Longing for Forever (Sunset Bay Romance Book 1) by Debra Clopton

Author:Debra Clopton [Clopton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sunset Bay Romance, Book One
Publisher: DCP Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-05-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Rosie was potting a geranium on Wednesday after the festival. The sun had gone down and she was doing it by the light of her porch. It had to be done, though, because the poor thing had been sitting there in its temporary pot since Saturday when she’d bought it as she was leaving the festival. The vendor had been closing up and as she and Adam had finished loading up their supplies to carry back to the bakery. She’d told him to wait, that she’d wanted to buy a flower. To her surprise, he’d followed her to the booth and insisted on buying the flower for her.

She had never had a man buy her flowers—not that these were to be misinterpreted as flowers in a romantic way; it was just a pot plant that she’d wanted. She should have insisted on buying it herself, but he’d already taken out his wallet and handed the money over to the man. If she’d insisted, it would have seemed rude and, well, to be honest, she liked that he’d bought her the plant.

But she’d been busy the last few days and hadn’t had time to repot it, until tonight. It would be in bad form to let the poor thing wilt because it was root bound.

“You, my pretty, are going to brighten up the entrance to my home.” She patted the dirt, smiled and took in her handiwork. The pot she’d placed it in was an old clay pot she’d rescued from a trash pile on the way home from work a few weeks before, and she’d set it at the back of the house, out of sight, until now. After a bright coat of white paint to match her shutters, it was like having a big smile greeting anyone who came to the door. The bright-white pot and the brilliant red flower contrasted well with her periwinkle blue house and yellow door. She was smiling as she stepped to the sand and studied it in the porch light. It went very well with her window boxes of flowers and completed the look she had been hoping for.

“Hey there, neighbor, imagine meeting you here at this hour.”

She spun to find Adam standing between their houses. He looked good in his jeans and a white polo shirt that exposed his toned, tanned arms. His light-brown hair was getting lighter with every day he spent in the sun. In the light from the glow of her porch, it seemed almost sandy-blond now.

“Hi,” she said, when she realized she’d been gawking at him. “Sorry, you startled me and I was lost in thought.”

“I know. I was standing here for a couple of seconds before I said anything. What are you staring at?”

She smiled and waved him over. “This masterpiece. The one you helped with when you bought that pretty plant.”

He came to stand beside her, close enough for her to feel the warmth of his body and smell the light scent of his cologne. “Wow, that’s really pretty.

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