Grit_A Love Story on 7th and Main by Elizabeth Hunter

Author:Elizabeth Hunter [Hunter, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781941674420
Amazon: B07TV21JMK
Publisher: Recurve Press LLC
Published: 2019-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Like Melissa, Cary had only had brunch or lunch at Café Georgette. During the day, it was a small restaurant with a pretty, flower-filled courtyard covered by umbrellas.

At night the umbrellas were removed and sparkling lights and candles decorated the walls surrounding them, lending the bricks, flowers, and trees a fairy-tale atmosphere. Small candles burned in the center of each table. Most of the parties were couples or tables of four.

Cary took Melissa’s hand and walked to the hostess stand. “We have a reservation for two. We’re a little late.”

“Oh!” The hostess smiled. “The name?”

“Nakamura.”

“Let me just check and see if your table is ready.”

She walked away, and Melissa curled her fingers around his. Cary felt the rightness of it down to his bones. Her hand was relaxed. Her shoulders were relaxed. The line that lived between her eyes had disappeared.

He knew she was capable. She was capable as hell. He knew she was strong. She was so strong sometimes that he thought she could take on the world with one hand, all while nursing a premature calf and fixing a barbed wire fence with the other. He often suspected she hid a third arm somewhere on her person, because he didn’t know it was possible to do everything she did with two.

He just wanted her to breathe.

Cary desperately wanted to just take a couple of things off her plate sometimes so she would just be still and relax. He found his stress relief on the side of mountains. She found hers on the back of a horse.

When she wasn’t working. Which was almost never.

He squeezed her hand. “Are you relaxed?”

Her eyes went wide. “Uh… kind of?”

“Only kind of?”

She stepped closer. “I’m a little nervous about being on a date. I counted. It’s been over thirteen years since I’ve been on a first date.”

“You’re doing great; it’s been a few years for me too.”

She narrowed her eyes. “Why is that?”

“Do you really have to ask?”

Her eyes relaxed. Her whole face got softer. “Really?”

“Pretty sure you’re the only one surprised by any of this. I think I was pretty obvious.”

“Is it clueless of me to say that I was too busy to notice?”

“No.” He kissed her forehead. “It’s not clueless. That’s your reality. Now your reality is you can’t ignore me anymore.”

“I never ignored you.”

He smiled. “True. But you only wanted to talk about oranges.”

The hostess came back and grabbed two menus. “Your table is ready. Thank you for waiting.”

Melissa leaned close to Cary and said, “So you’re saying you don’t want to talk about the new irrigation system and potential yield improvements that—”

He turned his face and kissed her hard and quick. “Nope. Don’t even bring it up.”

Melissa’s laugh was low and wicked.

There it was. He knew she had an evil side. Now he just had to get it to stay out and play.

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