Heiress by Zingera L.C

Author:Zingera, L.C. [Zingera, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.C. Zingera
Published: 2013-08-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Ryan took Raven jogging along the cliff’s edge the next morning, while Mel occupied herself with her morning shower and making coffee. Thankful that some smart person had thought to have a stout fence installed, perhaps it was Mel’s family, but it ran the length of the cliff edge as far as the eye could see, well beyond Mel’s property line.

When he returned it had begun to rain, Raven shook her shaggy self the instant they entered the house, showering both him and Mel with dog scented rainwater.

“Ah, I thought I heard rain!” Mel tipped her head inhaling the fragrance. “Nothing smells quite as sweet as the cool rain after a drought.” She reached into a nearby closet taking out a towel and rubbing a delighted Raven who took the opportunity to give her a few swift sloppy licks. “Is the sea rough today?”

“Yes, a cloudy swirling mass of angry gray reflecting the clouds.” Ryan knew she liked him to be descriptive, he worked at it more each day. She was seeing the world through his eyes.

“Will you walk with me, Ryan? I love to walk in the rain.”

“Sure, I’ll just hop in the shower real quick. I’ll meet you back here in ten minutes.”

The warm spray of the pulsating shower felt so good, soothing aching muscles from his now daily jogging episodes with Raven. He’d always worked out, but he was in better shape than he’d been in for a while, now that he wasn’t seated at a desk in an office for more hours than he could count. He didn’t miss it.

Not one little bit.

“Ryan, Ryan...Ryan...” Quickly rinsing the shampoo from his hair, Ryan hopped out of the shower and threw a towel around his waist hurrying out into the adjoining bedroom expecting to find Mel there hurrying him along. But once again he was alone.

Dressing quickly, he heard a soft tap at the door. “Ryan, can I come in?”

“Sure.”

“Mm, I love the scent of your shower gel. It’s...very crisp and refreshing.”

“Ah, yeah, thanks.” Was Mel actually flirting with him, just a little? Not sure ‘crisp and refreshing’ could be called flirting though. And she was a perfumier, with an extremely acute sense of smell. No, not flirting. Mores the Pity.

“Ready to go?”

“Yeah, ready.”

***

Mystified, Mel hooked her hand into Ryan’s arm. There was no way she could have heard him calling her. He’d been in the shower for heaven’s sake! But she’d heard something, she had a very keen sense of hearing. The sounds were muted, distant as though carried on the wind itself as it whistled around the outside of the house. “Are you ready...” the voice had seemed to say. Hurrying up to his room she’d tapped on the door, and had been embarrassed to realize the poor man had barely finished dressing, searching for something sane to say she’d come up with a lame comment about his shower gel. Dumb!

He had to know she had a serious crush on him. It wasn’t smart, but she couldn’t help herself.

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