The First Shot: A Prequel to the Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

Author:Liv Constantine [Constantine, Liv]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798767348817
Google: mHnSzgEACAAJ
Amazon: B09LZNNXT9
Publisher: LCO Productions LLC
Published: 2021-11-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

They’d had their first kiss that night under the stars at the bluegrass festival, and she could tell that he didn’t want to let her go. Amber knew that by Friday night, only four days away, Jake would be hungering more for her than the dinner she’d promised to cook. From the moment he picked her up on Friday night to the time they sat down to eat, his eyes never left her, his face filled with desire.

“Why don’t we have a nice smooth cognac and sit in the living room,” Jake suggested after their meal.

It was Amber’s favorite room in the house, with its wall-to-wall windows reaching all the way up to the cathedral ceiling. She sank into the deep cushioned leather couch while Jake went to the liquor cart and poured two glasses.

“Thank you,” she said as Jake handed her the drink and sat next to her. Amber tucked her legs underneath her and pivoted to face him. “I can’t think of any place I’d rather be,” she said, looking over the rim of her glass at him as she took a sip.

“Sitting here together? I can’t either.”

Time to make my move, Amber thought. “You don’t know how much it means to me, you taking me fishing. Takes me back to such happy times in my life.” Amber pressed her lips together and looked at the floor.

Jake reached over and ran his finger down her cheek. “I know how rough it must have been. Marylou Ann’s daddy died when she was just thirteen. She never really got over it.”

Of course, Amber had read about the death of Marylou Ann’s father back in that cold Nebraska motel room. Now she turned her head slightly so that her lips grazed his hand on her cheek, and then, closing her fingers around his, she kissed his palm. Instantly Jake’s arm was around her waist, pulling her closer and pressing his mouth to hers.

That had been the real beginning. And now, she spent most of her free time at his house.

He came every day for an afternoon cup of coffee near the end of her shift, then took her back to the house with him, where they’d spend time either fishing, hiking, or rafting down the river. Two days ago she’d arranged for one of the other waitresses to cover the last two hours of her shift. At precisely one thirty, she walked past the W, struggling with four bags of frozen microwave meals from Safeway. As she walked by the window and saw Jake, she raised a hand to wave, causing her to drop two of the bags and the food to go flying all over the sidewalk. He was out the door and by her side in moments, cowboy hat in hand, helping her to pick up all her packages.

“Goodness, Amber, this is a lot to handle. You do this every week?”

She shrugged, looking at the pavement. “Oh my gosh—I’m so embarrassed. But you know I can’t afford a car.

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