In Other Words, Love by Shirley Jump

Author:Shirley Jump [Jump, Shirley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947892774
Publisher: Hallmark Publishing
Published: 2020-04-20T18:30:00+00:00

Nine

Tuesday morning, Trent’s world exploded.

Well, not his world, exactly, but his social media. Last night, he’d finished uploading his pictures from the Moulton Falls hike to his Instagram. He’d scanned them after work on Monday, had seen landscapes, and posted the whole lot of pictures without a second thought. He’d added a few lines about the “Amazing day among such incredible beauty!” and hit Post.

This morning, he’d woken to dozens of messages on his page. Normally, he’d get a few messages asking about the hike or what GOA products he’d used. A bunch of likes, a couple of shares or retweets, because his Instagram fed into both his Facebook and Twitter. Today was different—in a bad, bad way.

I see one of the new GOA ladies’ boots in that picture. First time I’ve ever seen someone else on one of Trent’s adventures. Who is that mystery woman?

Is the confirmed outdoor bachelor settling down?

One of my friends saw a couple doing a photoshoot at the falls this weekend. Could it have been Trent and his mystery woman?

Are you going to tell us who it is, Trent? Who’s the new lady in your life?

The comments both panicked him and calmed him, which made no sense. He knew the publicity could turn on him and hurt his business. But the thought of being paired with Kate, even if only with a boot and a waterfall, sounded oddly…nice.

“Well, well,” Sarah said as she stepped into his office first thing on Tuesday. She held up her phone and wiggled it back and forth, the controversial image filling her screen. “What were you up to this weekend?”

Even from his desk, Trent could see what Sarah and the rest of the internet had seen—an image of the bridge with the river rushing underneath it and Kate’s ankle, pink socks and boot in the corner. He hadn’t even noticed her in the shot. Maybe because it had seemed so natural to be there with her, soaking up the scenery, remarking on the birds and the trees and the other people. She’d fit in as easily as the thick carpet of ferns filling the forest floor.

He’d loved the entire trip, surprised by how well she’d taken to the hiking and how easily they’d worked together on the steeper parts. The girl who had never wanted to be a part of his world when they were younger had made it seem as if she’d always been there.

Since she’d left the park on Sunday morning, Trent hadn’t talked to Kate. They’d exchanged a couple of emails when she’d asked for clarification on some of the stories he’d shared with her, but that was it. She needed solitude to work, he told himself, and that’s why he was staying away.

Not because getting so close to her this weekend, and the overpowering urge to find an excuse to touch her, again and again, had left him scattered and distracted. When he’d gone to sleep that night, he’d thought about her. And when he’d woken up, he’d wondered if she had thought about him.

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