The Titan Was Tall (Triple Threat Book 1) by Kristen Casey

Author:Kristen Casey [Casey, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance
Publisher: Gallant Fox Press
Published: 2019-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

AT THE END of the day, they conceded defeat and admitted to each other that they were too tired from playing tourist to make the walk up the beach to dinner. Instead, Red tucked Piper into the car and drove the few minutes to the restaurant. She was as fresh as a spring daisy after her primping, and Red almost wanted to skip dinner and feast on her instead.

He’d start at the top of her glossy light brown hair and work his way down, charting a map of every gorgeous inch of her. And then, once he’d made it to the tip of her pretty painted toes, Red would reverse course and wander his way up again.

“Food is for suckers,” he muttered, pulling into the small, roped-off parking area.

Piper was, understandably, startled. “What?”

Red shook his head. “Never mind,” he said, resolving to tolerate her current, clothed state—for the next hour or two, at least. This had been his brainy idea anyway, and he didn’t want to disappoint her.

Now that it was fall, the restaurant was quieter than he was used to—sitting on its rocky outcropping like a little jewel, its nautical brass fittings gleaming and big windows reflecting the sinking sun.

Inside, the bar was mostly empty, the music was soft, and the unhurried staff was attentive. He and Piper sat at a small table on the covered porch in the back, warmed by a nearby heating lamp while they devoured clams and oysters and chowder. It was heaven on earth, watching Piper survey the sailboats drift lazily by.

Something she’d said recently had been nagging at him, though, like a small but sharp thorn in the back of his mind. Without thinking it out, Red blurted, “Tell me about this former fiancé of yours. Who was he?”

Piper turned and leveled a baleful glare his way. “Oh, man,” she groaned. “Me and my big mouth. And this day was going so well, too.”

“Come on, you knew I’d ask. Besides, the day’s still good—we’re just talking, that’s all.”

“Honestly, the less I have to think about Kyle Dwyer, the better.”

“Except, if I don’t ask, I won’t be able to stop thinking about him,” Red reasoned.

Piper wrinkled her nose in distaste. “Why do you want to know about him, anyway? I can assure you that I’m not pining for him. The relationship is totally dead and over and has zero chance of ever being resuscitated.” She waved her hand beside her in dramatic pantomime of a brush-off.

“Humor me,” Red smirked.

“Really?” Piper demanded back.

“Yes. Maybe I want to see what I’m up against. Scope out the competition, as it were.”

“Trust me, you are not in competition with jerky Kyle. You are not only not in the same contest, but you are in totally different weight classes. Different leagues. Different sports, even.”

“I’m no expert,” he mused, “But you may have just violated a rule about too many analogies in one sentence.”

She tipped her glass of prosecco in his direction in challenge. “Who’s the writer here? You or me?”

“Nice try, but you aren’t going to change this particular subject, little dove.

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