You Only Love Once: A Second Chance, Surprise Baby, Small Town Romantic Comedy (Book 3 of the LOVE in SHORT series) by Emily James

Author:Emily James [James, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emily James
Published: 2020-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

“FOUR STORIES AND THREE versus of “Rockabye” and she’s finally asleep,” Ethan says, walking into the kitchen where I am sorting laundry at the kitchen table.

“What? I haven’t sung that since she was about three years old.” My mouth falls open and I snort a laugh. “Oh, you got played by our five-year-old good and proper!” I can’t hold my laughter in. Listening to him upstairs as he put Jess to bed, just as she’d asked, I wondered what she was up to.

“I like that.”

“What?”

“Our five-year-old. It sounds nice. Perfect actually.”

A smile automatically creeps on my face. “I like it too. And she is pretty perfect.”

“Agreed. She wants me to pick her up from school tomorrow. You think that’d be okay?”

“Sure, if you want to. I finish early on Mondays, so I can meet you there, introduce you to Jessica’s teacher. She has dance later and then Molly normally picks her up and takes care of her while I work at the bar.”

Ethan nods. “That sounds good.” He loiters in the kitchen, awkwardly. Now Jess is in bed, I suppose he should get back to the bar, but a part of me doesn’t want him to go. Like I want him to be here to see me too.

“Coffee? I’ve got some cookies in the cupboard.”

“I should probably get back,” he admits almost reluctantly.

“Yeah, you need to check on the bar.”

“I also need to go tell Patti. Now Jess knows, well, I think she’d be upset if she found out elsewhere.” He brushes the back of his neck self-consciously.

“It’s okay, I get it. She has a niece, and you should probably smooth things over with her.” A quiet extends between us. Ethan steps forward until we’re both standing in the middle of the kitchen.

“I’ll see you tomorrow?”

He’s standing so close, I have to crane my neck to be able to see his handsome face. “Sure will,” I breezily reply and his lips twitch with amusement. “What?”

“Nothing.” His lips twitch again.

“Tell me.” I tug on the sleeve of his shirt, but he catches my wrist and I swear he can feel my pulse beating so intensely it’s like the bass at an underground nightclub.

“It’s... I really want to kiss you.” His voice is husky and his lips part slowly. My breathing stops entirely. I lean up into him, completely onboard with the idea of kissing Ethan, for old times’ sake if nothing else. My lady parts are on fire at the very idea and my eyes are readying themselves to close as soon as our lips collide. I swear I’m inches from his lips, my eyes are partially closed and my tongue is readying itself for a workout, but Ethan takes a step back, turns my wrist in his hands and places a chaste kiss on the back of my hand. “But I know you don’t want me to rush things, so I better go.”

I cough out a disappointed laugh. “Yeah. I said something like that, didn’t I?” Oh, yes you did, Willow.

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