Promise Me You by Marina Adair

Author:Marina Adair [Adair, Marina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781503903548
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 11

Hunter took one look at Mackenzie in the produce section and knew this was a bad idea.

Stiff posture. Plastic smile. Nose so high in the air he was surprised she wasn’t suffering from oxygen depletion. Mackenzie was working overtime to keep a brave face while navigating her way through the swarm of people. Sure, Muttley was taking the lead, and Hunter was close at her back, but people still managed to bump into her. Like the douche in the designer loafers who was too busy perusing the wine selection to notice Mackenzie. It was as if he didn’t bother to look where he was going.

Normally Hunter would say, “Hello? What part of a lady with a Seeing Eye dog are you missing?” and then give the guy a little bump of his own, until he got the fucking point. But he didn’t think that would inspire Mackenzie’s confidence in his teaching abilities.

This “quick” shopping excursion had pushed past suppertime—and there were only ten items on the list. Three in the bag.

The sun had disappeared, the crowd was multiplying by the second, and Hunter was pretty sure the girl working checkout stand three recognized him. Based on the not-so-stealthy glances and lightning-quick swipes to her phone, she was likely posting, tweeting, and snapping Hunter Kane’s current location.

Pulling his ball cap even lower, he stood back and watched as Mackenzie took her time selecting a cantaloupe. She’d squeeze one, lift it for a quick sniff, then place it back. On the fourth one in, her nose crinkled. “Does this smell ripe to you?”

“Are you asking me to smell your melons?” he asked, loving how her cheeks flushed.

“I’m asking you to be my eyes,” she said, holding it out. “If I get one, I want it to be ripe. Firm but not too firm. Oh, and more tan than green.”

“Firm but not too firm. Got it.” Hunter took the melon and gave it a little squeeze, then casually broached the subject of her limitations. He’d done some reading online, researching her condition and ways to make her life a little easier. Give her some of her independence back. “I read about an app online that helps visually impaired people with shopping.”

“They have an app for everything. Before I left rehab they showed me some technology for the blind,” she said, but he noticed she didn’t reach for her phone. “Like I have an app that tells me what an item is, another that tells me what color something is, and even one that reads the ingredients or price tag to me. But three apps to find the perfect melon feels like overkill.”

It’s probably frustrating as well, he thought.

She gave a shrug. “At some point it just became easier to order online and let someone else do the picking for me.”

“But now you’re interested in venturing out?”

“My sponsor reminded me that there won’t always be someone around, and the more I master on my own, the faster my recovery process will go,” she admitted, and damn if that didn’t make his chest pinch a little.

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