Eleven Days: An Unexpected Love by Lora Lindy Read Free Book Online Page B

afterthought since her mind was preoccupied on the goodies in the bag.
    "Hold your pants on little lady, it's a surprise." He teasingly answered while taking off his hat. His hair stood on end since there was so much static electricity in the air. He pushed it down as he walked in the kitchen, and he could have cared less how his hair looked.
    She laughed and knew immediately nothing changed from last night. She also knew at that split second last night's caught in the moment just changed to caught in a lifetime .
    He handed her both bags and as she set them on the bar. She closed her eyes with anticipation when she smelled the pastries. The y smell ed scrumptious. She immediately opened the brown bag first because she was famished, and she pulled out a metal tube. Sadness filled her heart because she knew he might be finished with the furnace in a few short hours. But those emotions would not be address ed today. Instead she decided to tease him a little. "Talk about iron in your diet." And they both laughed. "I see you got the part?" She had to admit she was a lot disappointed.
    "Yea Hardin Hardware went to Boston and picked it up for me yesterday. You should have heat in a few hours."
    She rummaged through the cabinets for paper plates, and there were none. Oh well, she guessed she would have to do the dishes, there were worse things. She dug out plates, mugs and her french vanilla coffee creamer.
    Mike walked outside to his truck to get his tools. She intently watched him through the kitchen window. He organized his tools, taking out pipe wrenches and putting in socket wrenches and smaller screw drivers and any other tool he might need. All the while he loudly w his tled. Even though he worked outside and all the doors and windows were closed she could hear what he w his tl ed ; Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues .
    Since she loved Johnny Cash she couldn't resist giving him a hard time. She opened the front door he stopped w his tling to look at her . "Hey, Mike where did you learn to w his tle that song?"
    "In prison," he answered then he started w his tling again. Just before she shut the door he winked and smiled back at her .
    She took a deep breath.
    The door slammed as Mike walked in the kitchen and his nose was red from the cold. She reached for a mug and asked. "How do you like your coffee jailbird?"
    He stopped in his tracks, scanned the items on the counter and saw the creamer, and answered with a grin. "I am a true man, I like mine black. I don't use that sissy stuff."
    Were her ears deceiving her ? His personality didn't change a bit from last night, actually quite the contrary. "So you're calling me a sissy?"
    He walked over to pour his coffee and never looked at her . "If the shoe fits, and in your case if your tiny shoe fits."
    Lana looked down at her feet, he's right, they were small. Her eyes widened and she walked over to him and put my hands on her hips. "Remember, I own a Dodge truck and you don't mess with girls who own a Dodge."
    "Shall I pull up a chair so you can tell me that , eye to eye?" He looked into her eyes and his happy, feisty expression changed. When her gaze pierced his eyes, his dancing eyes turned solemn, being jolly left his soul. At that very moment, at that very minute he wanted her more than he's ever wanted anything in his life. Her eyes mesmerized him, made him want to pick her up and never let go. My God, I want to be with her so much, I hurt, and I hurt desperately , Mike thought. He licked his lips ready to kiss her parted lips.
    As he moved a little closer and she could see the veins in his neck were going crazy, throbbing. His eyes never left hers.
    Just then , his cell phone rang.
    She thought to herself, that damn phone .
    He glanced down at his phone and sadness ran across his face. "I'm sorry I have to take t his call." He walked outside for privacy.
    Maybe he had a girlfriend, or a wife. For a moment jealousy filled her heart . She quickly wiped that thought from her mind