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I drop off Adley at preschool, reminding her again to keep her hands to herself and not to chase Holden around the playground. She agrees, but she’s done that before.
Driving over to the cottage with my laptop, I can’t stop thinking about last night. Matt waited downstairs for me to get Adley to sleep, then we talked for about an hour before I was yawning, and he said he should go. My excitement is too much to contain, and the minute I get into the cottage, I text my cousin Harper, who I wish I could just have come over here, but rules are rules, and I’m not supposed to tell anyone else about this place.
So, I met Matt Peterson last night…
Three dots appear immediately.
Don’t hold back the details! How was it?!?
Adley was home.
(girl throwing tantrum GIF)
He’s really cool, though. You’d never know he’s an Olympian. He just seems like a regular guy.
You mean a hot AF regular guy. His name was being said all over the slopes yesterday. I’m sure more people will be there today expecting him.
Yeah, more women. Women who know how to ski and snowboard.
I should’ve allowed my family to teach me when I was younger, but even though I liked adventure, I wasn’t the outdoorsy type of girl. I was the “stay by the fire in the lodge” type of girl. I saw Matt’s disappointment when he asked me last night whether I could ski or snowboard.
You know I’ll teach you.
Yeah, Hudson’s been begging me to go out with him and Adley.
Your daughter is a mean snowboarder for only being almost four.
She’d put me to shame. LOL
Where are you? Let’s meet up for lunch or something.
I have Adley with me. I’m trying to finish this book for my editor who is going to call me tomorrow to see how it’s going.
I don’t like lying to her, but I can’t tell her where I am.
What’s the hang-up?
It’s just not coming to me.
Oh…right about a one-night stand. I always love those stories.
Isn’t that your parents’ story? I’ve heard about the Jeep.
(a girl throwing up GIF) I do not speak about your parents’ extracurriculars, and you do not speak about mine.
I’m just saying, they were hot gossip around this town once upon a time.
There’s your story. Hot snowboarder comes to small town and falls madly in love with a single mom.
And where’s the conflict?
The best friend slash baby daddy wants her too.
HARPER! Stop it.
I can almost hear her laughing.
