Gage stood there, half turned toward her and half watching Ricky cross the lawn. Ricky froze too, and Sheryl felt like she’d been dropped inside a movie where something was about to blow up. Everything moved in slow motion, but she managed to say, “Gage, hey,” in a casual, easy voice that betrayed everything she felt inside.
He turned back toward her, questions in those dark, dreamy, dangerous eyes.
“Who is this guy?” Ricky called to her, and Sheryl wanted the ground to open up and swallow him whole. He’d never approached the house before, and she’d had people over. Never a single man who rode a motorcycle, but still.
“Kiss me,” she hissed, and surprise shot across Gage’s expression. Panic built inside her with every passing second, and she was sure the gorgeous man on her porch would scowl, stomp away, and leave her there with Ricky.
She stepped out onto the porch at the same time Gage’s arm slipped around her waist. “You need to leave,” she called to Ricky.
“Who is he?” Ricky asked again.
Before Sheryl could call to him that Gage was her boyfriend, he held her close, leaned down, and looked right into her eyes. “This isn’t a joke, right? He’s your problem?”
Oh, Sheryl had problems, but at that particular moment she couldn’t remember them.
She didn’t recall speaking. Acknowledging Gage’s question in any way. He must’ve been able to read minds or see something in her eyes, because he brought his mouth to hers and kissed her like she’d never been kissed before.
I can’t wait to see what happens with Sheryl and Gage after this kiss! #swoon
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ACCIDENTAL SWEETHEART
Book Two, Carter’s Cove Sweet Beach Romance series
by Elana Johnson
Copyright © 2019 by AEJ Creative Works Inc, Elana Johnson
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