Tangled Web: A Small Town Romance (The Cortell Brothers Book 6) by Giulia Lagomarsino

Author:Giulia Lagomarsino [Lagomarsino, Giulia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

It was snowing again, just as hard as the last time. Andrew was sleeping off the remnants of sex, but I was too keyed up over what had just happened between us. Slipping out of our covers, I quickly dressed and pulled on double the layers to stay warm. Then I pulled on my hat and some fingerless gloves. As I walked out of the living room, slowly shutting the door behind me, I pulled a scarf around my neck, wrapping it tight. I made my way upstairs to the third floor and sat down at my easel. My last piece was dry, so I set it against the wall and pulled out a blank canvas.

I knew it was pointless to work on anything right now. It was so freaking cold in the house, but with the beautiful scenery outside, I just wanted to paint it, even if it didn’t turn out well. I got to work, setting up my station and mixing the colors I wanted, and then I got started. My breath came out in large puffs of white and my fingers were chilled to the bone, but I kept going.

“You know, one of these days, I’m gonna walk in and see you doing something you’ve already done before.”

I turned and grinned at Andrew. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

He was leaning against the doorframe, his arms crossed over his chest. He wasn’t dressed as warmly as me, which meant he was just wandering around the house looking for me.

“It means that every time I see you, you’re doing something different. I never know what to expect when I see you.”

“And that’s a bad thing?”

“That’s a very good thing. I like that you throw me off guard.”

I grinned at him, but sighed. “Well, this definitely isn’t my best work. It’s too cold.”

“So why paint?”

I shrugged. “I wanted to try and capture it. It’s so beautiful outside.”

He walked into the room and stood behind me, wrapping his arms around me as he looked outside. His cold fingers slid inside my jacket for warmth.

“You know what I see when I look outside?”

“Hmm?”

“I see white snow and the stillness, as if nothing is moving in the world right now. It’s like the snow is all that exists.”

That was actually kind of beautiful.

He bent down and kissed my neck. “And you know what that tells me?”

“What?”

“That it’s fucking cold and you should be under the covers with me instead of freezing your ass off up here.”

I burst out laughing. “And here I thought you were trying to be romantic.”

He frowned down at me. “What part of me saying that you should be under the covers with me isn’t romantic as shit?”

I spun in his arms and tucked my body into his. “You have such a way with words.”

“Well, you know I have a dictionary and everything.”

I chuckled against his chest, but I could feel how he was shivering from the cold. Abandoning my painting seemed like the most logical thing to do at the moment.

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