Total pages in book: 89
Estimated words: 86857 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 434(@200wpm)___ 347(@250wpm)___ 290(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 86857 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 434(@200wpm)___ 347(@250wpm)___ 290(@300wpm)
I match his grin and brush past him to the kitchen. “There was one case. It took me less than an hour.” I pull dinner out of the oven. “I had a meeting at the university to discuss this fall’s schedule. I made three new friends. And I think my associate professor has a crush on me. He’s pretty cute, so we might have to break up for a bit while I let him be my boyfriend for a few months. Don’t worry; we’ll probably get back together.”
Colten fills water glasses from the fridge dispenser. “That’s cool. I ran into Tessa Hart. Remember her? She’s recently divorced and hasn’t let herself go one bit. Tits for days. She asked if I was married. And since you won’t marry me, I told her the truth. I have her number. I’m thinking of meeting her for a drink this Friday.”
After setting the Cornish hens onto the stovetop, I slowly turn and tug the oven mitts from my hands. “She’s a placeholder, and you know it.”
Colten smirks. “My, my … all these years later and you still go a little feral at just the mention of her name.”
“Tits for days? Really?” I narrow my eyes.
He sets the waters on the table and turns, offering me a one-shouldered shrug. “How cute is your assistant professor?”
I slide my arms around his waist and tip my head back to look at him. “They can’t compete with us.”
His palms cup my face, fingers teasing my short hair while he grins. Has it always been this simple? Did we get caught up in materialistic dreams, the mind games of success, and the expectations of everyone else, when the grandest thing we can possibly experience in life is love?
“Indeed. There is no competing with us. We are more than pieces of a life … more than memories of a life … we are …”
I grin. “Everything.”
The End