Mad About Meg by Mari Carr

Author:Mari Carr [Carr, Mari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781936387151
Goodreads: 8466451
Published: 2012-07-14T19:39:27+00:00

Chapter Seven

Midmorning Saturday was just as dreary as Friday and Meg cursed the weather.

“Damn.” She was unaware of Rob’s presence until she felt his arms embrace her from behind.

“Still no sunshine. Honestly, Teach, I’ve never known it rain like this here.”

“Just my luck,” she sighed. “I really wanted to go down to the ocean today.”

“Well, unless you’re made of sugar—which is a definite possibility given your sweetness—I figure we could go for a walk along the beach in the rain without melting.”

Smiling, she turned in his arms, raising her hands to pull his face down to his. She kissed him softly. “I’d love to go for a walk. Are you sure you don’t mind? We’re bound to get soaked.”

“We’d get soaked swimming in the ocean if it was sunny, so I don’t really see much difference.”

“I’ll just go up and slip on my travel clothes.” She glanced down at his oversized T-shirt. She’d worn it all day yesterday, which hadn’t been a problem since they hadn’t left the room. Her luggage still hadn’t arrived. No big surprise there.

“I’ll grab us both a couple of sweatshirts,” he added. “It might be chilly.”

Going their separate ways, they met up again in the living room after only a few minutes. Rob had put on a pair of khaki shorts and Meg took a second to admire his trim, tanned legs. Raising his eyebrows to let her know he was aware of her wayward glance, he handed her a big sweatshirt and a baseball cap before donning his own with a grin.

“This will keep the rain out of our eyes.”

Walking down to the beach, Meg pulled off her sandals, delighted by the feeling of wet sand between her toes. Rob clasped her hand in his own tugging her forward and she was thrilled as she took in her first up-close look at the ocean.

“It’s amazing,” she said as the first wave crashed around her bare ankles. “I’ve never seen anything so beautiful.”

“I can’t believe you’ve never seen the ocean.” Rob was stunned by her revelation late last night. “My family spent nearly every summer, vacationing at the beach.”

“We didn’t really have a lot of time or money for vacations,” Meg explained, “although once, I went to Williamsburg on a school field trip and my mom came along as a chaperone. It was just a day trip, but I remember it as if it were yesterday. Such a wonderfully historic place. We spent the entire day pretending we were colonists living in the 1800’s. It was fun, but not as fun as this.” With her words, she bent down and scooped up a handful of ocean water to splash on Rob.

He acted offended before it apparently sunk in he was already soaked. “Uh-oh, now you’ve done it.” Bending over, he returned the splash, his large hands able to throw twice the water, twice as far.

Squealing, she took off running and kicking up water as he gave chase. She felt his large hands reach out to

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