Snippet Saturday

Today’s topic is love scenes. Yeah, it’s actually hard to pick just one of those. Since WHEN SHE WASN’T LOOKING comes out in a few weeks, I decided to give you another peek.

Jonas sat at his dining room table and tapped his pen against the wood. The rhythmic clicking soothed him. Exhaustion tugged at every bone in his body, but he fought it off. He needed answers. Courtney needed answers.

As if he conjured her up, she slipped into the room. She’d showered again and the dampness still clung to bottom of her hair. Her sweats balanced low on her slim hips, teasing him with a sliver of skin between the edge and the bottom of her body-skimming t-shirt.

This time she wore glasses. The thin dark frames gave her a naughty librarian look.

He hadn’t been kidding when he said glasses were sexy on a woman. Or maybe he just thought it and forgot to actually tell her. Either way, he believed it.



“You dream about being a drummer?” she asked with a wide smile.

“What?”

She made exaggerated google eyes at his pen. “Can’t place the beat, but I’ll probably hear that sound in my sleep.”

“Sorry about that. One of the hazards of being a bachelor and living alone.”

“It’s okay.” She sat in the chair perpendicular to his with one leg tucked under her. “I doubt I’ll actually sleep no matter how quiet you are.”

And he’d almost fallen asleep pouring his coffee. “After all that’s happened, how could you not?”

She shrugged as she drew a random pattern on the table with her finger. “I don’t need that many hours.”

“Need? It’s about how good it feels.”

She glanced up at him. “Oh, really?”

“Soft, warm.” He saw her breathing slow and heard the soft puffs of air leave her mouth. “After it’s over, your body is restored and ready to go.”

Her finger stalled. “Are we still talking about sleeping?”

Not even a little. “Sort of.”

The chair creaked when she flopped against the back. “About this attraction.”

That woke him right up. “I’m impressed you opened that topic.”

“I’m not wrong about…well.” She swung her leg around in a circle. “I thought-”

“It’s taking all the control I have not to get up and bend you over the table. Does that answer your question on how I feel and how mutual this is?”

Her body froze. “Pretty much.”

“So?”

“You’re not my type. I’m guessing I’m not yours.”

He leaned back until the front two legs of his chair left the floor. “Wrong.”

“You like the bookish girls?”

She had no idea of her appeal. For the first time, he understood she lost more than her family that awful night long ago. He wondered if she realized how hard she was on herself. “I’m into the strong and pretty type.”

“Do I fall into that category?”

“You’re the star of it.”

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