answering his smile.
“Hi , Lizzie,” he said and sat down on the opposite couch. The couch. Our couch. I looked at it slowly from side to side and Teagan caught my look. He smirked, knowing that I was thinking of being in his arms.
I pretended to play with the side loops on my Dickies as he put both arms up around the top of the couch and looked at me. Looking back at him with a half smile, I took in his looks. His piercing blue eyes, dark, full eyebrows, slim lips, long jaw and broad shoulders. Guys always looked better in your memories but oh, those blue eyes. I could swim and get lost in those eyes. I snapped myself out of my thoughts as I heard Teagan say something to Cian about a bar and a game. I couldn’t care less what he was saying as long as he kept talking because that sexy, fucking accent had me feeling a tightening in my panties. I needed to move. “So, you want to go? I’m double parked, and even though it’s Sunday, I shouldn’t risk getting a ticket.”
“Sure ,” he replied as he started off the couch. He grabbed his light coat and winked at me as he pulled it on. I smiled shyly and immediately felt ridiculous. I had this guy’s tongue in my mouth for hours. It was more than acceptable to wink at me.
We stood together and said our goodbyes to Cian , who didn’t move his eyes from his magazine but offered up a goodbye as we headed out. Teagan opened both apartment doors for me and as we walked down the stairs to the car, he brushed his hand over the small of my back. I motioned to my car and we got inside. I turned to him.
“We can go to the Charles River and walk the path or we can head a little further out of town to a nature trail I know about,” I said.
He shrugged and put his seat belt on. “It’s up to you since you’re from here. However, take me someplace where we can be alone,” he replied. His accent was so thick it made me smile. I paused to stare at him, acting like I was trying to decide on our destination when in fact the butterflies came back in a rush. He was extremely fascinating and he was in my car. All mine and all alone. He smiled and motioned his hands to the road. “Get on. We don’t want a ticket.”
As Teagan looked through my CD case, we talked about music. He slid David Gray’s CD in and turned the track to “This Year’s Love.” I glanced at him and told him it was one of my favorites. He gleamed back at me and said David Gray had played it the night before and mentioned how he swayed his head the whole time while he was singing. I laughed and as I went to put the gear into fifth. Teagan put his hand over mine and gently rubbed the top of my fingers with his. It sent shivers up my spine and I just couldn’t look at him. Not once. The whole ride, I left my hand there and my face remained focused on the road. I softly sang along to David’s deep voice, taking in the words and wondering if this was about Teagan and I. “This year’s love had better last. Heaven knows it’s high time. I’ve been waiting on my own too long.”
Large oak trees lined the road and the leaves were in full bloom. It was so green and such a perfect day . I felt like my soul was being lifted with every second. I parked in the small area to the left of the nature trail and stared out the windshield to see if there were other people walking. I turned off the car and looked over to Teagan.
“ I think we have the whole place to ourselves. Are you ready?” I asked with a big smile.
“ Let’s wait a few minutes in here. I want to talk to you,” Teagan replied. I turned myself in the seat and waited for his next words.
“Well , I know you aren’t as happy as you were when we were talking on the couch on Friday night,” he said. “I want to know what happened to you since then.”
I sat there looking at him, trying to understand how a complete stranger would notice a change in my demeanor. People in the past had told me I wear my emotions on my sleeve but those people
“Hi , Lizzie,” he said and sat down on the opposite couch. The couch. Our couch. I looked at it slowly from side to side and Teagan caught my look. He smirked, knowing that I was thinking of being in his arms.
I pretended to play with the side loops on my Dickies as he put both arms up around the top of the couch and looked at me. Looking back at him with a half smile, I took in his looks. His piercing blue eyes, dark, full eyebrows, slim lips, long jaw and broad shoulders. Guys always looked better in your memories but oh, those blue eyes. I could swim and get lost in those eyes. I snapped myself out of my thoughts as I heard Teagan say something to Cian about a bar and a game. I couldn’t care less what he was saying as long as he kept talking because that sexy, fucking accent had me feeling a tightening in my panties. I needed to move. “So, you want to go? I’m double parked, and even though it’s Sunday, I shouldn’t risk getting a ticket.”
“Sure ,” he replied as he started off the couch. He grabbed his light coat and winked at me as he pulled it on. I smiled shyly and immediately felt ridiculous. I had this guy’s tongue in my mouth for hours. It was more than acceptable to wink at me.
We stood together and said our goodbyes to Cian , who didn’t move his eyes from his magazine but offered up a goodbye as we headed out. Teagan opened both apartment doors for me and as we walked down the stairs to the car, he brushed his hand over the small of my back. I motioned to my car and we got inside. I turned to him.
“We can go to the Charles River and walk the path or we can head a little further out of town to a nature trail I know about,” I said.
He shrugged and put his seat belt on. “It’s up to you since you’re from here. However, take me someplace where we can be alone,” he replied. His accent was so thick it made me smile. I paused to stare at him, acting like I was trying to decide on our destination when in fact the butterflies came back in a rush. He was extremely fascinating and he was in my car. All mine and all alone. He smiled and motioned his hands to the road. “Get on. We don’t want a ticket.”
As Teagan looked through my CD case, we talked about music. He slid David Gray’s CD in and turned the track to “This Year’s Love.” I glanced at him and told him it was one of my favorites. He gleamed back at me and said David Gray had played it the night before and mentioned how he swayed his head the whole time while he was singing. I laughed and as I went to put the gear into fifth. Teagan put his hand over mine and gently rubbed the top of my fingers with his. It sent shivers up my spine and I just couldn’t look at him. Not once. The whole ride, I left my hand there and my face remained focused on the road. I softly sang along to David’s deep voice, taking in the words and wondering if this was about Teagan and I. “This year’s love had better last. Heaven knows it’s high time. I’ve been waiting on my own too long.”
Large oak trees lined the road and the leaves were in full bloom. It was so green and such a perfect day . I felt like my soul was being lifted with every second. I parked in the small area to the left of the nature trail and stared out the windshield to see if there were other people walking. I turned off the car and looked over to Teagan.
“ I think we have the whole place to ourselves. Are you ready?” I asked with a big smile.
“ Let’s wait a few minutes in here. I want to talk to you,” Teagan replied. I turned myself in the seat and waited for his next words.
“Well , I know you aren’t as happy as you were when we were talking on the couch on Friday night,” he said. “I want to know what happened to you since then.”
I sat there looking at him, trying to understand how a complete stranger would notice a change in my demeanor. People in the past had told me I wear my emotions on my sleeve but those people
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