Infamous Love: A Mountain Haven Novel by Lea Coll

Author:Lea Coll [Coll, Lea & Coll, Lea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781648181092
Publisher: Lady Boss Press, Inc
Published: 2021-07-12T18:30:00+00:00

The rest of the week, I exchanged texts with Gray about the weekend and our plans for helping our respective businesses. We bounced ideas off each other. He asked if we needed to rent equipment and whether we should drive to the mountain or take the gondola. Without question, I wanted to spend the time in the gondola, taking in the views. Whenever I thought about it, there were flutters in my stomach.

I created flyers for my daddy-daughter styling event and for the discounts for first responders and veterans, hanging them up around town in between my scheduled clients. Gray emailed me the information about Athena so I could print it. I taped it onto a jar I placed at the register. People seemed to sympathize with what happened with her, but so far, I hadn’t gotten a lot of money for her. It was raising awareness, at least.

On Sunday, I woke up feeling tired. I’d tossed and turned all night. Unlike the time he invited me to the Rigbys’ ranch, this outing was carefully planned. Gray wanted to go snowboarding with me. There wouldn’t be anyone telling me what to say or do. I was on my own.

I’d never had a date that wasn’t a part of the show. When the show ended, I wanted to be on my own, figure out who I was as a person. I hadn’t met anyone, until Gray, who intrigued me enough to want more.

I needed to be myself, not the puppet I was on the show. I gathered the cold weather gear that came in the mail yesterday and drank my coffee as I waited for Gray to pick me up.

He texted when he arrived since no one could get to my apartment without walking through the shop. Nervous to see him, to spend time with him, I patted Crew on the head, saying “Behave,” then locked my door. My heart beat loudly in my ears as I walked down the narrow wooden steps through the shop, expecting him to be waiting in his truck. Instead, he stood by the shop door holding two coffees.

His hands were covered in gloves, a wool hat was on his head, and he wore a bulky ski jacket. He looked casual and happy to see me. The flutters in my stomach turned to bolts of electricity, awareness of him skidding across my skin.

I opened the door, unable to stop the smile spreading across my face. “Morning.”

“This is for you.” He handed me the coffee.

“Thank you, but you didn’t have to,” I said as I took a tentative sip, the coffee warming me as I stepped outside into the cold.

“I stopped at The Coffee Cowboy. I thought you might like some too.”

His gaze traveled down my body, taking in my puffy jacket, pants, and boots. “You have gloves and a hat?”

I held up my other hand.

“Perfect.” He led me to his truck parked on the curb, holding the door open for me.

He boosted me in because I was barely able to move in the puffy ski pants.

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