Window to Danger by Olivia Jaymes

Author:Olivia Jaymes [Jaymes, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military, Romance
Publisher: Blonde Ambition Press
Published: 2017-12-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

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Easton hadn’t tried to kiss Dizzy when they were lying next to the stream but he should have. He’d been thinking about it but this whole relationship with her was so new. He wanted more with her but he didn’t want to push. Taking a page from Dizzy’s playbook, he was going to be fatalistic about it. If it was meant to happen…it would.

He couldn’t will a relationship to happen – no matter how much he wanted it – and he couldn’t make her feel romantic feelings about him. Last night she’d definitely acted like he was what she wanted and the same for this morning, but he also knew that for all Dizzy’s talk about embracing life she was a cautious woman when it came to dating. She’d had a few boyfriends since returning to Tremont but not what he would call an active social life. While he had wholeheartedly cheered on her pickiness when it came to men before, now it was a different story.

So he’d thought about kissing Dizzy all through the ride back to Tremont and then during lunch as well. They’d stopped at the local diner to eat and practically every head in the place had swiveled to see the two of them walking in together. Apparently, the gossip mill was working overtime because no one looked surprised. They’d already heard about the date last night. He’d felt the weight of their gaze as they’d sat down and ordered and all through their meal. At one point, he’d thought Dizzy hadn’t noticed but then she’d smiled behind her napkin when two older ladies walked by and practically tripped over their shoes because they’d been too busy staring to watch where they were going.

“We’re like animals in the zoo,” Easton muttered as the two women exited the diner. Unfortunately, there were still a couple of dozen people inside doing a terrible job of pretending that Easton and Dizzy weren’t the center of attention and the topic of conversation.

Laughing, Dizzy took the last bite of chocolate cake. “Except they’re stuck in cages and we can walk away any time. Does it really bother you that much?”

“Yes and no. Yes, because they’re acting like us sitting in the same booth is such a shocking thing. No, because this town has the attention span of a gnat. They’ll be on to the next thing in a few days.”

“Well…I’m not the usual female that Easton Anderson dates.”

She wasn’t, thank goodness. She was so much more.

“I think that’s a good thing.”

He was rewarded with a smile. “You’re such a sweet talker. Would you mind if we stopped into the bookstore for a minute? Elena said she found some interesting used books when she was in Seattle for the weekend and she wanted to show them to me.”

He’d already paid the bill so he nodded and they stood up to leave, his hand on her lower back. Twenty-four sets of eyes followed their every movement until he and Dizzy were standing outside in the sunshine.

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