That Fine Line (Pride and Pranks, #1)

by Cindy Steel

Really though, having my fiancé tell me different foods and tricks to help me cut inches off my body added a nice touch to my day and wasn’t distressing or potentially damaging at all.

I was hot, tired, and ravenous, which by all accounts in nature, was a deadly combination.

“Maybe some people don’t need the whole world. Maybe some people are satisfied with a good honest life, making a good honest living.”

here. You came home instead of being with your fiancé. I’m not saying that decision was good or bad, but for some reason, it felt like the right choice for you. You just need to figure out why. And I know you will.

I had always known I never really hated Cade. He drove me crazy, yes. He was the cause of countless embarrassing days of my childhood. Sure. But still, underneath it all, he had a good heart.

the sweetest memories in my life were not in the classroom or a big city, they were not in a fancy car or an expensive theater, but sitting tired and dirty, out on the range, in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by the people I loved.

Could I spend a lifetime with someone not meant for me, to avoid hurting them?

watching a man build a fire was one of the most attractive things in the world.

felt and observed every move he made. He shifted his arm. He leaned forward. He adjusted his baseball hat. All of these things I might not have noticed had our chairs been further apart, but that close, I felt, saw, and obsessed.

home. I acted differently at school. I was different at school. I wanted so badly to be… different at college than what I was in high school, that I changed. I spent so much time chasing an idea in my head, that I forgot to see if it actually fit.

The instant my name fell from his lips, he became the potter and I the clay—putty in his hands.

Cade Williams, the boy, didn’t enter my thoughts. It was Cade Williams, the man, kissing me now.

I kissed him for saving my life. I kissed him for making me laugh, for putting me in my place, and for teasing me. I kissed him for making me feel special. And for this date. This glorious and magical and most confusing date that I wished could go on forever.

I love you, Red.” Those were all the right words. Not only the right words, but they were also from the right man and that made all the difference.

When I was with you, I knew exactly what I wanted.”