silence through the sleet. An uneasiness settled between them, and he didn’t like it. He liked it even less than the feeling of soot smeared over his skin. For some reason he cared. Probably because she’d saved him from Mrs. Graysman when she’d seen the damage he’d caused. He’d found more trouble in a few days in this small town than Knox found in a nightclub over a weeklong party in Miami.

“When you get inside, don’t say anything. Set the box of treats on the table, open the lid, and then stay out of the way.”

The kitten purred underneath his jacket close to his chest. “You make it sound like I’m making an offering to some tribal god.”

“Ha. It kind of does sound like that.” She tightened her scarf around her neck and eyed the fashion store down the street. The one Jacqueline probably owned.

“I’ll make the offering with no deviation.” He adjusted his camera bag strap on his shoulder that kept sliding down with the snow melting on his clothes. “I don’t want to get any more of the town on my bad side.”

She bit her bottom lip in a way that told him she was keeping her words inside, so he stopped at the lightpost in front of a sewing store. “Tell me. Did I do something wrong beyond breaking a historical tree and destroying the carpet inside the Victorian home that sits as a symbol of small-town charm?”

To his relief, his words provoked a release of her bottom lip, allowing the rosebud color to flood through it again. “No. It’s not that. It’s just… I want you to consider what I proposed.” She leaned against the light pole, shivering. “Trust me when I tell you that Jacqueline is the perfect person for this show. She’ll win over every man with her looks and charisma, and all the women will want to be her. It’s a win-win.”

“If I was trying to sell dresses and a personality, sure.” He noticed the way her gaze connected with the ground and realized what the real problem was. The beautiful, sweet, energetic, talented woman in front of him didn’t believe she was good enough for the job. “You know you’re perfect. For this spotlight, I mean. The only one in this town I’ve met so far who I would want to work with on this project.”

“You’re saying that because you want me to hurry up and make the perfect product for your test shots so you can get out of here before you find yourself being sacrificed.” Carissa’s lips curled into a half smile.

“You got me.” The kitten poked her fuzzy little head out as if to see why he’d stopped walking but then buried herself back into his jacket for the warmth.

“I almost believe you. How can I doubt a man who breaks tree limbs and nearly his neck trying to save a little animal?”

“Ah, shucks, it was nothing, ma’am.”

Carissa burst out laughing. “This isn’t the Old West, and you’re not John Wayne.

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