Perfect Attraction (Mason Creek Book 29) by Terri E. Laine

Author:Terri E. Laine [Laine, Terri E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-17T16:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

Mitchell

We’d been dancing around each other for a while, but I hadn’t expected her bluntness.

“Well, are you going to kiss me or not?” she asked.

I caught her hand as she reached up to cup my cheek. “I’m not.”

She tugged at her hand as a flush stained her face. I let her hand go. “I should go then.”

“Sunny.” I hadn’t meant to give her a nickname. It just slipped out like it did now as I caught her wrist to stop her from fleeing. I held her gaze and said, “When I kiss you, it will be when you are of sound mind and body.”

“You’re using legal terms as an excuse,” she said.

“I am a lawyer and it’s not an excuse. I want you to be a hundred-percent sure you want this when I do it.”

She only glared at me a second before rushing out of the barn. I blew out a breath and hoped I hadn’t blown my one shot with her.

Before going to the house, I stopped by the bunkhouse. Sunshine wasn’t there and the sounds I heard from one of the bunks let me know Gunner and Shaina were fine as well. I went to the house and when I got to the top of the stairs, I turned toward Sunshine’s closed door. I debated knocking on it and decided not to.

The next day I spent with Zoe. I took her to the park, as much for me as to give Sunshine space. I had a lot to make up for with my little girl. So afterward, I took her to the diner for lunch. Several nosy people stopped at our table, and I proudly introduced them to my daughter. Only one of them asked about her mother, which soured my little girl’s mood.

“Mom is lost in a storm. But Dad’s going to find her.”

I cocked my head and dared the older woman to ask any more questions. She patted my daughter’s hand and said, “I’m sure he will, dear.”

It was a good thing I didn’t pay attention to the gossip in town because there would be plenty of it. Ashley came to the table. “Mitch, is there any way I could get your help?”

“Um, sure,” I said, a little dumbfounded.

“There’s some pie and ice cream for the both of you if you follow me.”

We did and ended up in the back of the diner, where she led me to a utility sink with a leaking faucet. The bowl was half-full of water. “I can’t stop the leak.”

“Do you have a wrench?” I asked.

She handed me one. It was a stubborn leak, but I finally twisted it shut.

“Thank you,” she said. “The plumber is coming later today, but I don’t want the sink overflowing in the meantime.”

“Dad’s a hero,” Zoe said.

Far from it, but man, did my chest puff up seeing the look in my daughter’s eyes. When we got up front, I whispered in Ashley’s ear, “Thanks for that.”

She grinned ear to ear. “Thank you, and I’ll bring that pie and ice cream over.

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