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“Definitely Foster. He was the best of us in math. He was always lining things up just right. But it was Rowan who would knock everything out of place and shout out the number first. I normally was the one breaking up the fights.”
They started to make the climb back down before the kid could count them all on his return trip.
“Being the man of the house after West was out?” she asked.
“I guess you could say that. We all had things to do.”
Three hours later they’d taken the ferry back and caught a taxi. They’d walked around, toured the museum and taken some selfies of each other on their phones before leaving the island too.
He’d joked that was proof he was in her life.
She rolled her eyes and let it go.
The fact he kissed her last night when she was getting out of the taxi sealed the deal it was an honest to goodness date to her.
It wasn’t like he was trying to get in her pants either. He didn’t even try to put his tongue in her mouth during the kiss.
Nope...he was a gentleman once again.
“Where to?” he asked her as they settled in the taxi.
“This is silly. But would you be willing to go to Carlo’s Bake Shop in Hoboken? My sister loved that show. She’d find it great if I said I was there and bought something.”
“Sure,” he said. “You heard the lady. Take us to Hoboken.”
“I’m sure we can get some lunch around there. I know we’ll be waiting in line for a while. I should have thought of this before and just ordered something.”
“Nope,” he said. “The fun part is to walk through and pick out what you want.”
“Thanks,” she said. “I know it’s probably not how you wanted to spend your day.”
“I just wanted to spend it with you,” he said. Braylon looked at his watch, which told her he was getting a text.
“You can take care of anything you need to. I don’t mind.”
“It’s fine,” he said. “Nothing that can’t wait. Remember I’ve got a lot of siblings.”
“I talked to my sister this morning,” she said. “I normally call her on Saturday nights but didn’t know our plans. When I texted to tell her I might not call today, she called me first.”
“You could have called her if we were out,” he said. “Unless you don’t want her to know you’re engaged.”
“Very cute,” she said, smiling. “I didn’t tell her any of that. She’d be worried. She keeps asking me if I’m okay. She told me it was okay to come home if I wanted, but I said I was fine.”
“Do you want to go home?” he asked, frowning.
“No,” she said. “I promised myself I’d give it a year. I’m not someone to live in an area as quiet as Lake Placid. It’s nice, but I need more. I just don’t know what it is I need yet.”
He reached his hand over and threaded their fingers together. “Maybe I can help you find what you need.”
She felt her face flush again. This time with arousal. She couldn’t remember the last time she felt this so quickly with a man.
Maybe it was the kiss last night telling her that this was more than she was letting herself believe.
There was part of her that was still holding back though. What would someone like him want with someone like her? She couldn’t get that question out of her head.
And until she did, she’d be keeping just enough distance.
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