With This Wish (Windswept Bay Book 9) by Debra Clopton

Author:Debra Clopton [Clopton, Debra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Windswept Bay Book Nine
Publisher: Debra Clopton Parks
Published: 2017-08-16T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

They picked up one large black coffee and one large chocolate milkshake at a drive-thru near the edge of town. Lilly rode beside him, slumped down in the seat, one hand out the open window to catch the air with her palm as she sipped her coffee contently. She’d needed this. Though riding beside a handsome guy on a winding drive along the moonlit coast sipping fabulous coffee was about the last thing she’d imagined happening tonight. It wasn’t anywhere on her radar but she was doing exactly that.

“This is heavenly,” she said with a deep sigh and glanced over at her handsome treehouse contractor.

He stopped sipping his milkshake and brought it across the seat to tap lightly against her paper cup of coffee. “I’ll toast to that.”

She smiled at him. “Seriously, thank you. I’m loving this. It’s a beautiful night.”

The last thing she needed was complications involving their proximity after the treehouse was built, so she reminded herself that that meant hands-off. What was it about Trent Sinclair that made her keep having to remind herself of that? “I guess you could tell I was a little wound up.”

“Yeah, I could tell. And I agree, you needed to get out. That can’t be healthy.”

She laughed this time. “So are you starting a neighborly trend? After you get my treehouse built, every few days you can come offer to take me for a cup of coffee and you get your milkshake—I’ll buy.”

“That sounds like a deal.”

She looked away, suddenly feeling far too drawn to him. The ocean sparkled in the moonlight. Whitecapped waves faded to foam as they slipped inland on the sand and then headed back into the ocean. She wasn’t ready to go home. “Do you think you have time to pull over? I haven’t had a chance to dip my toes in the water since I arrived. And I really love a moonlit beach.”

“Sure. There’s a nice spot up ahead.”

Moments later, he pulled off the road. “How’s this?”

“Perfect.” They got out and headed down the path.

She sipped her coffee as she followed Trent toward the ocean. She walked straight to the water’s edge, kicked off her flip-flops and stepped into the cool surf. It lapped at her feet as she walked along, enjoying the refreshing feel of the water and the sand.

Now that he had both hands, he’d brought his plastic spoon and was eating the thick milkshake like ice cream. He paused his eating to study her. “Do you like to swim in the ocean?”

“Oh no. I don’t go into the water, but I sure do like to have my toes in it.”

“Oh, I see. Nothing wrong with that.”

“Sure not. Is this section here usually vacant?”

“Sometimes. It depends on if it’s the busy season. You know, during the day it can be busier but not many people come down here now. My brother, Levi—he’s the chief of police—I wasn’t sure if you remembered that—but him and his guys patrol down here a lot. He takes keeping Windswept Bay safe seriously.

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