Pickup Lessons (Awkward Arrangements Book 3) by Tanya Gallagher

Author:Tanya Gallagher [Gallagher, Tanya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-13T23:00:00+00:00

“Dash Walton, why the hell don’t you have peas in your freezer?” I pull my head out of the cool air puffing from Dash’s freezer and frown at him.

I’ve never been in his apartment before tonight, but I’ve made myself at home, pushing him into a chair at his kitchen table and rooting around his place like I belong. I don’t know what else to do with my nerves, with how enormous it feels to be here alone in the dark. Stay busy. Take charge. Keep going.

Dash cocks his head and gives me a sly smile. “I don’t have peas because I don’t eat them.”

I roll my eyes and dig a bag of frozen chicken nuggets from his freezer. I’m surprised they’re not shaped like dinosaurs, given his tendency toward fourth-grade antics. “They make a good ice pack.”

“Dually noted.”

I nudge the freezer door shut with the side of my thigh, then carry the chicken nuggets across the room. “This will have to do instead.”

“Yes, nurse.” The dimple reappears in his cheek. I want to press my lips against it to feel the shape of his smile.

I approach Dash’s side, but he widens his thighs to make room for me to step between them instead, and I take the opportunity to get closer. I hold my breath and press the frozen bag to his shoulder, hoping he can’t feel me shake at his proximity, at how delicious it feels to let myself do this. Dash’s muscles are surprisingly firm and toned beneath my palms, and his heat burns through my numb hands.

“Eden.” Dash groans and closes his eyes at my touch. He’s tall enough that even with me standing and him sitting, my face is only just higher than his. The minimal distance between us lets me appreciate the fine-honed details of his face. I steal a glance and study him selfishly, counting each eyelash that lays against his cheeks, tracing my gaze over the solid line of his jaw, all his messy, perfect hair. “Thank you for taking care of me,” he whispers, reverent, his eyes still closed.

My throat goes so dry it’s hard to speak. “You’d do the same for me,” I whisper.

He opens his eyes, and his piercing, heated gaze locks on mine. There’s no place to go to escape the appraisal of his sharp, green eyes, and after the way he lights up my skin, I couldn’t dream of leaving. So I stand there with my hand on his shoulder, my breasts practically in his face, my heart hammering so loudly I’m sure he can hear it.

I’m scared of what will change if he kisses me. I’m scared of what’ll break if he won’t.

“I would do the same for you,” he promises.

The way he looks at me—not just like I’m the only one in the room, but like I’m the only one in the world—makes me believe it. I never thought being with him was a real possibility, and now the magnitude of this opportunity is overwhelming. So vast and tempting and deliriously promising.

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