Timely Love: A Sweet Contemporary Fantasy Romance Novella (The Goode Witch Matchmaker Book 1) by Cate Lawley

Author:Cate Lawley [Lawley, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Published: 2016-03-09T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Edward closed the front door behind him and, reaching his hand out for Elizabeth's keys, asked, "May I?"

She handed him a weighty key fob with at least half a dozen small keys attached. "It's the pink one."

Sure enough, one of the odd shaped keys was pink, with a caricature of what he thought might be a cat. As he locked the front door, he couldn't help but admire the smooth slide of the sophisticated locking mechanism. He offered the keys to Elizabeth.

"Actually, do you mind? I don't have any pockets."

"No, of course not." Only after he'd agreed did Edward realize he wasn't entirely certain that he had pockets. After a quick and discreet inspection, he found that his pants were indeed equipped with pockets of sufficient size to hold the keys.

"We'll just stay on the sidewalk. That should be safe enough."

Edward scanned the area, looking for lurking dangers, but all he saw were tidy, well-maintained homes, one after the other. He nodded in acknowledgment of a passing man's casual, two-fingered wave. Wires hung from the man's ears, and he appeared to be wearing half of his underclothes and nothing else as he ran down the street—but Elizabeth appeared unconcerned—and not responding would be rude. "Is there some particular danger of which I should be aware?"

Elizabeth laughed and shook her head. "No." The skin around her eyes crinkled with mirth. "You may be wearing different clothes, but you're exactly as I remember."

"I'm not certain I understand the source of your amusement, but I hope it's a reflection of the positive impression I made upon you—in your dreams."

"You're kind. You're considerate. But you're also so much more open-minded than I would have guessed someone from your era to be." She winced then bit her lip. "I'm sorry. The Victorians weren't known for being particularly forward-thinking about women…" She paused to gesture at her clothing, a rather finely tailored suit complete with jacket and trousers. "And a hop into the future has to be a shock, more so than a trip to the past. And yet…"

Edward smiled politely at yet another running person and stepped to the side to allow room for the pram she was pushing. He could feel his eyes widening at the snugness of the woman's ensemble. How did the material fit so closely? She might as well be unclothed. He turned back to Elizabeth. "Apologies. You were saying?"

A huge grin spread across her face. "I was saying that it's cool how well you're taking all of this."

"Cool?"

"Admirable. You don't seem worried about the changes that have taken place over the last hundred years."

Edward wasn't sure how to respond, because in many ways it didn't seem all that different to him. "Faster, bigger, louder, but essentially—" As if on cue, a loud noise overhead interrupted him. He turned his head skyward. "Now that…that is different."

"That's a helicopter. It's belongs to the police—a professional organization that handles law enforcement for the city."

Edward swallowed a laugh. "We have police." He looked back up at the sky.

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