Rounding the Bases by Jaqueline Snowe

Author:Jaqueline Snowe [Snowe, Jaqueline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2021-03-21T00:00:00+00:00

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“If you could have any dog, what would you get?” Sarah asked me hours later on a walk with Pico and Cassie. She opted for them to both be in the stroller since the pavement was so damn hot. She was wearing a huge hat again, but had gone sans fanny pack since she could store the stuff on the base of the stroller. It was strange how normal the walk felt. Just me and Blue Bell, and two dogs in a stroller.

“Black Lab. Or a chocolate Lab.”

“Oh yes, I can see that.” She nodded at a couple who cooed at the dogs when they walked by. “You have Lab energy.”

“What in the world does that mean?”

“You’re a sports guy, which means you have lots of energy. Labs are like that. They need to be played with and walked and get lots of action. You are the same way, my friend.”

“Huh. You’re right.” I slowed my pace down to match hers and the evening light burned the back of my neck. In all the time living across from Alexandre, I couldn’t recall seeing him walk his dogs ever. Maybe I’d just ignored him? Maybe Sarah just appeared on my radar more? Either way, the reminder that this was temporary clouded my mood. “Hey, where do you live?”

“Nice transition.” She bumped her hip into mine and looked up at me with a huge smile. She wore the sunglasses I’d given her at the event those weeks ago, and they were just too large for her face. She looked adorable though. “I had a studio apartment in Tempe. Alexandre paid for the lease to be broken, so it is on my list to start searching for a new one next week. I keep thinking, though…if I bought a place for the business, could I have one room that was mine? I could live there. It would make me feel better knowing there was a human there with the animals at all times. Like, what if a fire broke out or something?”

“Could you find a place and buy it that fast?”

“We’ll find out, huh?” She hummed to herself for a few minutes, pushing the stroller and not having an idea of the crazy thoughts in my mind.

Did I want her to live with me? Was it too soon? Would that freak her out?

Why am I thinking like this? I hadn’t had a relationship in…years? I hadn’t hooked up with the same person more than a handful of times in forever. Yet here I was, with Sarah, thinking about her baking in my apartment and wearing her tiny dresses. God, I needed to get a grip.

“You okay, Brigham? You’ve been quiet and have a face like you have to fart.”

“God,” I said, laughing. “I don’t have to fart.”

“It’s okay if you did. Just make sure I’m not behind you.”

“Sarah,” I said, laughing harder. “I don’t.”

“Okay. I’m just saying, it’s okay. It’s natural.”

My lord, I liked this woman. A lot. A whole damn lot.

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