Questing Heart: Fighting Heart Erotic Bad Boy Romance Series Book 2 by Hamilton Nicole

Author:Hamilton, Nicole [Hamilton, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: NicoleHamiltonBooks.com
Published: 2015-05-22T07:00:00+00:00

Ten

It was a warm morning in Yorkshire and Cody was grateful for a few hours away from readings, stage-fright, over-opinionated literary types, and stale beer-stinking pubs. This morning he was spending his free time with Ashley to convince her that he was the same man he always had been –that there was no relationship with Joanna. Joanna was certainly a looker, she was clever and she was an excellent kisser, but she could never be Cody’s Seismic Girl. He wanted to be with Ashley. This morning he walked in the countryside around York, looking out at the endless green views across the dales towards the higher peaks of the Pennines beyond. It was a tremendous landscape and it felt momentous to share the view with Ashley. It meant something, he was sure of it. Ashley had travelled hundreds of miles away from college and away from Brandon to see him. Now that was a spectacular thought and as he considered the implications of it, Cody was shocked and delighted too.

He wanted to hold her hand, but there was repair work to be done first. They weren’t a couple. Not yet. He had to prove myself again and mend her hurt. He decided his best strategy was to make her laugh.

“So, you like what you see?” said Cody.

Ashley turned around and squinted as the sun lit her eyes and gave her blonde hair an aura.

“Tell me what I’m seeing…”

“The countryside panorama. And me of course.”

Ashley laughed at that, but Cody saw her restraint.

“Yeah,” she said moderately. “I like what I see. But I also like who you are, Cody. Not for your writing or your publisher or whatever. I’m glad you’re getting success. That’s cool, but I couldn’t give two shits about that in terms of why I like you.”

Wow, Cody nodded, taking it in.

“I like you because you tried to help me for no good reason. You didn’t have a vested interest. You helped me because you saw I needed help with my studies. And you’ve always been honest with me, unlike a few other people I know.”

Cody smiled, wondering where to go with this, but he went with his feelings in spite of his doubts.

“So, maybe I did have a secret special interest…” He let the words hang.

She looked around again and made an indignant face. He saw the smile through it. “Cody Barnes, whatever could you mean?”

Man, she was good looking when she did the serious face, but with the sparkle of jest in her eyes, she looked stunning. Cody was hooked.

“Ummm. Maybe you could take a guess.”

Ashley walked on, picking a stalk of lavender that was pressing though the picket fence of a country garden.

“Maybe I did take a little guess.”

“And what did you guess, Ashley?”

She looked over at Cody, her smile fading. “I guess I was wrong.”

He took the hit without complaint. “Are you sure you were so wrong Ashley? Look at us. Look where we are. It’s autumn but for us here it’s like we’re walking in golden summer sun in some of the best countryside I’ve ever seen.

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