Puppy Love by L.T. Smith

Author:L.T. Smith [Smith, L.T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ylva Publishing
Published: 2013-11-27T00:00:00+00:00

I watched her fiddle with her seatbelt, trying to get it to slip into the slot, the strong, slender fingers fumbling around the clasp.

“Here. Let me.” Click. Not just the seatbelt, but something else too.

It was as if time slowed down once again as my eyes drifted from her hands to her wrists to her arm, across her chest and up her throat. I saw her swallowing rapidly and wished I, too, could swallow. My gaze was fixed on her soft red lips, parted slightly, almost waiting. Brown eyes seemed bottomless, like swirling melted chocolate.

“There. There you go.” It was agony tearing myself away from her; I could almost feel the splitting. I gripped the steering wheel hard to stop the shaking in my hands. It was almost as if I had no control over my body.

“Thank you.”

For the rest of the drive, we were quiet. There were so many things I wanted to say to her, but none of them were about Charlie or the work I was going to do on her land. I wanted to ask her why she put up with Michelle’s infidelity, why she didn’t see her for months on end, why—and this was the big one—why she made me feel so fucking much. But I kept quiet, kept my self-serving questions to myself.

When we arrived, Lily was waiting outside, pretending to bounce her ball against the wall.

As soon as I pulled up the handbrake, she was next to Emily’s side of the car, trying to open the door.

“Me told Aunty Wellie to git you.”

Aw fuck.

“And Mummy did.”

Anything else, Lily? Do you want to grass me up about my swearing too?

“She said a bad word.”

Looked like a “yes.” I tried the forced chortling to negate Lily’s statements. “Kids, eh?” Forced snorting made me seem like the village idiot. “I didn’t say a bad word, Lils.” I’d stopped, hadn’t I? I’d only got the “fu” out.

Emily turned to me and a fleeting glimpse of disappointment flashed over her face.

“I wouldn’t swear in front of a child. Honestly.” Maybe I should have crossed my fingers on that one.

A small smile appeared on Emily’s face. “I believe you.”

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