Promise Me: A Small-town, Enemies to Lovers Romance (The Asher Family Book 1) by Jami Rogers

Author:Jami Rogers [Rogers, Jami]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

HUDSON

I want what you just said, to move forward and be happy again.

I was hoping you’d do it with me.

Sadie’s words have played over and over in my head like a broken record since she said them last night. Obviously, I’ve been living, but since the day she showed up and decided she was going to crash in my bedroom, things have been different. I’m not going to get all cliché and say that I wasn’t living before her, but damn, I sure as shit didn’t look forward to each morning the way I do now.

And that says more than I’m ready to admit.

“You should put me on the schedule.”

I slowly raise my gaze from one of the sinks I’m filling before I open the bar to meet Sadie’s eyes. She’s rising from her window chair and walking toward me. The morning sun is at her back, giving her a glow that hits me right in the chest. This is becoming my favorite view of her.

She’s beautiful.

“Schedule for what?” I ask, pulling my attention away from the way her entire face lights up as she smiles at me.

“To bartend.”

I chuckle. “I know we missed a lot of years, but I’m pretty sure you’ve never been a bartender.”

“No, not that I recall either, but you know, it’s a little fuzzy in a few areas.”

I cast a look her way. Her comment isn’t funny, not to me anyway, but the way she’s grinning at me makes it hard not to reciprocate the emotion.

“If you want to work, you can always go back to the bakery,” I tell her. I don’t really want her to go. I like looking up during the lunch shift to see her reading. I like having her close. Which is exactly why I won’t argue with her if she chooses to go back to work.

“I don’t want to go the bakery. I want to be here.” She opens her arms wide. “There is just something about this space.”

I’ll admit, when I set out to open this place, I wanted it to be refreshing and bright and give people a sense of relaxation. The windows really help, and I can see why she wanted this place the way I did.

But it still stands that it might be time for Sadie and me to get a little space during the day.

I can’t do anything with the attraction I feel toward her, so yeah, space is smart.

Instead of waiting for me to reply, she walks to the other side of the bar, hovers her hand over the bar top, and lets her fingers glide against it until she reaches the entrance. She steps through and grins at me.

I toss my towel over my shoulder, cross my arms, and lean my hip against the lower counter. Her hair is braided to the side, and she’s wearing a white and purple sundress that’s tied on the top of each shoulder. You’d think she’d pair it with some strappy sandals, but not Sadie—she’s all about the white sneakers.

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