Snowflakes and Holly by Jae Dawson

Author:Jae Dawson [Dawson, Jae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MoonTree Books

Chapter Fifteen

Bella

It was Friday night in Hartwood Falls, and I had a date with not one, but two Owens men.

Cade sat beside me in the passenger seat, drumming on his knee and nodding his head to a Chris Stapleton song on the speakers. It had been Gramps’s musical pick—he had requested “something with real words, not that screechy stuff.”

“Frank, do you listen to Burning Umbrage?” I asked over my shoulder.

Cade stopped drumming, seemingly curious to hear the answer.

“Oh yes,” Gramps said. “Frances had a ritual when one of Cade’s albums came out. We would drive into Seattle and pick up the record, and then we’d go to Ivar’s and get fish and chips. She loved those fish and chips.”

Cade and I exchanged a humored look. “I didn’t know your albums were on vinyl.”

“I sound good on vinyl.” Cade grinned at me. “Scratchy. Vintage sexy.”

I snorted. “I had to get rid of my turntable when I moved. I haven’t listened to vinyl in ages.”

“Well, you’ll have to come over after we get our costumes. I have an extensive collection—” he dramatically paused and winked, biting his lower lip playfully “—in my childhood bedroom.”

Old gods save me.

That look was all kinds of dangerous.

“Girls are only allowed in your room, Cade, if you keep the door open.”

Now it was Gramps’s turn to wink at me and I laughed. Cade, however, slid Gramps a look that conveyed “cock block,” which made the old man grin in return. A handsome smile, I noted, that was just as impish as his grandson’s. The two of them were a pair, always playing off the other. And Gramps didn’t seem to mind innuendo either. In fact, a few times he threw out his own. Such a stark contrast from when I escorted them to Maple Lane. I already appreciated the way Cade cared for his grandfather. But this?

This showed me a side of Cade I found irresistible. His care wasn’t out of obligation or some twisted sense of duty. He genuinely loved his grandfather and enjoyed hanging out with him too.

When Gramps returned his attention out the window, a devilish smile softened Cade’s lips and he mouthed, “door closed.”

I had to bite back another laugh, then rolled my eyes.

Still . . . a little trill of excitement went through me. Something had shifted between me and Cade after the assisted living retirement home and Tuesday’s rehearsal. He had asked for my number to arrange this little trip to a costume store and had been texting me ever since. Just little things, but every time a message popped up from him, I felt a quick surge of adrenaline. How could I have been so totally wrong about him? Cade was down to earth in a way that was almost astounding in the face of Burning Umbrage’s popularity. The person he portrayed to the public—the arrogant, give-no-shits handsome frontman—it was a mask he wore. Something he could give his fans and the industry while still keeping something for himself.

“Is that

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