Page 34 of A Montana Secret Admirer
Serenity stopped, too. Her eyes locked with his.
She was wearing a sweater, and she held a thermos in her hands. The sun had been up for a little while, so she hadn’t been up to watch it, but it did look like she’d enjoyed a walk. Her cheeks were flushed, but that could have been from exertion or from the nip in the morning air.
Slowly, her lips curled into a soft smile.
Dang, she was beautiful.
No, not beautiful.
Gorgeous?
Breathtaking?
Indescribable.
There were no words in existence that would be capable of defining what this woman was to him. Every part of her was perfect. From her eyes to her smile. From her sense of humor to the love she had for her family. Everything about her was just…
Perfect.
“Hey,” she murmured.
“Hey.” He wanted to take a step toward her, pull her into a hug, and tell her how much he missed her, even though he’d seen her yesterday. That was strange, wasn’t it?
Yes, absolutely it was.
They weren’t exactly together. They certainly hadn’t discussed what it was that had been taking place between them.
He wouldn’t do that, though. Reese would refrain from pulling her into his arms and kissing her like he really wanted to.
Serenity hugged herself and let out a laugh. It was the sort of sound she made when she was nervous. What did she have to be nervous about?
Reese did step forward then. “What… are your plans today?”
She seemed to almost lean into him. Or maybe that was all in his imagination. The slightest exhale escaped her lips before her smile returned, and she lifted a shoulder. “Well, it’s a Wednesday afternoon. So I guess the boys will have their riding lesson and…”
“And?”
Her smile widened. “And…” she drawled.
Reese chuckled. “I’d like to take you and the boys out to do something later this week.”
Her happy expression faltered.
Shoot. Had that been the wrong thing to say? He frowned. “Unless…”
Serenity shifted her weight from foot to foot. “I don’t know that the boys are ready to see me… with… anyone.”
“I thought they liked me.”
She stepped forward and reached a hand toward him only to pull back. Still, she continued with her train of thought. “Oh, they do. They like you very much.”
“But they don’t want to see you dating me?”
He wasn’t sure, but he could have sworn that her lips quirked upward for a moment. “Dating?”
“That’s what you meant, right? When you said they don’t want to see you with anyone?”
Serenity glanced toward the house at his back and nodded. “Yeah, I suppose I did.”
