“Keen, huh?” Was it mistaken that she had the urge to seize him by his shirt and yank him inside?

“Just a bit.” He handed her the flowers. “These are for you.”

She took his providing and introduced them shut sufficient to inhale their scent. “They’re lovely. Thanks.”

Drew shocked her when he reached up and ran his hand alongside the facet of her face. His fingers left tingles of their wake the place they touched her pores and skin. Her physique heated, and her need to kiss him overruled every little thing else. Throwing warning to the wind, she grabbed maintain of his shirt along with her free hand and pulled him to her.

He provided no resistance as her mouth sought his.

The kiss was temporary however intense. When she took a step again, they have been each respiratory exhausting. Her physique and her thoughts have been at battle. They’d been dancing round their attraction for over a month. Her physique knew what it wished. However she needed to be robust. Issues wanted to be mentioned earlier than they went any additional—what they each wished, what every anticipated.

She launched him and backed away. “Let me put these in water, after which we are able to go.”

Beth took a number of further minutes within the kitchen to calm herself down. Her libido was in overdrive.

When she walked again into the lounge, Drew was mumbling to himself.

“All the pieces all proper?”

He snapped his head as much as meet her gaze. “Yeah. Wonderful. Are you able to go?”

“Certain.”

Beth locked up and adopted him out to his automobile. He opened the automobile door for her, and waited till she was settled within the passenger seat earlier than closing it and rounding the automobile to get behind the wheel. Drew was being a gentleman, and she or he needed to say that to this point, she was impressed. Not that he hadn’t been a gentleman earlier than. He’d at all times been well mannered and attentive once they have been collectively, however this was greater than letting her stroll by means of a door first. She felt valued. Beth actually hoped it wasn’t all an act.

“So do I get to know the place we’re going?” she requested.

He shot her a fast smile earlier than refocusing on the highway. “We’re having a picnic. There’s a live performance on the park tonight celebrating the start of summer time.”

Undoubtedly not what she’d been anticipating. However the extra she considered it, the extra interesting it sounded.

It didn’t take them lengthy to reach at their vacation spot. The park was divided up into numerous areas. Given it was a stupendous Saturday night, there have been lots of people milling about. Most of them, nevertheless, have been congregated across the soccer fields.

“Did you need to stroll round just a little first, or we might scope out a spot close to the stage?”

Though Beth would have cherished to have taken a go searching—it had been some time since she’d been to this park—she’d been on her toes all day. “I feel I’d prefer to discover a place and sit. It’s been a protracted day.”

Drew headed to the again of the automobile to assemble the blanket and meals he’d introduced. “Did one thing occur?”

She shook her head as they made their approach round most people to a grassy space not removed from a small stage. “No. Simply busy. The hotter climate means extra individuals are out and about. I actually shouldn’t complain. It’s nice for enterprise. However I feel I’m going to have to rent some assist quickly. It’s attending to be an excessive amount of for Tommy and me by ourselves.”

He laid out the blanket a long way away from the place the band could be taking part in. Whereas they have been right here to see the live performance, he additionally wished them to have just a little privateness. It was a date, in spite of everything. “That’s in all probability a good suggestion. I imply you’ve had a superb variety of individuals in there each time I’ve stopped by. Have you ever even had a trip because you opened?”

As soon as he had every little thing on the blanket, he motioned for her to have a seat.

“No. The one days I’ve off are the times we’re closed. Tommy’s taken a number of days right here and there, however not many. We’ve each been working exhausting to make the café a hit.”

“It sounds prefer it labored.” His grin was again, and Beth felt that fluttering in her abdomen.

She swiftly seemed away, making an attempt to maintain a maintain on her feelings. Apart from, they have been in public. “So what about you? How was work yesterday?”

Drew started eradicating objects from the cooler he’d introduced. “Sluggish. We had a number of med calls, however that was about it.”

“Is it like that quite a bit?”

He quirked an eyebrow at her.

“Sluggish, I imply.” He held out a container stuffed with tiny sandwiches, providing her one. “Thanks.”

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