was there going to be any prime real estate just minutes before the curtain went up.
She began heading up the aisle when Eddie’s fingers tightened. His firm grip caused a pull deep in her belly. She looked up at him and he tilted his head toward the front row.
“I saved our seats when I got here.”
“Oh.” She nodded and moved towards the seats that were a couple down from Alex and Jamie, who both smiled at her, Jamie waving hello. Haley lifted her hand in greeting as she took her seat. She was doing her absolute best to act completely cool, calm, and collected. But the fact that he’d saved ‘ our ’ seats made her want to do the happy dance. In fact, inside she was doing the Moonwalk, Electric Slide, Cabbage Patch, Roger Rabbit, and Pony. Outside, she hoped she looked totally unaffected by his announcement.
As Eddie took his seat, his large legs took up much more room than the small seats were built for. His thigh and knee brushed hers. It wasn’t skin-to-skin contact since he was wearing linen trousers, but it still felt…amazing.
And that wasn’t the only place their bodies touched. They were both using their shared arm rest. Haley always loved being around Eddie this close, but touching? That was almost too much. Heated tingles spread from all the places they touched to her entire body.
Oh my .
Now she had to add her reaction to this close contact to the list of things she was hoping didn’t read like a billboard. Which was especially difficult. She’d always envied people like Amber, Eddie, and her cousins Seth and Riley who could mask their feelings under unreadable, expressionless faces. She never had such a gift.
She felt her toes wiggling in her sandals and immediately stilled them. Damn, Eddie had been right. She did wiggle her toes when she was nervous. As she pondered what other ticks or quirks she might have that she was blissfully unaware of, Eddie leaned closer to her.
“You don’t have to be nervous for her. She’s gonna do great,” he said with a soothing tone that washed over Haley like a cool breeze.
“I’m not. I know she’s going to be amazing,” Haley assured him. She might be nervous but it was not for Em. She was excited for her girl.
How had Eddie known she was nervous anyways? She couldn’t have been wiggling her toes for that long. What was he a super sleuth or something?
As if reading her mind, he whispered, “You also bite the inside of your mouth when you’re nervous.”
“Oh.” Haley wasn’t about to argue with him. Especially considering the fact that there was an indentation of teeth on her inner cheek.
The curtain began to rise and the audience cheered. As Mrs. Simon made her way to center stage to welcome everyone, Eddie leaned even closer to Haley. So close, in fact, that when he spoke, his soft lips brushed the outer rim of her ear. If she’d felt shockwaves before, his heated breath, his voice, and his lips sent an earthquake of sensation rioting through her.
“You look amazing tonight,” his deep voice vibrated in her ear.
Before she had a chance to respond, Emily appeared on stage and the show began. Which was a good thing for a couple of reasons. One, she wasn’t sure that she could speak even if she’d been able to come up with a flirty response. And two, she needed the next sixty minutes or so to process what was happening between herself and Eddie.
Because after years of nothing, something was definitely happening.
* * *
Eddie was worried that he would be so distracted by Haley sitting next to him, smelling like wildflowers, looking sexier than he’d ever seen her look. The dress she was wearing wasn’t the least bit revealing. It actually reminded Eddie of dresses he would imagine women like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe would have worn. When he’d first seen her at the back of the theater, she’d taken his breath away. After this morning, he would have thought nothing could beat seeing her in a towel, but now he knew
She began heading up the aisle when Eddie’s fingers tightened. His firm grip caused a pull deep in her belly. She looked up at him and he tilted his head toward the front row.
“I saved our seats when I got here.”
“Oh.” She nodded and moved towards the seats that were a couple down from Alex and Jamie, who both smiled at her, Jamie waving hello. Haley lifted her hand in greeting as she took her seat. She was doing her absolute best to act completely cool, calm, and collected. But the fact that he’d saved ‘ our ’ seats made her want to do the happy dance. In fact, inside she was doing the Moonwalk, Electric Slide, Cabbage Patch, Roger Rabbit, and Pony. Outside, she hoped she looked totally unaffected by his announcement.
As Eddie took his seat, his large legs took up much more room than the small seats were built for. His thigh and knee brushed hers. It wasn’t skin-to-skin contact since he was wearing linen trousers, but it still felt…amazing.
And that wasn’t the only place their bodies touched. They were both using their shared arm rest. Haley always loved being around Eddie this close, but touching? That was almost too much. Heated tingles spread from all the places they touched to her entire body.
Oh my .
Now she had to add her reaction to this close contact to the list of things she was hoping didn’t read like a billboard. Which was especially difficult. She’d always envied people like Amber, Eddie, and her cousins Seth and Riley who could mask their feelings under unreadable, expressionless faces. She never had such a gift.
She felt her toes wiggling in her sandals and immediately stilled them. Damn, Eddie had been right. She did wiggle her toes when she was nervous. As she pondered what other ticks or quirks she might have that she was blissfully unaware of, Eddie leaned closer to her.
“You don’t have to be nervous for her. She’s gonna do great,” he said with a soothing tone that washed over Haley like a cool breeze.
“I’m not. I know she’s going to be amazing,” Haley assured him. She might be nervous but it was not for Em. She was excited for her girl.
How had Eddie known she was nervous anyways? She couldn’t have been wiggling her toes for that long. What was he a super sleuth or something?
As if reading her mind, he whispered, “You also bite the inside of your mouth when you’re nervous.”
“Oh.” Haley wasn’t about to argue with him. Especially considering the fact that there was an indentation of teeth on her inner cheek.
The curtain began to rise and the audience cheered. As Mrs. Simon made her way to center stage to welcome everyone, Eddie leaned even closer to Haley. So close, in fact, that when he spoke, his soft lips brushed the outer rim of her ear. If she’d felt shockwaves before, his heated breath, his voice, and his lips sent an earthquake of sensation rioting through her.
“You look amazing tonight,” his deep voice vibrated in her ear.
Before she had a chance to respond, Emily appeared on stage and the show began. Which was a good thing for a couple of reasons. One, she wasn’t sure that she could speak even if she’d been able to come up with a flirty response. And two, she needed the next sixty minutes or so to process what was happening between herself and Eddie.
Because after years of nothing, something was definitely happening.
* * *
Eddie was worried that he would be so distracted by Haley sitting next to him, smelling like wildflowers, looking sexier than he’d ever seen her look. The dress she was wearing wasn’t the least bit revealing. It actually reminded Eddie of dresses he would imagine women like Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe would have worn. When he’d first seen her at the back of the theater, she’d taken his breath away. After this morning, he would have thought nothing could beat seeing her in a towel, but now he knew
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