Say I'm Yours by Corinne Michaels

Author:Corinne Michaels [Michaels, Corinne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942834212
Publisher: BAAE Inc.
Published: 2017-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

I rush toward the kitchen, hoping I can save my house. Unreal. Absolutely unreal.

“Don’t go in there!” Cooper’s arms wrap around my waist as he moves me over to the side. “Where’s the fire extinguisher?” Cooper yells.

“In the damn kitchen!” I scream and follow him in there, moving to open the window as Cooper grabs the completely destroyed pie from the oven.

After a few minutes, we get the alarm to silence by fanning the hell out of the kitchen. The smoke is cleared out, and I call the alarm company to cancel the fire department, but they explain they’ve already been dispatched.

“Well,” he lifts the charred pie, “I’d say our desert is done.”

I attempt to smile so I don’t burst out in tears. “I’ve never, not once in my entire life, burned a pie!” My hands cover my face to hide the fact that I could no longer stop myself from crying. I’m sure Cooper will think it’s about the damn pie, but really it’s about so much more. This pie is just one more thing I’ve failed to do right.

“Don’t cry.” Cooper grabs me and pulls me against his chest.

“You don’t get it,” I cry into his shirt. “I burnt the pie. I slept with Trent. He told me he loves me, and then I kissed you. I’m a mess. I don’t even know who I am!”

Cooper rubs my back and kisses the top of my head. “I promise, it’s going to be fine.”

“Grace!” Voices yell from outside the house, and I hear the sirens, faint but growing louder with every passing second. “Grace, are you in there?”

“Oh my god!” I grumble against Cooper’s chest. “This can’t be happening!”

“Grace!” A familiar voice yells louder as they continue banging on the door. “I’m busting the door down!”

I lean back and wipe my eyes. I’m not about to have a broken door on top of all this. Our volunteer firemen will do it without question. They’re a little overzealous when it comes to fire safety since we haven’t had a fire in . . . ever.

“No!” I yell as I rush toward the front door. “I’m fine! We’re all fine!”

I throw the door open as I see Beau’s foot in the air. “You’re really okay?” he asks quickly and drops his foot.

“Everyone is fine,” Cooper says from behind me. “Some food spilled over in the oven and created a lot of smoke.”

Beau looks disappointed. “I still need to check things out to be sure.”

I give him a pointed stare. “No hoses in my house. There’s no fire. We’re not on some episode of Chicago Fire.”

“Killjoy.”

Cooper jerks his head to the side and puts his hand on my shoulder. “Yes, sorry that we didn’t set the place on fire so you had something to do.”

I watch him walk off and turn back toward Cooper. “I’m sorry about tonight. Hell, I’m sure we can go back a month and still not cover all the things I should apologize for.”

Cooper grabs his jacket and walks toward me.

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