Hankering for Home: A Sweet Small-Town Romantic Comedy (Button Blossom Sweet Rom Com Series Book 2) by Rachael Eliker

Author:Rachael Eliker [Eliker, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BHF Creative Works
Published: 2022-11-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

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I pressed my face into Wil’s chest and laughed like a lunatic trying to smother herself. “That’s probably best. I need to figure out how to break the news to my friends that I’m a wedded woman, especially since I haven’t had a boyfriend in over a year.”

“Not if you ask Barbara and Susan. They’ve been thinking for over a month that we’re a couple.”

Wil’s joke sent me spiraling into another laughing fit. If I wasn’t careful, Granny and Maren were going to hear us, and if Granny went snooping like she usually did, there was no amount of explaining that wouldn’t make that situation awkward.

When I inhaled to catch my breath, Wil’s cologne came with it. On Sharpie, his trademark fragrance was repugnant, but emanating from Wil, it’s deliciously irresistible.

Except, along with amateur psychologist, I’d also bequeathed upon myself the title Queen of Self-Control. I could flick the naughty habit of sniffing handsome men away like an ant on the kitchen countertop.

One more innocent whiff, then I let him go and retreated to my side of the closet. Not that there really were sides. With Wil in there with me, there was barely space not to be touching him. Proximity charged my nerves, but I reminded myself it was the escapade that made my heart stutter, not Wil. How many times did a person get to hide in a broom closet to escape an awkward conversation? Not every day.

Someday, this would make for an awesome story.

“Right. Same for me. No girlfriends since my ex left.” Wil folded his arms, which crossed over to my line of the closet. I was already leaning as far away as I could, even with handles from a bucketful of tools poking into my lower back. Wil might not have noticed, but his forearms were coming dangerously close to grazing my chestal region. He must’ve read my mind, because he frowned and straightened his arms at his sides. “I kind of figured we’d get to know each other better before we share our joyous news, so people don’t think we’re nuts. I mean, it’d be weird if we told people we were married, but I didn’t know your favorite pizza toppings and you didn’t know what side of the bed I sleep on.”

“We’re definitely nuts. There’s no getting around that.” I stifled a giggle with my hand instead of Wil’s chest. “And just so you know, pizza is best served with pepperoni, black olives, and cream cheese, and I sleep on the right side of the bed, so you’d better make space for me.”

Every square inch of me erupted with a blush, ignited by my flirty comment. Maybe I’d sniffed a little too much of his cologne, but I wasn’t purposefully trying to be all sassy and cute with Wil. He kept teasing it out of me, whether he meant to or not.

If I made Wil uncomfortable, he didn’t say. Leaning toward the door, he listened intently. “You think the coast is clear?”

I held my breath, though I could hardly hear over the staccato of my heart.

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