Still the One by Susan May Warren & Rachel D. Russell

Author:Susan May Warren & Rachel D. Russell [Warren, Susan May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sunrise Publishing

Nothing had changed.

Megan had spent the past two days trying to shake off the kiss Jensen had interrupted, uncertain if she was grateful for the intrusion or disappointed. Not that she should have been kissing Cole Barrett, former Army Ranger and soon-to-be Deputy U.S. Marshal. But she’d been confined to her sofa, her ankle on the mend, which gave her exactly the right vantage point to watch him from her apartment window, in and out all day, working on the house.

And slowly, she’d realized—while kissing him had rocked her entire world, it had clearly meant nothing to him.

Megan stood and looked out the window. He was still marching full speed ahead on his house repairs, and it wouldn’t be long before the For Sale sign would go in the yard. And Cole would be gone. Of course he would be.

He’d told her that from the first.

But she couldn’t get past the fact that her hero was leaving town. Leaving her. Again.

“This is really bad, Ivy,” Megan said, watching him carry in Sheetrock.

“Your cookies?” Ivy asked from her barstool perch in the kitchen.

“Him.” The oven timer buzzed and Megan limped to the kitchen to pull the cookie sheet out. She set it on the cooling rack and looked at her happily married friend with a sigh. “I’m falling for him.”

“And?”

“And I can’t fall for him.”

“And the way you not fall for him is by baking cookies?” Ivy’s question was charged with all kinds of accusations.

“Yes. Chocolate chip cookies. And I’m not sure I’m going to share them with you.” She began to lift the cookies off the sheet.

“Why is it every time I turn around lately, you’re baking something?” Ivy reached for a gooey cookie, catching it in her hand before it fell apart. “Let’s see, there were the scones. The coffee cake. Brownies you claimed were for the team. The lasagna—with garlic bread. You’re going to fatten that guy up.”

“Stop. I’m not making him fat.” No, not at all. Because she distinctly remembered him lifting her from the snow and her being pressed against his solid form. And being held in his arms when he chased away the cold with the warmth of his body. He hadn’t an ounce of fat on him. “Besides, why do you assume it’s for him?” She began to scoop more cookie dough onto the sheet.

Ivy took a bite of her cookie. “These are really good.”

“Of course they are. They’re Mona’s Footstep of Heaven Bookstore recipe she published in the Deep Haven Cookbook.”

Ivy took another bite. “So, you’re clearly denying any attempts to fatten up Cole Barrett and hypnotize him into staying through your baking magic.”

Megan held her spatula in the air like a jouster. “I don’t owe you an explanation.”

“So you aren’t carting those downstairs to him when you walk me out?”

“You’re right about one thing.” Megan narrowed her eyes. “It’s time for you to go.”

Ivy laughed. “Fine. But I’m totally on to you. I think you’re cooking up more than baked goods and if your goal is not falling in love, I think you’re going about this totally wrong.

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