The Off Limits Rule (It Happened in Nashville, #1)

by Sarah Adams

She’s got that girl-next-door look about her.

Someone said this about me before 🥲

I make her nervous.

I like to bake, but I’m terrible at it. And I own a rescue shelter for abused animals.”

but looking at her makes me feel

I meant for the gesture to be playful and funny and break the ice between us, but instead, I feel sparks flying off my fingertips.

OKAY, YEAH, I’M GOING A LITTLE CRAZY BECAUSE COOPER HASN’T TEXTED AT ALL!

I like how this is reads as if were on FaceTime

“I WANT GRANDKIDS, COOPER. Go see that woman!”

Heard you ma 🤣🤣

the one I’ve literally read thirty times because it’s so freaking cute I can’t stand it.

🥹🥹🥹

Whipping around, I find Cooper (COOPER!) leaning against my doorframe, top two buttons of his dress shirt undone, grinning devilishly with a pizza box in his hands.

🤣🤣🤣 this is so 2000s comedy romance coded

Cute?! I’m a 29-year-old woman! I’m not supposed to be cute when dancing to sexy music in my room.

Mood

Just do it. Lucy: What are you? Nike?

Because Cooper thinks I’m cute, and I think he is a Greek god of fertility.

I’m sweet and generally liked by most people, but I’ve

always been overlooked. Like I make a better friend than girlfriend.

same :(

Levi’s head suddenly pops up and swivels in our direction. “How did you get me?”

🤣🤣

He shuts his eyes and snuggles his head back against my stomach like this is something we do every single night. I guess he doesn’t want the ginger ale…?

But then he snuggles in further and makes a contented noise that empowers me to apply more pressure.

takes in a deep breath and wraps one of his arms tightly around my thighs like he’s holding on to a pillow.

“Do—do you want a pillow?” He grunts a negative answer and holds on to me tighter. “You’re perfect,” he mumbles into my legs.

“Sup?! What am I, a frat guy in a salmon shirt and little shorts with anchors printed on them?”

That’s too bad. I liked it better when I thought you were pining for me.

OOOHHH

I watch his hands rise up to rest on my hips.

Like he didn’t mean to but couldn’t help himself at the same time.

Do I need better fantasies?

Yes

One was all hard body and sun-kissed skin, the other the little dough boy with an adorable round stomach pooching out over his Spiderman underwear waistband.

“Too late—already saw the pink underwear on the floor by the dresser. It was literally the first thing my eyes made contact

“I have some that match. Wanna see?” Levi is already darting off the bed and racing out of the room.

“Hey, Rachel, you up for going to dinner tonight around seven at Thistle?”

Dumbass 🙄😒