Say Yes: A Nostalgic Summer Romance by Kandi Steiner

Author:Kandi Steiner [Steiner, Kandi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kandi Steiner
Published: 2021-06-23T23:00:00+00:00

My shift at the museum was an underwater blur.

Everything was in slow-motion — my feet as I dragged them along, my heartbeat, the questions guests asked me, the answers that came from me on autopilot, and most of all, time.

My body was physically at the museum, but my soul hovered somewhere above it, trying to process why I wasn’t ecstatic that my parents were having another child.

I should be happy.

I’m going to be a big sister.

I’ve always wanted a sibling.

But no matter how I tried to convince myself, the loudest voice of all drowned everything else out.

They waited until I was gone.

I was too much for them to handle another baby along with me.

They were scared it would happen again.

They were scared they’d have another me.

My eyes watered again at the thought, and I excused myself from a conversation with a family from Scotland, walking along the edges of the room like I was looking for something or someone and praying it would be enough for guests to leave me alone. But I hadn’t even gone ten steps before I was tapped on the shoulder.

“Excuse me, miss?”

I sighed, closing my eyes for a long moment before I plastered on my best smile and turned around to help whoever it was.

That smile flattened the moment I laid eyes on Liam.

“Can you tell me a little about this one?” he asked with a coy smile, pointing a thumb over his shoulder at Titian’s Flora.

His eyes dragged over the romantic painting, taking in the woman’s long hair and lush curves, how her dress hung off one shoulder, precariously close to revealing her breast.

“This chick is pretty hot,” he added. “Think she’s single?”

My emotions were a fickle thing that day, I realized, and not to be trusted. Because only a few hours earlier, there was nothing I wanted more than to see Liam.

But now, the fact that he was trying to be cute after ignoring me for a week only made me want to shove him off the nearest balcony.

“I don’t know,” I snipped, eyes narrowing. “Why don’t you ask her?”

“I would, but something tells me she’s not exactly the talkative type.”

I shook my head, turning my back on him and continuing the path I’d been walking before he interrupted.

I heard his chuckle on my heels before he caught up to me easily, sliding his hands in his pockets as he fell in step beside me. “Hey, it was just a joke.”

“Hilarious.”

He smirked, hooking me by the elbow with a gentle hand before he leaned in to whisper. “Oh, is someone jealous? Don’t worry, I’d take you over Flora any day.”

I knew he meant it as a joke. I knew the jerk who’d avoided eye contact and any and all conversation with me all week was gone now, and charming Liam Benson was back in full.

But I couldn’t help it.

I snapped.

“Can I help you with something?” I asked, ripping my arm from his grip. “Or did you just come here to make an already bad day worse?”

He frowned.

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