Christmas of Love: A Long Valley Western Romance Novella – Book 5 by Erin Wright

Author:Erin Wright [Wright, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wright’s Reads

Chapter 14

Austin

He looked down at his wobbling knees and back up at Ivy. “You think this is a good idea, huh?” he said doubtfully.

It really didn’t seem like it to him.

She skated in circles around him, her laughter spilling out. “C’mon, just push forward a little. It’s actually easier to stay upright if you’re moving. Like a bike, except—”

“Except here, I have thin metal blades between me and death?” he interrupted.

Ivy let out a huge laugh at that one, her cheeks a rosy red color, her eyes sparkling in the dim winter lighting. She was brightening up this dark and dreary winter day just by being her. He wondered if she realized what a gift that was.

“Yeah, death,” she said dryly when she finally calmed down enough to speak. “Do you want me to ask the front staff how many have died while ice skating this past year?”

“No, no, I’m willing to participate in this death-defying stunt,” he said airily, as if bestowing a great gift upon her. “But only if you’ll take my hand and help me.”

She skated a little closer, and then flipped around and started skating backwards. “You want me to hold your hand?” she said teasingly. “Don’t boys have cooties? I’m pretty sure I learned that somewhere.”

He pushed forward a little, his ankles shaking almost as much as his knees. He was missing Bob just then. Horses were easy. Ice skating was scary. He didn’t care how Ivy made it look; he knew the truth.

“Hold on,” he said, puffing as he tried to keep up with her, “I thought you said you didn’t have an athletic bone in your body! Were you sandbagging me, so I’d agree to go ice skating with you?”

Her laughter tinkled out again. “I guess I didn’t consider ice skating to be athletic,” she admitted with a shrug as she did a quick twirl in front of him. “It’s balls that get me. They fly at me and smack me in the face and break my glasses and they’re just horrible little objects.”

“Glasses?” he asked between pants. They were almost to the other side of the rink, where he could grab onto the railing and rest for a minute. Whoever said that ice skating wasn’t a sport – ahem, Ivy – was obviously in better shape than he was. His thighs were burning from the strain of trying to keep upright. “I didn’t know you wore glasses.”

“Contacts now. But yup, glasses and braces all through junior high and part of high school. Would you believe they had me in braces for four years? My tormentors weren’t especially bright, and so they stuck with nicknames like ‘Metal Mouth’ and ‘Four Eyes.’ Heaven forbid they strain themselves in the creativity department…”

She shot him a brilliant smile, showing off her gorgeous and very straight white teeth. He had a hard time imagining anyone teasing her based on her appearance. She was so damn beautiful. His eyes drifted down her body, which she was showcasing to perfection with a drapy sweater thingy that clung to her generous curves.

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