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I’m happy for my friend. He’s been in love with Lottie since long before I even met him, and I’m glad he finally claimed his girl.
Now I need to claim mine.
I turn back to the little salon, Snips, and watch as my Grier heads up to the counter to check out her latest client.
I’m parked in my truck a few doors down, waiting for my own appointment. I come in every day for a haircut. Really, it’s just the only way that I can spend any time with her.
My woman is a stubborn little thing. I know that we’re meant to be, but she’s been fighting me every step of the way. At first, I thought she just liked being chased, and I was happy to oblige, but it’s been months now since she first got to town, and I’m still not any closer to making her mine.
That’s going to change soon.
I can feel myself starting to lose it with each day that passes. I’m so obsessed with my girl, and I can’t stand her putting space between us anymore.
I need to make her mine.
I knew from the moment I saw Grier that she was made for me. I had just moved to town a few months prior and had been busy setting up my cabin when I came into town for supplies and spotted her. She was headed into the grocery store, and I had almost crashed my truck trying to get to her faster.
I had raced inside and searched all of the aisles to find her. She was in the produce section, buying what appeared to be all of the clementines that the Fallen Peak Market had in stock, and I had offered to help her carry them.
I thought that we had gotten on alright. She had kept me at arm’s length a bit, but I learned that she had just moved to town, and I thought maybe she was tired or wary of strangers. I thought that it would get better.
It hasn’t.
Sure, Grier isn’t as wary around me. Now she just sasses me, and while I love it, I also wish our relationship had progressed past this point by now.
“Daydreaming about Grier or plotting someone’s demise?” Whit asks as he slides into the passenger seat of my truck.
“Grier.”
“Ah, I should have known. You have your determined face on.”
I side-eye him, and he laughs as we both turn our attention back to Snips.
“Are you here to see Anise?” I ask him even though I already know the answer.
Whit is as in love with Grier’s friend, Anise, as I am with Grier. Just like me, he hasn’t had any luck getting close to her either.
Whit sighs, and I glance at him.
“Anson called.”
“Yeah?”
I nod. Whit and I were in the SEALs together. We met on our first deployment and have been best friends ever since. When I got out and moved up to Fallen Peak, he decided to join me.
I had invested well during my time in the service, and by the time I got out, I had a nice little nest egg. It was more than enough for me to buy a cabin up here and retire.
“How’s he doing?”
“Good. He and Rhett got out.”
“No shit.”
“Shit. Rhett was hurt, and they decided not to re-enlist.”
“Fuck.”
“Uh-huh. Oh, and Anson finally married Lottie.”
