Then Came You by Jeannie Moon

Author:Jeannie Moon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
ISBN: 9781946772893
Publisher: The Tule Publishing Group, LLC
Published: 2017-07-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Pass the onion rings,” Lilly said, grabbing the basket that came her way. “I swear Mrs. Rinaldi should go to heaven just for these rings.”

“And the mac and cheese,” Mia added. “It’s a dream, even though I’m sure it won’t look like a dream on my ass.”

“Your ass is perfect,” Fiona said. “Stop bitching about it, or I’m going to have to hate you.”

“Since I’ve sworn off men, I couldn’t care less about my ass. It’s liberating.” With that, Jordan bit into her house special burger. Mayo and ketchup slipped out the back of the monstrous sandwich and Jordan rolled her eyes in delight as she slipped into a food coma.

Looking around the table, Mia couldn’t remember consuming more food, all of it rich and fattening, or having a better conversation. Her mother would have a heart attack if she’d been there, but not before she reminded Mia of what the calories would cost her. Which is why hearing a comment like Fiona’s was different for her. Mia had never been the pretty one.

But what mattered more was feeling like she belonged. She had her family, she had friends—in short, Mia had a life. Ben had been her first consideration when she’d made the move to Long Island, but Compass Cove had been good for both of them. The mid-week lunch with the girls was such a treat, and it helped take Mia’s mind off the fact that she had a meeting with the lawyer that afternoon about the adoption.

Mia took a bite of her mac and cheese and stopped mid-chew when the door to the café opened. It was the middle of the lunch rush and she shouldn’t have noticed yet another customer walk into the busy restaurant, but this guy was something. He was tall, broad, and so gorgeous it should be criminal. Six-two and with muscles that screamed to be touched, he was wearing khaki cargos, a plain white t-shirt that spanned his chest, and his biceps bulged out of the sleeves. The face was a work of art. All clean lines and great bone structure, he had dark hair, dark eyes and the most wonderful scruff. If something was off in the picture at all, it was that the man was using a cane, which made Mia think he might be military.

All she could do was sigh. “Oh, my…”

“What’s wrong with you?” Fiona wondered. Then she turned and her eyes locked on the guy, who was talking with a table of old men. “Good Lord. I think my ovaries just exploded.”

“Right?” Mia said. “He’s a god.”

Lilly, who’d been concentrating on the onion rings, looked up—and within seconds was out of her chair and hurtling toward the man. At first, he was stunned to get an armful of excited woman, but once he recognized Lilly, his embrace became warm and familiar. And if he wasn’t good looking enough before, he smiled, and Mia felt her toes curl.

Lilly linked arms with him and walked Hot Guy back to their table.

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