Love Me Like This: The Morrisons by Bella Andre

Author:Bella Andre [Andre, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
Publisher: Oak Press, LLC
Published: 2018-01-23T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Taylor couldn’t believe they were about to stomp grapes. Only Justin could have gotten her out here, with her jeans rolled up to her knees and her feet bare.

They were standing together, her back to his front, his arms wrapped around her waist, as they waited their turn. Ten teams had signed up for the competition. Although there would be several small prizes given out to the groups that squeezed the most juice out of the grapes with their feet, it was obvious that this wasn’t really a competition, but rather a chance for the community to come together to celebrate the vineyards and the wines for which St. Helena was world famous. Several people Taylor had met during the past months had already come by to say hello.

Today, she didn’t hesitate to let everyone know that Justin was her boyfriend. And not just because he’d told her that he was planning to set up a lab nearby so that he could stay with her in St. Helena. The miles between California and Germany had never truly been the issue. They could have weathered that if they had to. Perhaps someone on the outside looking in would think that their relationship had moved really fast in the past forty-eight hours—from making love to declaring their feelings to making big career and location changes. But they’d had eight years to build to where they were now.

Eight years of longing. Eight years of secret loving.

She might be confused and conflicted about plenty of other things in her life, but her feelings for Justin were perfectly, beautifully clear.

Laughter and hilarity rang out while the first couple made an absolute mess of their barrel of grapes. Resting her head against Justin’s chest, she let herself relax for the first time all day. The song “Stomp Them Grapes” was playing on repeat, while a couple of large-screen TVs had been set up showing the I Love Lucy episode where Lucille Ball made stomping grapes look like the funniest thing in the world.

Taylor laughed as she watched Lucille Ball go totally crazy in the grape vat—one of the teams competing was actually dressed up as Lucy and the grape stomper—and it felt good to feel “normal” for a little while. The morning’s coolness had given way to a wonderfully warm afternoon, and Taylor loved being able to bask in the sun as she closed her eyes and turned her face toward the sky.

It would be all too easy to let herself dwell on bad lab reports and blood work, to forget about fun while she spent all of her time weighing difficult decisions. Justin was right. Not only did they need a break from the heaviness of it all, but being here today as a part of her new community served as yet another reminder about the good decisions she had already made to quit her office job in Palo Alto and move to St. Helena.

“They’ve just called our team name,” Justin said, his breath at her ear sending a delicious shiver through her despite the warmth of the sun.

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