The Trouble With Paradise (2010)
The Trouble With Paradise
““What is it?” she asked.
He lifted a hat, which he’d clearly just pulled from the water, an Astros baseball cap.
“Bobby’s,” she gasped.
He hung the hat off the closest palm tree and shoved his fingers through his hair.
“Christian?”
Swiping an arm over his forehead, he waited for her to talk.
She swallowed hard. For whatever reason, she’d had some misguided idea that she could approach this tall, dark, and attitude-ridden man, and seize the day. Her day. Now she simply wanted to give him some co...mfort, but was suddenly at a loss. She glanced back at Cadence and Brandy, who waved her on. Right.
She could do this.
“Can we walk?” It was a procrastination strategy, but he shrugged and grabbed his flashlight. They headed up the beach, Christian not saying a word, Dorie’s heart hammering so loudly in her ears that she couldn’t have spoken to save her life. The long, dark beach curved around, and within a few minutes they could no longer see the glow from the campfire, could see nothing but the dark outline of the island jutting up to the heavens on their right and the glimmer of the faint starlight on the waves on their left.MoreLess
He lifted a hat, which he’d clearly just pulled from the water, an Astros baseball cap.
“Bobby’s,” she gasped.
He hung the hat off the closest palm tree and shoved his fingers through his hair.
“Christian?”
Swiping an arm over his forehead, he waited for her to talk.
She swallowed hard. For whatever reason, she’d had some misguided idea that she could approach this tall, dark, and attitude-ridden man, and seize the day. Her day. Now she simply wanted to give him some co...mfort, but was suddenly at a loss. She glanced back at Cadence and Brandy, who waved her on. Right.
She could do this.
“Can we walk?” It was a procrastination strategy, but he shrugged and grabbed his flashlight. They headed up the beach, Christian not saying a word, Dorie’s heart hammering so loudly in her ears that she couldn’t have spoken to save her life. The long, dark beach curved around, and within a few minutes they could no longer see the glow from the campfire, could see nothing but the dark outline of the island jutting up to the heavens on their right and the glimmer of the faint starlight on the waves on their left.MoreLess
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