All She Ever Wanted (Cedar Valley Novel Book 1) by Christina Butrum

Author:Christina Butrum [Butrum, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Cedar Valley Novel, high school reunion, 10 year reunion
Publisher: C. Butrum Books
Published: 2016-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

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A grunt was heard over the rev of the engine of his truck as they made their way off the open road from the hospital and into the crowded noise-filled streets of Rockford.

“Come on,” Liam slammed on the brakes. “You’ve gotta be kidding me.”

“Nope.”

The traffic was thick all hours of the day, but more so towards the end of the day. Rush hour traffic was termed for the evening hours when everyone was getting off work and making their way home.

“How can you drive here?” The patience he had once expressed had nearly vanished. Frustration etched deep into the lines on his face.

“Trust me, I don’t necessarily enjoy it,” she admitted. She really didn’t have a choice—it’s just where she ended up and like everything else in life, she just dealt with it. “You get used to it, after a while.”

Liam shook his head. “Count me out of that. This isn’t my idea of living simple.”

Simple. She wasn’t sure there was such a thing. In love, simple had never existed. In life, simple was just too much to expect.

“What’s your idea of simple?” She wasn’t being smart; she really wanted to know what he expected.

He shrugged. “I guess just as it sounds,” he said. He motioned to the crammed roadway and said, “Definitely not this. There’s no way I’d live in a busy city. You couldn’t pay me enough.”

She understood why he was so edgy, but the city wasn’t all as bad as he made it out to be. She didn’t have a way, at the moment, to prove that to him, but maybe someday soon she’d be able to.

“It’s really not that bad,” she insisted. Whether she changed his opinion or not, she wanted him to know what it was really like. “You don’t have to go far to get the things you need. Every street has stores that offer every item on your list. Sure, the traffic jams, the noise and the smog are downfalls of city life, but honestly, I enjoy it.”

The slam of the brakes would have nearly sent her out the window if it hadn’t been for her seat belt holding her back.

“Sorry about that,” he said, his hands gripped the steering wheel until no color was left in his fingers. “I thought we would’ve moved more than an inch.”

She couldn’t help but chuckle at the way he reacted to the traffic. He looked over at her with a raised eyebrow. “What’s so funny?”

She motioned to the traffic and said, “That this has you all sorts of flustered.”

He grunted once again. He pointed to the line of cars—about ten, or more, and said, “I didn’t think it’d take an hour to get across the bridge.”

“That bridge is a drawbridge,” she explained, as she motioned to the bridge surrounded by water.

Frustration creased his face as he tried to understand what she had just said.

“You know? A bridge that allows boats to pass through,” she explained. “Have you heard of the Brighton Ferry?”

“I think I may have, but I’ve never actually seen it,” he admitted.

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