Shutter by Rhonda Laurel

Author:Rhonda Laurel
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Contemporary Fiction, Multicultural, Contemporary, Romance, Two Hours or More (65-100 Pages), Multicultural & Interracial, multicultural romance, Contemporary Romance, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Etopia Press
Published: 2013-02-20T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Lucy bid Paul Morgan farewell as he left the shop with his partner, Emanuel. They picked up the mosaic mirror she designed for them. Word was spreading about the mirrors, and that was the fifth one she’d done in three weeks. With Felix’s urging, she came up with a price that she even balked at, but everyone agreed to pay it without batting an eye.

“Luce, you’re in a town where everyone has money and wants to flaunt it in a civilized way. Your artwork is beautiful. People should pay a steep price for your artistic genius,” he said in a dramatic tone.

Felix had a way of inspiring her to do great things and he’d never failed her. She was comfortable with her life. She did what she loved and was her own boss. She even got to design sets in her free time. Life was sublime.

And then a picture of Antonio De Soto flashed in her mind. She sighed.

How could the most intense, fulfilling moment she’d ever had in her life also be her biggest mistake? The morning after they’d almost made love, she’d gathered what energy she could and slipped out of his bed while he slept. She came to her senses before anything too dastardly had happened and was grateful for it. Antonio had looked like he’d wanted to break a board across his forehead, but the tension eventually subsided and they’d agreed to just get some sleep. She’d even made it out without running into Felix and she was happy about that.

Blake had surprised her last night with an invitation to lunch this afternoon. Her first instinct was to say no but she thought better of it. She liked Blake. He was nice and they had fun. Just because she’d heated up the sheets with Antonio didn’t mean there was anything more than what transpired that night.

The sun was shining on a metallic vase she had in the window. Felix had suggested she move it to the corner to catch the light and when it did, it somehow bounced that light throughout the store. The effect the sun created was magical. She was so entranced by the patterns the sun specks were making on her wall that she didn’t hear the door chime.

“Are you always this lost in thought?” a familiar, husky male voice said.

Lucy blinked. Antonio was standing on the opposite side of her counter. “It’s been a bad habit ever since I was a child, I’m afraid.”

She reached for her throat. Since she was in her store she didn’t have a scarf around her neck. She felt exposed and wanted to casually go in the backroom and put one on. She couldn’t really tell anyone that she felt her throat was the most vulnerable part of her body. She felt silly even thinking it.

“How have you been, Lucia?” He looked up from his camera as he was snapping pictures of the store to look her in the eyes.

“I’ve been OK,” Lucy said quietly. “And you? Does your wrist feel better?”

“Not a hundred percent but it’s getting there.

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