Harlequin Special Edition July 2016 Box Set 2 of 2 by Allison Leigh

Author:Allison Leigh
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488022432
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“Over here!” June called when she caught sight of her mother’s strawberry-blond head passing through the front door a few days later. The coffeehouse, which had the unique luxury of being the only such place in their small town, did not belong to any competitive chains and was especially crowded.

“My goodness,” Abigail Leavy said, joining June at the long counter by the window. She set her purse on the bar stool June had saved for her. “Looks like folks got a little case of cabin fever in the storm.”

“I think you’re absolutely right,” June said, standing to give her mother a big hug. “Hi, Mom. I’m glad to see you’re okay.”

“Hi, sweetheart,” the older woman answered, squeezing June in response.

Her mom was tiny and resembled a pixie with her short, stylish haircut, sparkling blue eyes and cheeks that always looked as though they’d been recently pinched. At sixty-five, Abigail looked a decade younger. Despite having worked since she was fourteen, June’s mother had not slowed down after retiring from the grocery store, where, over the years, she’d climbed from bagger to manager; the woman made a point of spending time regularly with her numerous friends, walked several miles per day and took pride in her commitment to a healthy diet. June always teased her that she put her daughter to shame.

“Let me go get a cup of joe and I’ll be right back.” She pulled out her wallet and pointed a finger at June. “Don’t you run off now, girl. I haven’t seen you in ages and it’s getting harder and harder to track you down.”

June waved her away and took a sip of her peppermint hot chocolate, a foray from her usual Americano. For some reason, since that first cup of coffee Ethan Singh had made for her a few days ago, nothing she prepared for herself or purchased tasted anywhere near as good.

She smiled, whipped cream tickling her nose as she let her mind circle around and around that man.

Though, at the time, she’d thought that night with him would go down as the longest of her life, it had been nothing compared to the past few days.

He’d gone back to his regular shifts at the clinic, of course, and she’d been happily soaking up her lazy days at home as the power company worked to restore electricity at the pizza place. Only the challenge of training the puppies occupied her time, and she was loving every minute of it.

Despite being busy with the clinic, Ethan called every day on his lunch break to check on her and see how the little ones were doing, and they’d met for coffee once.

But dammit, she missed him.

And nothing she tried could make that fact go away. He’d gotten under her skin.

“All right, sweetheart,” her mother said, setting a ginormous cup of black coffee on the counter. “Let me just get some of this stuff into my veins and I’m all yours.”

“It’s certainly no mystery where I got my coffee addiction,” June said, giggling.

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