Right Kind of Wrong by Sara Rider

Author:Sara Rider [Rider, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sara Rider

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Julia hadn’t expected to see Fergus so soon. She hadn’t had time to think about everything that happened last night. She hadn’t given herself the time, if she was being honest with herself. But unlike everything else in her life, she couldn’t solve her Fergus problem by working harder and longer.

They didn’t talk much as they made their way through the checkout line, or during the short drive back to her apartment. Normally, she prided herself on her ability to make small talk, even in the most awkward or uncomfortable of situations, but she didn’t know where to start with Fergus. The image of the sketch he’d left on her counter that morning kept forcing itself to the front of her mind. She wanted to know what it meant to him—what she meant to him—but she wasn’t prepared for the answers. Not really.

The snow had thankfully disappeared over the last few days, leaving the damp scent of spring in its wake. Weather in the Pacific Northwest changed so rapidly compared to L.A. It wasn’t predictable, something that should have frustrated her as an event planner, but she loved the different seasons. The gothic moodiness of the foggy, gray autumn mornings, and the brilliance of the sun hitting the dewdrops in spring. After this year, though, she would learn to have a little more respect for the icy winters here.

She let Fergus carry her groceries, even though she probably could have managed it herself. She was bone-tired and it was nice to let him shoulder some of her burdens. He didn’t make her feel like she was inept or replaceable when he did it. But that still didn’t make it easy to accept his help, because no matter how much she wanted a break, there would always be that little filament of fear burning inside her, telling her that she was a burden. That she would push everyone away if she showed even an ounce of neediness.

Once inside, she retrieved a vase for the flowers from her cupboard while he set the groceries on the counter, along with a couple other bags he’d brought in from his car.

“That’s a lot of cheese,” he said as he pulled the Camembert from the cloth bag.

Julia tilted her head back to give him a withering look. “I am a single, thirty-year-old woman with a broken arm. I have earned the right not to be judged for my love of cheese.”

His expression sobered. “Actually, I think it’s a very cultured choice.”

For a moment, she just stared at him. Then her jaw dropped. And finally, she laughed. “That is the worst joke I’ve ever heard.”

He took another step closer so that only the thinnest, most inconsequential sliver of air separated them. “But you still laughed.”

Her heart sped up until her pulse was thundering through her veins, like he was a magnet for her blood. She couldn’t stop herself from drawing nearer. She pressed her hand against his chest, remembering all the ways they’d touched each other last night.

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