Loving You (The Bridesmaids Club Book 2) by Leeanna Morgan Read Free Book Online

oblivious to the panic racing through him.
    “The further down the column you go, the less color you can see, but it’s there all the same.” She looked into his eyes and frowned. “Are you okay?”
    He didn’t want to move away, but if he didn’t do something soon, he’d pass out from oxygen deprivation.
    Annie looked at where her arm was resting and moved away from him. He took a deep breath, and then another to clear the fuzzy dots from in front of his eyes.
    “Does this happen often?” she asked.
    Dylan dropped the color chart on the table. Annie was waiting for him to say something, only he didn’t know where to begin.
    “I’ve noticed that you don’t like being touched. I forgot. I’m sorry.”
    “It’s okay. I need to get used to it.”
    Annie frowned. “What happened?”
    Dylan walked across the room to his laptop. “I was in the Army. I was captured by the Taliban and it screwed me up.” He held the laptop so tight that his knuckles turned white. “I looked on the Internet and saved some pictures of interiors I like. Do you want to see them?”
    “Sure.” Annie looked uncertainly at him.
    He sat on the edge of the chair opposite her and opened his laptop. “These homes are all the same vintage as this one.” He clicked on a folder and set the images up as a slide show. “What do you think?”
    He turned the laptop around and Annie focused on the screen.
    “What do you like about them?” she asked.
    “They’re functional without being over the top frilly. I even like the cushions and rugs.” He took a deep breath and tried to relax. He knew the photos would probably surprise her. She thought he was a security guard who didn’t have a clue about interior design. She was right about the security guard part, but he did know what he liked. And even with all of his hang-ups and issues, he liked Annie.
    “These are lovely.” The frown on her face softened to an appreciative smile. “Most of the colors and furniture would look great in here. Is there one design that you like the best?”
    Dylan stopped focusing on the freckles across Annie’s nose and looked at the laptop. He spun it around and found the two images he liked the most. “It’s a tie between these two.”
    The adrenaline that had surged through his body when they’d touched had dropped to a slow trickle, so he moved back to the sofa. That didn’t mean he was ready to sit too close, but it was a start.
    “Nice. Both rooms have lots of natural light coming through the windows and chunky furniture.” Annie studied the images more closely. “Can you see how they’ve made everything work by using complementary colors?”
    Dylan took the color wheel off the table. One of the interiors had pumpkin colored curtains. They’d chosen chocolate brown furniture in their living room, too. But they’d added different shades of blue as their accessory color. Their curtains, lamps, and even their rug had hints of blue swirling between other cream and beige colors.
    “You could easily create a similar look in this room.” Annie picked up the color chart and pointed to the bottom of one column. “Either of these two neutral colors with a green base would look great. Then what you do is move further up the color chart and find accessories that have hints of the same deeper shades of green in them. Does that make sense?”
    Dylan nodded. “You’re telling me to layer the colors.”
    “I am. If you want to add a splash of a different color, look for accessories that are either side of pink on the color wheel.” Annie picked up the color wheel. This time she didn’t touch him. “If you want to add a pop of color, you’d look for accessories in red or this pinky-purply shade.”
    Dylan looked at the color wheel, then sat back and tried to visualize what his living room could look like. The orange walls made it hard to imagine it any other way. He could see how the lighter paint would open up the room and let the view of the Bridger