Fixed up in February (Spring River Valley Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

think it’s magic. I think she just has an ability to listen to people and get to know them. She puts people together who would otherwise probably have hit it off if they’d met on their own.”
    “But what if they wouldn’t have met on their own?”
    “This is a very small town. Everybody meets everybody eventually.”
    “So what are you saying? I’ll eventually meet Mr. Right?”
    “Sure you will, and don’t feel bad if it’s not the guy Cassie wanted to set you up with. She’s not always right.”
    Audrey removed the ice pack from her foot, which was now just numb enough to make her forget how much it had hurt before. She stood up and tested her ankle and found she could move a little bit better now. “Well, thanks for that. You sort of sound like my mother.”
    Max crossed the kitchen and offered her his arm so she could hobble to the living room. He leaned close to her ear, though, before she could take her first step. “I’m just saying, a girl like you doesn’t need to try so hard.”
    “A girl like me?”
    He met her gaze, and her heart fluttered. “You’re damn near perfect. Stop chasing guys who aren’t good enough for you, and let the right one come and find you.”
    How could he manage to be as irritating as a paper cut one minute and as sexy as a summer night the next? “Damn near…?”
    He held her gaze, and it was hypnotic. The magnetic pull of him drew her in until her lips almost touched his. His citrusy cologne filled her nose, and the heat of his body warmed the scant space between them. “Perfect,” he said just before his lips brushed hers.
    A charge went off inside Audrey. Every nerve in her body fired at once, leaving her shivering like a person in shock after his too brief ‘almost’ kiss. She wanted more. She craved it. But he pulled away.
    The smirk was back. “And yes. I would.”
    “You…would w hat?”
    “Have sex with you.”
    If she hadn’t just been thinking the very same thing she might have flushed with embarrassment. They’d known each other less than two hours. Sex should not have been on the table at this point. Or the floor. Or the couch, or any of the other places her dirty imagination had already considered it while she’d perused his athlete’s physique. How dare he?
    She pulled back. “You really are a piece of work, aren’t you? This entire charming act was just about working up to a roll in the hay?”
    “Not at all. I’m just saying, we discussed it before in the car , and I thought you might want to know that yes, based on your looks, I would sleep with you.”
    “Wow.” Indignation rolled through Audrey, battling with unbridled lust. How bad would it be to drag him into her bedroom, give him what he was obviously hinting at getting, and then shove him out in the snow and tell him good riddance? The thought of it gave her a little illicit thrill, but she tamped that down and pointed at the door. “So sorry, Romeo. I bet your friend is almost here, so you won’t freeze if you wait outside now.”
    “I meant it as a compliment.”
    “I’m flattered that I pass muster in the sex department.”
    “Well, I didn’t say that. I said I’d give it a try.”
    Ignoring the pain in her ankle, Audrey marched to her front door and opened it. “And you know what I’m going to give a try? Axe murdering. And yes, I would.”
    “What, have sex with me?” He looked so smug, scooping his jacket off the couch as he headed for the door.
    “No, chop you into little pieces. Bye, Max. Thanks for the omelet. They’re the only eggs you’re ever going to get near in this apartment.”
    He passed her at the doorway and swooped close again, his warm lips just teasing her jawline. “Prickly. I like that in a woman.”
    She growled and slammed the door after him. Cassie was never going to hear the end of this.
     
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    “Perfect timing. She just threw me out,” Max said as his roommate, Jared Barton, rolled down the window of his pickup.
    “I’m