Lantern Beach Mysteries Box Set by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2019-12-06T22:00:00+00:00

Ty knocked on Cassidy’s door two hours later. Rain droplets coated the top of his hair and parka as he stepped inside. She shouldn’t feel this happy to see him, but she did. Ty’s presence calmed her in ways it shouldn’t—in ways that defied logic.

“Believe it or not, it’s letting up a little out there,” he said.

She shoved those thoughts aside and pulled her sweatshirt closer. The rain had brought with it unseasonably cool air. “That’s good news, especially since I have three inches of water beneath my house.”

“At high tide, that’s supposed to get worse, unfortunately.”

“Great.” Elsa might become an ice cream boat if she wasn’t careful.

Ty paused and seemed to remember his reason for coming. “My parents want to know if you want to eat with us. I’m cooking. I would have called but . . .”

“My phone is missing.” She frowned.

“Yep. That. You going to buy a new one?”

“Eventually. Maybe.” Cassidy paused, her heavy and unsettled thoughts bleeding into this situation as well. “Are you sure you don’t want to tell your parents the truth, Ty?”

His face tightened. “Do I? Yes, I do. And I’ve started to several times. Usually right about then my mom launches into a story about how happy she is I finally met a nice girl.”

Cassidy nibbled her bottom lip. “I see.”

He touched her arm. “Look, I totally understand if you’re done with this. I shouldn’t have pulled you in the middle of it. And, even if we are officially dating for just this week, there’s a part of my conscience that doesn’t feel right about this. I don’t make a habit of lying to people I care about.”

At least there was that.

“Listen, let’s give it a few more days.” Cassidy’s compassion won out over common sense. “But if the opportunity comes up to talk to them, maybe you should let them know that we’re not as serious as they might think. I mean, to some people hiding in a produce stand together might be a date. But to most people . . .”

Ty chuckled. “I don’t know. Run-of-the-mill dating isn’t that interesting. But cuddling under the counter . . .”

“We weren’t cuddling.”

He smiled. “We practically were.”

“No, you were just sitting incredibly close. You apparently have boundary issues.”

“It was a small space. What was I supposed to do?”

Cassidy smiled. “Well, our next date I want flowers and candlelight.”

He stepped closer, close enough to prove her boundary issue theory. “I like the way you think. Since we’re dating this week, I should take you up on that.”

She felt her cheeks heat as she stared up into Ty’s luminous brown eyes.

Cassidy was in trouble. Because she halfway liked the idea of going on an actual date, even though she knew the end result would only be disastrous.

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