Plain Trouble
“That’s what Joe told himself when he repeated it. Twice.
From her lack of understanding of the technique, he easily deduced it was her first. And second. And third.
“Bess,” he said against silky hair that indeed smelled as flowery as he remembered. “You’ve dropped the bonnet again.”
Dark eyes opened and then widened even as she tried to move backward. Pinned as she was between a rock and a ranger, there was no place to go.
Acting the gentleman was never so difficult, and yet Joe knew he must. ...He rose and dusted off his trousers then stepped past her to retrieve the troublesome bonnet. By the time he returned, he found Bess sitting on the rock fretting over a smudge of dirt on her dress.
Gently he set the bonnet atop her head then, with trembling fingers, tied the ribbons into some version of a bow. Doubling the strings over, the bow became a knot.
“There,” he said. “Now it won’t come off.”
Bess peered up at him, seemingly unable to move. He was about to ask if she’d somehow been injured in the fall or, heaven forbid, during the kiss, when she blinked hard and cleared her throat.MoreLess
From her lack of understanding of the technique, he easily deduced it was her first. And second. And third.
“Bess,” he said against silky hair that indeed smelled as flowery as he remembered. “You’ve dropped the bonnet again.”
Dark eyes opened and then widened even as she tried to move backward. Pinned as she was between a rock and a ranger, there was no place to go.
Acting the gentleman was never so difficult, and yet Joe knew he must. ...He rose and dusted off his trousers then stepped past her to retrieve the troublesome bonnet. By the time he returned, he found Bess sitting on the rock fretting over a smudge of dirt on her dress.
Gently he set the bonnet atop her head then, with trembling fingers, tied the ribbons into some version of a bow. Doubling the strings over, the bow became a knot.
“There,” he said. “Now it won’t come off.”
Bess peered up at him, seemingly unable to move. He was about to ask if she’d somehow been injured in the fall or, heaven forbid, during the kiss, when she blinked hard and cleared her throat.MoreLess
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