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She nodded. Then he slowly moved closer and slid his arm around her waist. Her body was on fire as her pulse raced. Then he kissed her, and just like that, it was like everything slotted into place.
His lips pressed against hers and her body came alive. She sighed and slid his arms around him. He pulled her close and pressed her into his wide strong chest. She felt so safe. She'd wanted this feeling for a long time but had never been able to find it.
He broke their kiss and leaned his forehead against hers. "Wow." His voice was filled with a reverence that almost brokeher, but not in the way she was already broken, broken in a beautiful way. A way that said, it's okay, I will put you back together. And for once she found herself trusting he would do that. He fixed things.
She pulled back and leaned into his side as his arm was draped over her shoulder. She wasn't ready for more than that, but whatever was happening here felt nice. He laid his head on hers and swung them as the crickets chirped and the stars filled the sky.
While she wasn't sure of much right now, she was growing more and more sure that moving to Mystic Falls was the right decision.
CHAPTER 16
SADIE
Sadie clutched the romance book to her chest as she made her way to the little bookstore on the corner. Why was she so nervous? Everyone she'd met in Mystic Falls had been incredible, but that was not doing anything to settle her nerves at the moment.
As the rounded the corner the bookshop came into view. It was a darling little store, and she wasn't surprised... it seemed everything in this town was darling. In fact, when she rounded the corner, she almost bumped into Wes Darling himself, dropping the book she'd been clutching. It was like bumping into a solid brick wall.
"Sorry about that," he said as he reached out to steady her shoulders. Bending down he picked up her book. "Here for the book club? I tried to go, but Kate told me to get lost."
"Yet you're still here," a voice filled with dry sarcasm said from behind him as a broad grin covered his face.
He handed Sadie her book. "I'm Wes, it's nice to meet you –"
A long pause stretched out between them until Sadie realized he was waiting for her name. "Sadie," she said quickly. "I'm Sadie. It's nice to meet you."
"He was just leaving. Hannah and Poppy are already in the back. I think we're just waiting on Lexi," Kate said.
"I'm going for a run, then I'm meeting my trainer. I'll see ya at home, Red," Wes said before dipping his head to give Kate a quick kiss. He pulled away and smirked at Kate.
Sadie couldn't help but feel like she was intruding on an intimate moment, and it made her heart ache. Then she remembered the kiss she'd had on the swing with Lucas last night and she had to bite back the grin that wanted to spread across her face.
"It was nice to meet you, Sadie," Wes said from the door.
"You too."
As he turned around and left, Kate motioned to Sadie. "Come on back. Poppy brought food and Hannah brought wine."
"Sounds perfect."
Sadie made her way through the little bookstore and a meeting room in the back. There sat Poppy with her long auburn hair pulled back into a French braid looking very pregnant next to Hannah with her blond waves down framing her face. They both turned to her with warm welcoming smiles and invited her in.
"Thank you," Sadie said as she came in.
"I made banana bread, and my husband made us some sandwiches, grab some and join us."
Sadie got some food and Poppy and Hannah continued talking. She grabbed a plate with some fruit salad on it and grabbed one of the brown paper-wrapped sandwiches on it before joining them at the table. As she joined them Kate came into the room accompanied by a shorter, round woman with a blonde bob.
"This is Lexi. Lexi, this is Sadie."
"It's nice to meet you," the woman said.
"Nice to meet you too."
As they filled their plates and joined them, it occurred to Sadie, that all the women in this room looked like her. Well, that wasn't quite true, but they were all curvy beautiful women. That thought almost brought tears to her eyes. Working in the music industry, she'd gotten used to being the biggest person in any room.
And after being on the show and having the way she looked and the size of her body used against her, her confidence had taken a huge hit. But here in this room it was different. There was no denying the women in this room were beautiful inside and out.
"Sorry I'm a little late," said Lexi. "Liam and I just got back from the city. He had some things he wanted to bring from his music room there."
