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She squeals and dashes away. She doesn’t aim for home base, though. Not my daughter. She wants me to chase her around the yard. Since I can never say no to my girl, I do.
“I’m going to get you!”
She throws her hands in the air and giggles. “You can’t catch me!”
Probably not, but I don’t give up. She nears the street and I accelerate until I’m sprinting as fast as I can.
“Don’t go in the street!”
A man rushes out of the house next door and runs to Isla. She screeches to a halt in front of him. I slow down but I can’t stop. My legs are not under my control. I slam into the man and we topple to the ground.
“I’m sorry.” I scramble to get off of him.
“Oof! Careful where you put your knee.”
I look down and realize my knee is in his crotch. My face heats and I quickly put all my weight on my other knee causing me to tilt over and fall on the grass.
“Mom!” Isla kneels next to me. “Are you okay?”
“I’m fine.” Embarrassed but fine.
The man scowls at me. “This is your daughter?”
Here we go again. I got pregnant with Isla when I was seventeen. Some people can be unbelievably judgmental about teenage moms.
I get to my feet and wipe the grass off my jeans and shirt.
“You should be more careful,” the man growls.
I fist my hands on my hips and face off with him. I open my mouth to give him a piece of my mind but stop when I catch my first sight of him.
Holy cows have come home and it’s time to do some milking! Someone is the definition of sexy. He’s tall with broad shoulders, a thick beard, defined cheekbones, and green eyes I want to drown in.
My gaze travels down his body and I can’t help but notice how powerfully built he is. Those arms appear strong enough to lift me up and push me against the nearest flat surface. My body warms as I imagine how it would feel to have his hard body pressed against mine.
“Are you listening to me?” he grumbles.
His deep, gruff voice almost has me shivering. I imagine him ordering me around in the bedroom with his gruff voice and my breath stutters in my chest. I want that. I want it bad.
He snaps his fingers in my face. “I’m talking to you.”
I clear my throat and force my thoughts away from sexy times with the stranger.
“What did you say?”
“I said,” he growls. “You need to watch your daughter better. She could have ended up in the road and gotten hit by a car.”
His comment causes my daydream of us sweaty and naked together to vanish. What a jerk! I fist my hands on my hips.
“I know how to care for my daughter.”
“Could have fooled me.”
“I’m her mom.” I slap my chest. “And look around.” I wave toward the street. “There are no cars here.”
He nods to the house next door where there’s a truck parked.
I frown. This is Winter Falls. Trucks and cars are pretty much banned here since the town’s claim to fame is being the first carbon neutral town in the world. They are very serious about the environment here.
