Romance MF: A Suspense Story With A Dark Hidden Secret (romance short story, suspense romance, romantic short stories, adult romance Book 1) by Carol Lawson

Author:Carol Lawson [Lawson, Carol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-15T23:00:00+00:00

6.

When they finally got down to the cabin it was the early afternoon and they’d been quiet the whole hike back. Partly it was because they were both exhausted when they finally arrived, but Shane knew it was also because both of them were wondering, in their own ways, what the kiss had meant.

For Shane, it consumed him. He had never had an encounter like Lily before in his whole life. His old girlfriends, if you could call them that, had never shared the same kind of connection he had just had with Lily. It was still too surreal for him – staring into each other’s eyes? It was such an odd and outlandish thing to do, but now he couldn’t understand why he’d never done it with anyone before.

It had shaken him, in a peculiar way. Being alone so often, and having so few interpersonal relationships beyond work, he had never really had an objective way of analyzing himself in regards to others. He had assumed he was normal, that he lived a normal life like everyone else, and had a normal temperament. He had in fact prided himself in being normal, as a way to orient himself.

Maybe I am normal, he thought as they crossed over the bridge across the creek. But now that he had seen the alternative, it was even more appealing to him. And yet, all he had ever known was his work and the urban life contained in a cubicle. The city itself was just a manifestation of the cubicle – four walls designed to keep him placated and productive.

He doubted that he could ever adopt Lily’s way of life, even if he wanted to. It wasn’t just a matter of bravery and courage. The idea of quitting his job was a paradox in his mind – part of him could see Lily’s perspective perfectly, and he longed for it. But the other part of him couldn’t escape his tendency to think about the future. That’s where he and Lily differed.

For him, the future was everything. For her, it didn’t even exist.

That night both of them avoided the topic, but kept smiling at each other. They cooked dinner together using the last of the groceries he’d bought, and teasing each other playfully the whole time. As the night grew on, Lily suggested they go outside and look at stars and he again reluctantly followed her outside. It wasn’t warm, but it was a lot better than the night before and she skipped in bare feet down the lawn again toward his Toyota.

“What are you doing?” he asked, when she reached the car and opened the back.

“These seats fold down right? Here, look, a perfect bed,” she said, hopping inside and flatting the backseats. She laid the blanket out on top and pulled herself inside, and motioned to him through the open cargo door.

He took of his own shoes and hopped in next to her. It was remarkably more comfortable than he had imagined, and he quickly pulled the heavy blanket over both of them.

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