The Country Gentleman by Amberlee Day

Author:Amberlee Day [Day, Amberlee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Appletree Cove Publishing
Published: 2020-04-27T16:00:00+00:00

Kenzie was relieved when the band started up again shortly after her speech, signaling it was time to dance. She turned to Peter, the brightest spot in a successful evening. Every time she looked at him, a spark flamed hotter inside her. “Still want that dance?”

He didn’t need to be asked twice. When Peter escorted her to the dance floor, the first couple to take advantage of the opportunity, she felt like the luckiest woman in the room. His arms went around her, and she forgot they weren’t the only ones there. With his hand on her waist, his chest connecting lightly with hers, and his thigh brushing against hers to the music’s rhythm, Kenzie felt that electricity zing between them.

“Alright,” Peter said, his voice delightfully close to her ear, “tell me more about how you ended up founding the biggest cancer fundraising organization in the county.”

Kenzie had worried that all this would intimidate Peter, but his happy, easygoing expression calmed those fears. “It wasn’t me to begin with,” Kenzie said. “There was already a foundation running the walks … which is why my mom and I were doing them for a few years before she passed. They just needed a name, a story that would resonate.”

“Like to give their foundation a personal touch?”

“Exactly. Everyone at that walk seemed to know what I was going through, and I wasn’t exaggerating—I literally had a thousand supporters encouraging me on.” Tears stung her eyes again, but she didn’t want those emotions this evening. She shook her head to keep them at bay. “It was incredible. Anyway, when the foundation approached me a month later, it felt like something Mom would do.”

She shrugged. Peter’s eyes searched hers, though she wasn’t sure what for.

“And you’ve made this your whole life,” he said.

She exhaled, and smiled at him. “Pretty much. Keep busy, do good. And get people out moving at the same time, which is healthy. Mom would have loved it.”

Peter nodded but didn’t say any more. Kenzie was glad. Though the evening had been about fundraising, she was ready to just focus on Peter. She changed the subject. “You, sir, are an excellent dancer.”

“I have an excellent partner.” His return smile at such a close distance melted her insides.

“I suppose your sister taught you to dance?” she asked.

“No, my mother. But Paige made me practice.”

“I see.” She rested her cheek on his shoulder briefly, before asking, “How is Paige? Feeling any better?”

“She’ll get there. Kenzie, thank you so much for visiting her yesterday. That meant a lot to her, and me.”

“Oh, any time. That was easy. I get the feeling that what’s going to be less easy is helping her not be discouraged.”

Peter’s thumb rubbed Kenzie’s, and that fluttering heat she felt around Peter stirred stronger. “Did she tell you Josh might not be here for the birth?” he asked.

“She did. I can’t imagine that.”

“I hope it’s not what happens. It doesn’t help that she’s too sick to go into work or even do hiking club, so she’s kind of stuck at home.

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