The Firefighter's Perfect Plan_Fire and Sparks by Sonya Weiss

Author:Sonya Weiss [Weiss, Sonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, Entangled, Bliss, sweet romance, Romance, romantic comedy, small town, small town romance, girl next door, fake relationship, best friend's older brother
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-03-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Josie walked away from the stage, glad that no one in the crowd had the ability to read her mind. She wasn’t sure what had just happened, or why she was suddenly engaged, but she was grateful Lincoln had whisked her away from what would go down in her memory as one of the potentially most embarrassing moments of her life. But she was also upset that her heart had given a funny little lurch when Lincoln had slid across the stage on his knees and held out the ring.

Which was stupid. Lincoln had been her hero, but he was a hero to everyone. Him coming to her rescue wasn’t personal, and she’d be an idiot to read more into it just because she was feeling emotional. It didn’t stop her from wishing, deep down, that their fairy tale romance was real.

Lincoln hadn’t let go of her hand after they’d left the stage and he kept holding on until they walked behind the fortuneteller’s tent, a part played by the elementary school principal in heavy makeup.

“Lucky for me you had an engagement ring. It made the whole thing look planned.”

“Grandma gave one of hers to Mom and insisted that I had to take it for the future.” Lincoln paced back and forth, then sent her a half amused, half frustrated look. “Looks like you and I are getting married.”

Josie laughed and then put her hand over her mouth when tears sprang to her eyes.

“Hey, come on. Don’t cry.”

“Sorry. I just…I don’t know what I would have done if you hadn’t rushed onto the stage. I was so embarrassed.” Josie wiped at her eyes and forced a smile, determined not to mope about the situation.

“You would have handled it like you always have through all the rough things in your life. You would have found the positive in the negative.”

“Positives in this situation?” Josie said skeptically and arched a brow.

“You just got engaged to the best guy in Morganville. That’s gotta count for something.”

She smiled. “It’s a fake engagement, but you are the best guy in Morganville.” Holding her hand up, she examined the diamond. “It’s a beautiful ring.”

“Only the best for my breakup girl.”

“You realize that every time we’ve planned to break up something has gone wrong, right?”

“Yeah, I have. Wonder where we’ll end up on our honeymoon.”

Josie laughed. “We can still stick to the breakup plan tomorrow. Let’s just tell everyone that we got caught up in the moment.”

“People will speculate even more about us.” Lincoln rubbed a hand across the scruff on his jaw.

Josie was hit with the desire to do the same. To touch his face and let go of the tight hold on her emotions where he was concerned. She felt hot all over, and when she looked into Lincoln’s eyes, a collage of memories involving him raced through her mind. She’d learned over the years through her psychology studies that feelings often developed for one’s rescuer. And Lincoln had been there for her enough times for her to understand that.

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