Taunting Callum: A Big Sky Royal Novel (The Big Sky Series Book 7) by Kristen Proby & Kristen Proby
Author:Kristen Proby & Kristen Proby [Proby, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Ampersand Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2020-08-24T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter 9
~Callum~
Sheâs lovely.
I donât know that Iâve thought of a woman that way before. Sexy? Yes. Interesting? Sure. Other adjectives might have come to mind when describing other women Iâve had in my bed.
But I didnât want any of them in my life. My world is complicated enough with just me in it, Adding another person didnât seem responsible or appropriate.
Until Aspen.
Now, when I watch the way her green eyes light up when she smiles, or hear the sound of that infectious laugh, or feel her skin against mine, all I can think is: Sheâs so lovely.
Iâm quite taken with her. My mum would say I fancy her.
And I do.
But itâs much more than that. My respect for her as a woman and business owner has deepened. My appreciation for how she lives her life has strengthened.
And the ferocity with which I crave her has consumed me.
Hearing her speak about her daughter this morning touched me. No one should experience the pain of burying a child. I canât imagine the horror she endured.
And yet, here she is, moving on with her life, and doing it beautifully.
âDo you like ice cream?â she asks as she parks beside a curb.
âOf course.â No. Iâm not an ice cream fan at all, but if this is what she wants, sheâll have it. Iâll give her anything her heart desires at the snap of my fingers.
âGood. Because weâre going into Sweet Scoops.â She grins and then turns to get out of the car. I join her, walking into the small ice cream parlor. Weâre the only ones in here this afternoon. The weather has been moody all day, vacillating between pleasant and torrential rain.
âHi, Aspen,â the woman behind the counter says with a smile. âI didnât see you at the chamber of commerce meeting last week.â
âHey, Lydia. I know, I had a hell of a week. Iâll make the next one. This is Callum.â
Shrewd eyes turn to me. Of course, she recognized me the minute we walked in, but the thing about Cunningham Falls is that no one seems to acknowledge the royalsâ presence.
âHello, Lydia,â I say with a nod.
âNice to meet you,â Lydia replies. âWhat can I get you two?â
âIâll have a scoop of the huckleberry, of course,â Aspen says, then turns to me expectantly.
âThe same, please.â
âTwo hucks, coming up,â Lydia says and gets to work scooping the ice cream into cups. She passes them over, along with plastic spoons, and we go to sit at a table to enjoy the treat.
âSo, weâve been to Frontier Park,â I say, thinking about our day so far. âEdâs Diner. Drove around the entirety of the lake, went to the birds of prey sanctuary where I fed baby owls, and now weâre having ice cream.â
âBusy day,â she says with a nod. âThere are some other places I could take you, but theyâre a bit of a drive away, and Iâm getting tired. This will probably ruin my dinner, by the way.â
âWho says ice cream canât be dinner?â
Her green eyes warm, and she grins as she licks some ice cream from her spoon.
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