Forsaken Vows: a marriage in crisis, small town romance by @authornikkiash is coming November 12th! While we’re waiting, check out this cute scene between Taylor & Greyson.
“Are you dating anyone? I’d love to ask you out on a real date, but I don’t want to assume a beautiful woman such as yourself is single.”
Taylor’s cheeks heat up. “That was smooth.”
“Like in your romance books?” I grin, making her laugh.
“Kind of. But, umm …”
She clears her throat, and a sinking feeling hits me that she’s about to turn me down. I don’t know what it is about this woman, but something is drawing me toward her, and I was really hoping to take her out on a date so we could spend more time together and get to know one another.
“I’m not sure we’re compatible,” she says, her tone somber. “For one, you like black coffee, and out of all the goodies in the food case, you chose a healthy chicken salad sandwich.”
She mock shivers, and I can’t help the laugh that escapes me.
“You’re going to turn me down because I prefer not to put a bunch of sugary shit into my body?” I scoff.
This woman can’t be serious.
“One’s choice of coffee and food says a lot about a person,” she deadpans.
“And what does mine say about me? That I don’t like diabetes?”
She snorts out a laugh. “No. It says that you’re boring. You don’t like to try new things. And you put your health first.”
“Damn it,” I playfully curse under my breath. “At this rate, I might live to be eighty.”
“You might,” she agrees, her voice grim. “But what a boring life you’ll live.”
I chuckle, and she cracks a smile, telling me she’s only messing with me.
“What if I tell you that, occasionally, I eat junk food, and if I’m in the mood, sometimes, I get almond milk, honey, and cinnamon in my coffee?” I quirk a brow, making her laugh.
“Look at you, living on the edge.”
“Go out with me,” I say, knowing that having a cup of coffee with her in a bookshop won’t be enough. This woman has me intrigued.
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