In Search Of Love by Christine Lynxwiler

Author:Christine Lynxwiler
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2013-07-24T04:00:00+00:00

Eleven

The delicious aroma of grilled fish drifted down the path to greet the firewood-toting bunch. Cade’s stomach rumbled, and he picked up the pace.

“That smells wonderful!” He dumped his armload of wood in the designated campfire spot. “What are we having besides fish?”

“Corn on the cob and vegetables, all fresh off the grill. Plus some cornbread muffins I made up before we came.” Annalisa’s hair was pulled up in a pert ponytail cascading down her back in curls. Her freshly-scrubbed face shone like a child’s.

Inexorably drawn by either the mouth-watering smell or the lovely brunette, Cade moved over to the grill area. Unfortunately, it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which attracted him the most. How could she look so perfect after a long hot day on the trail?

“Any chance you could spare a drink for a poor, thirsty laborer?”

With her hand on her hip, she cocked one eyebrow and waved the spatula at him. “Would it get you started on that campfire any sooner?”

“Definitely.” He smiled at her mock severity.

“Well, then, I guess I’d better let you have it. We were hoping to roast marshmallows for dessert.” She reached into a satchel and pulled out a collapsible juice pouch with a straw. “Hope you’re not too picky. It’s not exactly cold.”

“Thanks. I can handle lukewarm juice.” He peeled the straw off the side and unwrapped it. “But in certain things I guess I could be considered picky.”

He turned and walked over to start the campfire. His family had always called him picky when it came to the opposite sex. Now that he’d met Annalisa, he realized what he’d been waiting for.

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The glow of the campfire illuminated four sticky, happy male faces as Annalisa shoved the last bite of marshmallow in her mouth. Cade leaned over and wiped her face with his own damp paper towel. “You must have been a Girl Scout. I’d have never thought of giving everybody a wet paper towel.”

“Nope, I’m not a Girl Scout, just a very messy eater when it comes to roasted marshmallows. . .as you noticed.”

“Hey! Watch this!” Tim scooped three marshmallows at once off his stick and shoved them in his mouth.

“Watch this!” Not about to be outdone by a little kid, Juan held his stick up. Five burned marshmallows sagged down from it. He held it up over his mouth and tried to eat them off before they fell to the ground. Just as he got the fourth one in his already full mouth, the last one drizzled into his black hair. “Eww! Gross!”

“Was that as sticky as Old Sweetie’s kiss?” Cade drawled.

“Very funny.” Juan gave his hair an ineffective swipe with his moist napkin, but Annalisa noticed, instead of getting mad, he grinned. “How am I gonna get this off me?”

“Come over here.” Cade stood up and walked over to the bucket, which Annalisa had put some clean river water in for washing. “Bend over.” He filled the long-handled ladle and poured the water over Juan’s head. Juan came up swinging water from his hair like a dog.

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