Just In Time For Love (Stanton Falls #1) by Kaci Hart Read Free Book Online

fall saved by the chest of
the person on the other side of the door.  She didn’t know if she was more
embarrassed to have almost fallen or to have been that close to a total
stranger.  She was invading his personal space.  

 
    Could have been worse.
 I could have spilled my coffee.

 
    She looked backed up,
hoping to thank the stranger that saved her from having to take another cup of
coffee from Shirley for free.  She stared at his concerned face.  

 
    Cute.

 
    She thought he looked familiar
and judging by the look of recognition on his face, she was sure she knew him
from somewhere.  

 
    “Um, sorry to bump into
you like that.  Are you ok?”

 
    “Donna?”

 
 
    ***

 
 
    Nick couldn’t believe it
was her but he would know her face anywhere.  He had spent enough times
going to that diner for any extra meals that he could just so he could have a
chance to see her.  It was funny because he had never been a shy person.
 He was typically the most outgoing person in the room but he had never
really gotten past flirting with her in the past.  He was never really
sure if she even liked him.  He was totally surprised that day when he
went back to the diner and she was gone.  The owner had told him that she
was gone to finish up school and she didn’t even know if she was moving back in
the future.  Well apparently she decided to return to town.  

 
    Good for me.  

 
    That was how Nick felt
right up until the moment that she responded to his greeting.  

 
    “I’m sorry.  I know
I’m supposed to know you but I’m just having a really hard time placing you.”

 
    Nick laughed for a few
seconds until he noticed how nervous she looked.  He thought that she was
joking but her furrowed eyebrows and squinted eyes were obvious giveaways that
she really was trying to recall where she knew him from.  

 
    “Nick….  Nick….
 You really don’t remember me?”

 
    She didn’t want to be
mean but she just couldn’t place him in the least bit and it was getting to the
point that it was turning from a cute reunion into a quasi-awkward situation.
 

 
    “No, I can’t say that I
do.  I kinda feel really like I should now.”

 
    “Wow.  When you
used to work here I would come here all the time.  Ordered apple pie for
dessert on a regular.”

 
    “C’mon.  Everyone
in town orders apple pie from here for dinner.”

 
    Nick turned to Aaron who
was barely containing his laughter.

 
    “Dude, help me out
here.”

 
    “I got nothing man.
 You obviously aren’t that memorable.”

 
    Suddenly recognition ran
across Donna’s face.

 
    “Wait a minute.
 You I remember.  You came in a lot always with…”

 
    She looked back to Nick.
 

 
    “No way.  You look
so different now.  You used to have the long hair that would hang halfway
down your face.  That’s why I didn’t recognize you.  You were always
either looking at a menu or all that hair was covering up them pearly blues.
 I could never forget two of my top clients.  You paid for a good
portion of my school you know.  At least two classes.  How y’all boys been?”

 
    Nick was lost in his
thoughts as she spoke to him.  He hadn’t seen her in over a year, maybe even
more than two years but he knew it was her from the second she fell through the
door and into his arms.  He didn't know if it was just because he hadn’t
seen her in a while but he could swear she looked even more beautiful now than
he remembered.  He had never actually seen her in anything other than her
work clothes so he had only that point of reference but even then she was
pretty.  There in her business clothes, he still saw the same young woman
from before.  He studied her face, finally noticing her looking at
him.   She waved her hand in front of his
face attempting to get his attention.

 
    “I’m sorry.  It’s
just that.  Never mind. You were saying something?”

 
    “Not so much