White As Snow by Janice Thompson

Author:Janice Thompson [Thompson, Janice A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-62029-241-9
Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2008-12-15T00:00:00+00:00

Brianna saw the hand reach around from behind her and heard the credit card slap down on the counter. She turned, half horrified and half grateful. When she saw Brady’s face, her stomach knotted. What was he doing here?

She shook her head. “I can’t let you do that.”

“You can and you will,” he said. “Because you’re going to share it with me. If we can get to it before it melts into a puddle.” He reached to take it from her hand, then licked it around the edges.

How gross is that? Brianna let out a groan, more for effect than anything else. “Now you’re going to have to eat the whole thing.”

“No, I’m not.”

Unbelievable.

Then again, he was paying for her ice cream. Once again he’d swept in and saved the day. How many times was he going to do that?

The kid behind the counter swiped Brady’s card and waited on the machine to respond.

“How did you know I was here?” Brianna asked. Then, knowing the answer in her heart, added a quick, “Never mind. Skip that.”

“It was right of her to tell me,” Brady answered, taking a nibble from the edge of the cone. “I know you’re upset at me, and I want to get to the bottom of it.”

She crossed her arms. “I never said I was upset.”

“You didn’t have to.”

The clerk started to hand Brady his credit card. But then he glanced down at the name on the card and back up again into Brady’s face.

“Hey, you’re Brady Campbell.”

“Uh … yeah.” Brady took the card and shoved it into his wallet then handed the cone to Brianna.

“Our new starting quarterback. From Tampa.”

Brianna groaned. Would it always be like this when Brady was around?

“I saw the press conference. My name is Kevin Nelson. I play for North Hills High School.”

“That’s great,” Brady said with a smile.

He gestured to a table across the room, and Brianna, grateful to be away from the kid behind the counter, headed over to it. She sat down and began to lick the edges of the cone to keep the drips from landing in her lap.

In spite of an incoming crowd of teenagers, the kid who’d waited on them seemed intent on staring. Even from across the room she saw him pull out his cell phone. Was he making a call? Brianna tried to ignore him, but he seemed to have the crazy thing pointed straight at them.

She jabbed Brady in the arm. “What is he doing?”

Brady turned around, and the clerk pressed a button on his cell phone. A camera.

She slapped herself in the head. “I can’t take you anywhere.”

“Things will simmer down soon. Once the dust settles from the media hype, I’ll just be an average Joe.”

“Somehow I doubt that.”

“Can you tell me why you’re suddenly so upset at me? Is it because I didn’t tell you who I was?”

A wave of guilt washed over Brianna as she saw the confused look in his eyes. What had he done to her? And yet she must say something; otherwise, he might go on staring her down for the rest of the night.

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