Is It Any Wonder by Courtney Walsh

Author:Courtney Walsh [Walsh, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance / General, FICTION / Romance / Clean & Wholesome
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2021-04-06T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

“COME ON, DUNCAN. SURELY YOU CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION.”

“I’m sorry, Miss Chambers, but you of all people should know the rules. You made them. No refunds. No returns.” The master chief winked at her—he seemed to be enjoying this.

“Right.”

Cody watched as Louisa’s brow knit into a tight line, and he could see the worry behind her eyes.

Most days since returning to Nantucket, Cody had been able to keep his feelings for Louisa squarely locked up in a box marked Do Not Open and shoved to the back of his mental closet. Most days he would describe Louisa as cute. She had a cute personality and a cute little nose that turned up at the end. She had a cute laugh and made cute, quirky comments.

But today, in that dress, cute was the last word he would’ve used to describe her. He could feel the box moving out of that closet at the back of his mind, begging to be opened.

Louisa turned heads. She didn’t even realize it, but with her deep-red hair and that killer blue dress, everything about her stood out. She wasn’t skinny or waifish—she curved in all the right places—and standing back against the wall watching her try to make a return on her most recent impulsive purchase, Cody didn’t know whether to be offended or amused.

He cleared his throat and she spun around, a hand-in-the-cookie-jar expression on her face.

“Unhappy with your purchase already?” He could have some fun with this. He shouldn’t, but he could.

She stammered for a few seconds before he raised a hand to let her off the hook.

“I know you can’t afford it,” he said.

Her shoulders sank in a deep exhale. “I really can’t.”

He watched her fidget, clearly uncomfortable. “So what were you thinking?”

A sheepish look came across her face. “I was just trying to drive up the bid.”

He only stared.

She looked away, refusing to explain further.

“I’ll split it with you,” he offered.

“No,” she said. “This was my mistake. I’ll figure it out.”

“A mistake, huh?” He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at her. “Ouch.”

She met his eyes for only the briefest moment. She stepped out of her heels and picked them up, tucking them under her arm. “We both know that you and I trying to sail together is a giant mistake.”

“Oh, I don’t know, Lou,” he said. “We made a pretty good team once upon a time.”

Now he had her attention. But he wasn’t sure he wanted it. What was he doing? He was flirting, that’s what. And he should stop. He was walking a tightrope, and he knew one wrong move and he’d fall—hard.

“That was a long time ago,” she said.

He watched her tuck a long strand of hair behind her ear, eyes lingering on her pink cheeks, her full lips.

The tightrope underneath him wobbled.

He hadn’t returned to Nantucket thinking he’d reconnect with Louisa. He didn’t even know she lived on the island. While there were a lot of old feelings that had been stirred like soup

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