Barefoot Bay: Sweet Surrender (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Gail Chianese

Author:Gail Chianese [Chianese, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-12-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“You bought me worms? What kind?” he asked as they drove back to Caty’s place.

“You’ll see.” She sat smug in her seat in his convertible Mustang, bouncing with excitement like a little kid. Ian drove a little faster, letting her energy flow over him.

He pulled up behind her Rav4 and parked. Before he could even unclip his seatbelt she was out of the car and halfway to the door. She stopped, turned around, laughed, and waved to him.

“Hurry up.” She turned back and ran the rest of the way to the door, unlocking it before Ian could reach her. She looked at him over her shoulder. “I can’t believe I forgot to give you this earlier. Well, in all fairness, I was a little nervous.”

She tossed her keys into a dish by the door and hung her purse up on a hook over a table.

“Why would you be nervous? It was just me.” Ian wasn’t sure what to do with himself. Should he sit down and wait? If he walked around would that look like he was impatient and ready to leave? Truth was, he was burning up with energy and it was taking everything he had not to follow her back to what he suspected was her bedroom.

She walked out carrying a large, colorful gift bag with balloons on the side like you’d see at a birthday party. “That’s exactly why I was nervous. I didn’t want you to be disappointed or bored.”

He looked at the silly bag and back up at the woman. Bored was the last thing he’d ever guess he’d be around Caty. “Do I get to unwrap my present now?”

She glanced down at the bag. Bit her lip, hesitated, then nodded before handing it over. It struck him in that moment—Caty was a pleaser, one of those people who loved to do things for others just because it made them happy. A few minutes ago she’d been thrilled to give him whatever was in the bag and now that it was time, she was worried he wouldn’t be happy with his gift. Which told him something else about her—somewhere along the line, some asshat had thrown her kindness back in her face.

Ian walked over to the kitchen table and sat the bag down so he could properly inspect the contents. She’d taken care to wrap the item, or items, as it appeared, in bright, colorful tissue paper. He pulled out the first bundle of blue. Peeling off the paper, he stared at the package inside and laughed. He pulled out bundle after bundle, unwrapping each one until he hit the bottom, grinning the whole time.

The woman had bought him worms—gummi worms—and she hadn’t stopped there. Caty had also bought him bears, frogs, and sharks. He wouldn’t have to sneak into the Super Min for the next year to satisfy his cravings.

“Well?” She peeked up at him.

He grabbed her around the waist and spun her in a circle in the middle of her kitchen. “It’s the best thank-you gift I’ve received.

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