When I Fall in Love by Bridget Anderson

Author:Bridget Anderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-08-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Tayler spent the next couple of days being cordial to Rollin and trying not to think about Saturday night. No other guests had checked in, and Rita was still out sick. Tayler did a little antique shopping and took some beautiful landscape pictures with her cell phone. Whenever she saw Rollin, all she could think about was the mind-blowing sex they’d shared.

She’d agreed to meet Corra after her Tuesday evening choir rehearsal to give an empowerment talk to the women of the choir. “Corra, I thought you said there were only ten women in the choir,” Tayler said, standing in a room full of beautiful women of all ages and sizes.

“Yeah, about that. I told a few other church members they could come, and you know how news travels in small towns. A few other women invited themselves.”

Tayler looked around the room, both surprised and delighted. What she liked most was empowering small groups of women. After a brief introduction from Corra, Tayler stepped up to the podium.

“Ladies, thank you for sticking around tonight. I promise not to take up too much of your time. Corra asked me to speak to you tonight, so I thought I’d start off by telling you who I am, then we’ll talk about being at peace with ourselves.”

* * *

Wednesday morning Tayler decided to go for a walk after breakfast, since the temperature was bearable. She’d reached the garden out back when Rollin strolled up the path to join her. She wanted to turn around and run back inside, but why? She’d have to face him sooner or later.

“Enjoying the gardens?” Rollin asked.

“I am,” she responded. “I was going to take a walk,” she said, glancing from one path to the other, “but I’m not sure which direction to go.”

“That path right there—” he pointed over her left shoulder “—leads down to a nice creek surrounded by wild flowers and a few benches. You might like that,” he added.

“That sounds nice and relaxing,” she said, looking toward the tree-lined path.

“Just watch out for snakes.”

Tayler whipped her head around and caught the grin on his face before he tried to replace it with a more serious look. “You’re kidding me, right?”

He shrugged. “You’re in the country. Creeks and wooded areas are home to snakes.”

“Oh, well, so much for a morning stroll. I don’t like snakes.” She turned back toward the house.

“Come on.” He chuckled and gestured for her to follow him.

She turned slowly but didn’t move toward him.

He walked past her. “I’ll walk down with you to scare away snakes, and then I promise to leave you alone.”

She hesitated for a few seconds before they started down the path together.

“My mom had these paths cleared so she could walk down to the creek and sit and read. She liked to hear the rippling of the water.” He looked around at the heavily wooded area on each side of the path.

Tayler felt as if she were walking into the lion’s den. Anytime she

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