Return to Heartland: A Heartland Cove County Romance by Jacquie Gee

Author:Jacquie Gee [Gee, Jacquie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Amazemo Books
Published: 2017-07-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 33

I shake off my nerves standing on the porch of Green Grub. Once I have Trent on board, the others should be easy. Then why do I feel so nervous?

I draw in a breath and go to charge through the door, stopping flat when I see Trent standing with his back to me in the window. His muscular frame, taut in a pose, as he studies the menu board. He stands on a ladder, chalk in hand, about to change today’s specials.

Flashes of him about to kiss me at the café in Fredericton wash over me. Hot flames of excitement engulf my cheeks. Pull it together Becca. You’ve got business to take care of.

I smooth out my thoughts and press on through the door.

Trent twists around, and my breath skips.

“So.” I ease the door shut with my palm, gently clicking into place. A new kind of entrance routine for me. “It turns out you were right,” I say. “Well, half right.” Don’t want his head getting too big, now do I?

“How’s that? He starts down from the ladder.” His smile is dimpled and bright. “About what?” he adds, and I have the urge to pull him to me and finish what he started back in Fredericton.

Our eyes connect, and I’m on fire.

I have to stop letting this guy get to me this way.

“Hold up. Am I hallucinating?” He draws a theatrical hand across his forehead. He glances back toward the door. “’Cause I could swear you just entered my establishment nicely, without slamming the door or picking a fight with me.”

“Can’t a girl just be nice?” I blink and smile.

“She can. Just not usually you,” Trent teases.

I swat at him as he gets down from the ladder.

“Now, what can I do you for?” He talks through the peg letters clenched in his teeth.

“I have a proposal for you.”

“You do?” He grins. “Why am I suddenly nervous?”

“Remember our little chat about preserving the old while still embracing the new?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, what if I told you I’ve come up with the perfect plan?” I sway my hips as I saunter toward him.

“I’d say, lay it on me.”

“Okay, how do you feel about getting naked?” I rise up on my toes.

“What?”

“For a good cause, of course.” I throw up my hands.

“It’d better be—”

“Then you’re not saying no?”

“I haven’t said yes yet, either.” He scowls hard. His muscled chest flexing, nervous.

“But you will, right?” I glance up at him, moving closer.

“That all depends on what you consider ‘naked,’” he says, his accent snapping out the final word. His brows crumple in the cutest way.

“How about, nearly naked.”

He swallows.

“In order to save the bridge...and your business,” I add, quickly.

He narrows his eyes. “How naked is ‘nearly naked’?”

“Enough to please some ladies.”

“What?”

“G-string naked.” I wince when I say it. “I need you to dance for women for money.”

“Say what?”

“You know, like Thunder Down Under…”

“In front of who?”

“Whoever comes to see the show.”

“You’re mad.” His voice cracks. “You’ve lost your mind.” He turns and walks away.

I pursue him.

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