Page 108 of Summer Ever After

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Jane

Two in the morning.

Walker

Does that mean you’re too tired to hangout with me today?

Jane

I probably should go to work for a couple of hours.

Walker

Is this your way of playing hard to get?

Jane

Is it working?

Walker

Everything you’re doing is working.

Jane Hayes has turned my world upside down. I’ve never thought about a woman the way I think about her. She consumes my thoughts night and day. Her smile, her calming influence, her ray-of-sunshine outlook on life…I crave it all. I want to scoop her in my arms just so I can keep her next to me and hear her talk—and I’m not opposed to kissing the corner of her pretty mouth while she does.

Jane

Then I guess I’ll keep doing it.

A crack of a smile drifts over my lips as I type out my next text.

Walker

I was under the impression you had Fridays off.

Jane

I do have Fridays off. But in case you didn’t notice, there was a pretty big party yesterday. Someone has to clean that up.

Walker

Okay, what about later today?

Jane

What did you have in mind?

Walker

Do you like golf?

Jane

I’ve never played.

Walker

I told you I was going to force lessons on you. How about today I teach you how to play golf? That’s one of your tropes, isn’t it? I think you said it involved wrapping my arms around you, pulling you close, and whispering instructions in your ear.

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