Page 32 of Snowed in With My Small Town Billionaire

Audrey and Gwen. “I’m going to grab a quick bite to eat. Call me if you need anything.”

“Sawyer?” Brent called.

“Yeah?”

“Thanks for coming to rescue me. I knew you would.”

“You’re welcome.”

“Sawyer?”

“Yeah?”

“Can I play my video game? Oliver let me charge it for a while.”

“It is perfectly fine, health-wise if you want to play your game,” Sawyer said.

“See, Grandma. I told you.”

Lucas laughed. “I think that he’s going to be fine.”

Millie brought out some pancakes, bacon, and syrup. “I saved some food for you.”

“Thank you. I hadn’t even realized that breakfast hour was over.”

“You’re a busy young man,” Millie laughed. “I bet you never guessed that you would work so hard on a vacation.”

“Nope. I’m going to have to take a week off to recuperate,” Sawyer laughed.

“We could always go to the beach,” Lucas suggested.

Sawyer looked at him in horror. “Absolutely not. There would be an underwater volcano and a tsunami would hit the town. We’d spend the entire time doing cleanup and treating injuries. My happy butt is going home, sitting on my couch, drinking beer, and petting my dogs. I’m not even going to cook. I’m going to have food delivered to my house every night.”

“You could have one of those professional masseuses pay you a visit. They bring their own tables and everything.”

“Nope. She would get sick or trip on something.”

Millie and Lucas laughed and Sawyer dug into his pancakes.

“So, what’s up between you and Gwen?”

Sawyer sighed. “I honestly don’t know.” He looked around the dining room to make sure that no one was listening, leaned in, and whispered. “She actually kissed me the other day. Yesterday, she reached for my hand.”

“And.”

“Honestly, I don’t know. I felt something when she touched me and kissed me, like a flash of electricity. We shared a quiet moment and just looked into each other’s eyes, and it was – I don’t know how to describe it.”

Lucas looked at him, raised his eyebrows, and took a big bite of pancakes, waiting for Sawyer to sort things out in his mind.

“She’s incredibly beautiful and caught my attention like no other woman has in a very, very long time.”

“Well, I’m no Dr. Ruth, but it sounds like there is some kind of spark there.”

“Funny, you look like a little old lady with gray hair who gives out sex advice on the radio.”

Lucas grinned. “Thanks. It’s my new look and I’m working on it. Seriously, though, do you think she might have a case of hero worship? I mean you went from being her mortal enemy to the person who saved her life.”

“I’ve thought about that. She might also think she has feelings because we’re stuck here together.”

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