In Between the Earth and Sky by Heidi Hutchinson

Author:Heidi Hutchinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: love, romantic comedy, funny, smart, military romance, slow burn
Publisher: Heidi Hutchinson

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Lydia

Lydia stopped herself from greeting the person who answered the door with, “Hello nameless roommate.” That just wouldn’t be very nice.

Though, to be fair, nameless roommate’s own greeting was a slight derpy expression and leaving the door open as he went back to the couch and his video game. That must mean Remington was home.

She closed the door behind her with her empty hand. Her other arm was occupied with a nearly falling apart paperback copy of The Starry Messenger by Galileo Galilei.

The door to Remington’s room was closed and she paused, her knuckle held at the ready to knock. It was eight in the morning.

Eh, oh well.

She knocked and waited, listening to the rustling of covers and then heavy footsteps.

“Larkin,” he said, a slow smile replacing his sleepy frown. “What’s going on?”

He supported his tall, lean (shirtless) frame against the doorframe. One arm reaching up to hook a hand over the top of the open door.

Lydia’s eyes skated over his torso and muscles, briefly enjoying the work of art her friend was. And, of course, the few days’ worth of beard growth. Man or myth? Wild animal or human being? The world may never know.

She lifted the book as if that would explain the details of her next statement.

“I did it! I fixed the telescope! And since it’s Friday, I’m going up to the greenhouse for the weekend. Do you wanna come?” She wiggled her body in a truly awkward dance. But she was excited so she didn’t care.

He chuckled, his eyes lighting up at her antics. “I would normally be all about that. But I actually have plans tonight.”

“Who is it?” A feminine voice asked from somewhere behind him.

Lydia felt her eyes go big and her mouth fall open. “Oh man,” she whispered. “I am such a dick.”

Of course he was with someone! Duh! She felt like a total moron. And a shitty friend. And a shitty woman! Because what girl wanted to wake up in the bed of the guy she was seeing with another girl showing up at his door?

No one. No one wanted that ever.

“It’s okay,” Remington replied with a placating smile. “You can come in.” He turned back into his room and let the door fall open.

Lydia chewed on the inside of her cheek, weighing her options. If she bolted, it could make the girl he was seeing suspicious. Which she didn’t need to be. If she accepted the invite inside, she risked making this person on whom Remington was taking a chance, uncomfortable.

There was no winning here.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped through the doorway, apologetic downturn of lips firmly in place.

Lydia hadn’t met Cherie yet. She’d heard a lot about her but this was their first face-to-face.

She had short-ish, tousled, vibrant blonde hair, round blue eyes framed by long black eyelashes, and by the tan legs that extended out the bottom of what was clearly Remington’s t-shirt, she was athletic as well.

Lydia couldn’t help the smile that spread across her face.

Of course Remington’s girlfriend would look like a Hollywood starlet with white gold hair.

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