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As if we had summoned her, the owner was moving toward us, her heels clicking along the floor.
“Let me take those from you. There are new baskets just up ahead if you need them,” she said, giving us a wink before picking up both heavy baskets like it was nothing and sweeping her way back to the front of the shop.
“Oh, by the way, I can package this all up and deliver it to the castle so you don’t have to walk it back,” she yelled from the front.
“Thank you!” I called over the shelves. I was definitely going to take her up on that.
“Oh my gosh, look at this vintage coat.” I said as we rounded another corner. It was a seventies-style, wool-lined coat for myself. Ben grabbed a brown-leather bomber jacket and modeled it for me.
Between his haircut, the jacket, and those dimples, it was a definite winner. It fit his usual style. He always dressed up a bit nicer than the rest of us in a mix of vintage and modern clothes. Not everyone could pull it off but I loved his style.
“Okay, let’s leave,” Ben said as he shrugged out of the new coat. “The guys are going to send out a search party soon,” Ben added reluctantly as he folded both of our coats over his arm.
We managed to make it back to the front of the store without adding anything else to our stack.
The owner was grinning like the Cheshire Cat as we piled on the last of her finds. I couldn’t blame her at all once she read off the total. We probably gave her more revenue than most other people did, but I had no regrets.
“You should take a business card. I also have a website listed on it. If I have anything of interest to you, I’ll send you a little message,” she promised.
“Thank you, we’ll definitely check it out,” I promised as Ben paid.
“I’m going to close up shop here a little early tonight because of the snowstorm. I’ll swing by the castle before I head home, so you don’t have to wait for your things,” she promised.
Once we left the shop and texted the guys a heads up, we continued down the road.
We passed a clothing shop that specialized in men’s clothing and I went inside. With how low temps were about to get, I wanted to snag the guys some extra warm things to make it through the snowstorm. I snagged a few flannels for myself, too. Men’s clothes were sometimes more comfortable than women’s.
With our arms full of bags, we finally made it to the coffee shop.
I could spend every day in this town and not get tired of the little shops and the greetings that we got every time we walked in.
It wasn’t that they recognized us most of the time. They just smiled and treated everyone like an old friend. It was refreshing.
“I’m glad we got to do this,” Ben said as we sat down at our table with coffees in hand. He was giving me that soft smile, the one that had crinkles forming around his brown eyes and made butterflies dance in my stomach.
It was crazy that they still had an effect on me after all this time together, but they did.
“Me, too,” I said. We were sitting close enough that I put my hand on his thigh, slowly moving it upward and giving him a sweet, innocent smile.
Though, inside I was on fire for him. We spent the afternoon together and this was all I could think about now.
He leaned in close, giving me sweet kisses that didn’t border on indecent for public.
As much as I loved going on dates like this and getting alone time, I also really loved being able to make him cry out my name as he came.
Ben’s breath hitched as I bit my lip. He downed the rest of his coffee and I did the same, tossing our empty cups into the trash before heading back.
I didn’t bother to get a single pastry this time. I had a feeling that Logan would be making enough things for us to last a few days and I wanted to get Ben home.
Now.
Voices drifted from the dining room when we walked inside, but I ignored them, dropping our bags by the front hall and heading for the stairs.
“I can’t wait,” Ben rasped out, opening the first door he could and pulling me inside with him.
It was a linen closet. Thankfully it smelled like fresh laundry but as he clicked the lock I ignored everything else but him.
Ben stalked towards me with promise in his eyes. My stomach warmed with heat and anticipation as he gripped my belt loop and yanked me into him. One of his hands went to the side of my neck, the other tangling in my hair as he slanted his lips over mine.
