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Unfortunately for her, some of the letters had slipped out of her hands and were strewn across the sidewalk beside her car.
Fortunately for me, some of the letters had slipped out of her hands and were strewn across the sidewalk beside her car.
I grinned as I made my approach.
“Hey, Hanna. Let me help you with that,” I said, as I bent down and started helping her to pick up all the letters.
“Oh, Leo. Thank you so much,” she replied.
I froze for a minute, surprised by her reaction. I had assumed she was going to cower away from me, and the way she responded was so unexpected.
“You’re welcome,” I said, eventually snapping myself out of it and starting to help her again.
We gathered up all of the envelopes on the ground, and once we both stood up again, I held the pile in my hand out to her. She took it from me as I said, “That’s a lot of mail for one person.”
Her eyes shifted between the mail in her arms and me several times before they finally settled on me, and she explained, “It’s marketing materials for the tiny homes. I’m just doing what I can to get the word out.”
As I nodded my understanding, my eyes slid to the side and looked at the open car door. “Is this yours?” I asked.
“Yeah.”
“Do you have anything else in there?” I pressed, returning my attention to her.
She bit the corner of her lip, forcing my eyes to drop to it. There was no other way to say it. She had such a pretty mouth, and what she was doing now wasn’t making it any easier for me to exercise self-control.
“Um, yeah,” she replied. “I was trying to get out that box of tri-fold brochures when the letters went everywhere.”
“Can I help you?” I offered.
Hanna’s eyes darted around, and she even twisted her head to the side as she shifted back and forth on her feet. “Oh, well, I mean, I don’t want to take up any of your time.”
I shot her a reassuring smile and insisted, “It’s not a problem at all.”
When she took a step back from the car, I assumed that meant she was okay with me helping her. So I stepped forward, reached inside the car, and grabbed the brochures.
After, I closed the car door, and she pushed the button on the key fob to lock it. “Thank you for helping me.”
“You’re welcome.”
Hanna and I walked together to the post office, and once we were there, I opened the door for her. “Thanks,” she murmured before stepping inside.
I simply gave her a smile and a nod. Then I followed in behind her.
With one customer ahead of us, Hanna and I had no choice but to stand there together and wait. I didn’t want it to get awkward, and I already knew how much of an introvert she was, so I figured I was the one who’d have to take the lead and lighten the mood.
“So, should I expect one?” I asked.
A crease formed between her brows. “Expect one?” she repeated.
I jerked my chin down toward the brochures I was carrying. “Yeah. I feel like there’s enough of these here for every person in Steel Ridge to get one. I’m just curious if I’m one of them.”
Her eyes widened. “Oh, well, um, maybe. But would it even matter if you got one?”
“What do you mean?”
Hanna lifted her shoulders up toward her ears as she answered, “I don’t know. I guess I just assumed that you already lived here.”
“I do. What does that have to do with anything?” I wondered.
