Our Time by Jessica Wilde Read Free Book Online

turned up into a dubious smirk. "If I didn't know any better, I
would say you were sucking up to me so I'd feed you again."
    "Ha ha," I smiled and
jogged up to her. "Not even close." Oh, but she was close.
Now, either way, I would look ridiculous.
    "Adoo!" Olivia smiled
and pointed her tiny finger at me.
    "Hey, pretty girl. Where you
off to today?"
    I noticed that Monty was standing
behind Jocelyn and was on the end of a bright red leash, eyeing me down.
    "We are just going for a
walk to the park. Monty likes to play fetch with a Frisbee and Liv absolutely
loves to make a mess in the sand. We thought we might feed the ducks,
too," she said, holding up a small bag of bread. She smiled down at Olivia
who started to make quacking sounds. "That's right, babe."
    "That sounds like fun, the
park is pretty far, though. Were you going to carry her the whole way?"
    She glanced down at her feet,
"Well, she will probably walk some of the way, but yeah. I don't have a
stroller anymore, but this is better exercise anyway."
    No stroller. That sounded off to
me. Didn't every person with a kid Olivia's age require a stroller? I was sure
they did, it was too hard to carry a kid everywhere. Just another thing about
Jocelyn that was a mystery. She seemed a little embarrassed by her confession,
but recovered quicker than I expected.
    "Anyway, it was good to see
you," she said as she turned to walk away.
    I desperately tried to think of
something to say that would make her stay a little longer so I could carry out
my plan, but nothing came to mind, so I just blurted the first thing that came
out.
    "I like Frisbee."
    She turned slowly with an amused
grin, "That's nice."
    "I mean…" Ugh, this
is pathetic. "I could throw the Frisbee with Monty while you are with
Olivia, if you don't mind me tagging along."
    That's the best I can do, now
just wait for the rejection and move on, Andrew.
    She looked deep in thought for
several long, excruciating seconds. She looked down at Olivia and then at
Monty, then looked like she had made a decision. "What do you guys think?
Should Andrew come with us?"
    Olivia looked at me and smiled,
"Hi," she said, making me chuckle.
    I glanced at Monty who was
panting and staring at the Frisbee sticking out of Jocelyn's bag.
    "Monty? Would you mind if
Andrew threw the Frisbee to you?"
    Crap. If it was up to the dog, I
had no hope. I
smiled at him when he looked back up at me and found myself hoping that he
wouldn't see right through me. He kept panting, but almost looked like he
smiled.
    "Okay, it's settled,"
Jocelyn nodded. "You can come."
    I couldn't take my eyes away from
her and the air seemed to thicken around us. It didn't even register that she
had just approved my tagging along with her family, she was smiling big and it
reached her eyes, and I had never seen anything more tempting than what I was
seeing at that moment. I wasn't prepared for this and I was suddenly terrified
of how she affected me. My fingers were itching to touch her.
    I'm in so much trouble.
     
     

Chapter 4
    Jocelyn
    Andrew hadn't said anything and
he was really starting to make me think he was suffering from heat stroke or
something because he had paled significantly and his fingers were twitching.
    "You okay?" I asked as
I took a step toward him.
    He flinched as if he had been
smacked out of a trance, "Oh, um, yeah. Sorry, I just… I don't know what
happened just now. I…" he ran a hand through his messy hair and made it
stick up in the front more so than it was already. "I'll go change really
quick. Can you wait for a few minutes?"
    I eyed him skeptically, but
nodded. "Sure."
    I watched him dart into his house
and let out the breath that I apparently had been holding. He was shirtless and
sweaty. When I saw him running down the street before I walked out of the
house, I had felt a warm dizziness sweep through me. I may or may not have
moved a little quicker than usual to make sure I ran into him. He was very fit
and very sexy.
    I knew he had