Total pages in book: 24
Estimated words: 23426 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 117(@200wpm)___ 94(@250wpm)___ 78(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 23426 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 117(@200wpm)___ 94(@250wpm)___ 78(@300wpm)
“Have you gone over to talk to her?” she asks.
“No,” I say as I look at my watch. “They said I should wait until the rush ends.”
“It’s eleven thirty,” she says with a shrug. “You could go now.”
My back straightens. “Really?”
She nods. “I think so.”
That’s all I needed to hear. I check myself in the mirror and rush out the door.
Chapter Six
Abby
I’m sitting at the cash hoping no one comes in. Trish had to run out to pick up some dry cleaning and Scott is somewhere in the back doing god knows what. Trish gave me a quick lesson on the cash, but it was about as thorough as her lesson on the Danishes and look how they turned out.
I wince as I glance at the bottom shelf in the glass display. All twenty of my pathetic deformed Danishes are still there. No one bought any. Trish even marked them half off, but there still weren’t any takers. Honestly, I don’t blame them. They look like they were run over by a truck.
At first, I thought that blueberry Danishes might not be a popular item until I asked Scott.
“People love ‘em,” he said. “They always sell out by noon.”
Well, that made me feel like garbage. It’s almost noon and we haven’t sold any.
I drop my head with a sigh. It’s been a rough day so far. I don’t know if I can do it.
Trish keeps a bunch of romance novels on the shelf under the cash register and I distract myself by picking one up and looking at the cover.
Lust On The Open Seas by Adrianna Remington.
I smile when I see the big hunky pirate captain on the cover. It kind of looks like Julian. At the thought of him, I’m back on the bridge in his arms with his lips on mine.
It was so incredible. Just thinking about it now gives me goosebumps.
I still can’t believe I kissed him. It must have been the adrenaline surging through my veins because I’ve never done anything like that before. Not even close.
I’m still a virgin. I’ve never had desire burning through me like that. I didn’t even know lust could be that intense. That urgent and demanding.
I don’t think I could have stopped myself if I tried.
My body starts to get all tingly as I think about how it felt to be kissing him, to have his powerful hands on me, to have his hard cock pressing against my hip. My whole body was craving that long hard dick. I wanted it like I’ve never wanted anything before.
I swallow a moan as I turn on the stool and gaze out the window at the Search and Rescue building across the street.
I’m staring at the big wooden door and picturing myself lost in the mountains. My clothes are shredded and falling off from all of the thorn bushes when Julian comes marching over the ridge to save me.
The door across the street suddenly opens and I jerk up out of my daydream with a gasp when I see Julian walking out.
Those sexy blue eyes are locked on the bakery. My heart starts hammering away as he crosses the street, heading right for me.
“Oh my god,” I whisper as I watch him come.
He looks even hotter in his Search and Rescue uniform than he did in his bungee uniform. He’s wearing gray pants and a navy blue Polo with their logo on it. Those huge arms are bursting out of the tight sleeves. He’s so freaking hot.
“Oh boy,” I whisper as he gets to the door. He yanks it open and steps in.
“Hello,” I say with a smile that spreads across my whole face.
He smiles back. A big beautiful smile that’s filled with relief and happiness. “Hello.”
I missed that deep voice.
My body tingles as we stare at each other with big smiles on our faces like we’re two lovesick puppies.
“So, the first movie theory you have to know,” Scott says as he walks in from the back at the worst possible time, “is the Pixar Theory.”
“Scott, I’m with a client,” I say with my eyes still on Julian.
He doesn’t seem to hear me. Or maybe he doesn’t care. “The Pixar Theory states that all of the Pixar movies are set within the same canonical universe,” he says as he sits on the counter. “Crazy, I know, but there’s a lot of evidence to suggest this is true. It all starts with The Good Dinosaur. This is the first movie on the Pixar timeline. In the very first scene, the asteroid heading for this alternative Earth misses the planet! Thus begins, the Pixar universe.”
What the hell is this guy jabbering on about? Pixar movies? Dinosaurs? Doesn’t he know he’s an adult?
He keeps going on about animals evolving speech and intelligence and I’m already lost.
Meanwhile, Julian is walking through the store, looking at all of the baked goodies on display. I cringe when he leans down and looks at my mutant blueberry Danishes.