Walking on Sunshine: A Sweet Love Story (Seasons of Love Book 1) by Krista Lakes, Darla York Read Free Book Online Page A

anything.”
    “Just one of my many secrets, I guess.” Cee replied with a smile. I could have kissed him I was so happy.
    We sat down to dinner and it was one of the most delicious meals I had eaten in years. After so many bad frozen dinners, and my many failed attempts at cooking, it was an amazing change. It reminded me of my mom’s cooking. I felt warm and safe, a feeling that I hadn’t had in ages.
    “This is incredible. How did you learn to cook like this?” I shoveled another bite into my mouth, hoping I didn't look too greedy.
    “I've always liked to cook, and at one of my previous gigs, the kids were getting sick of PB&J, so I pulled out a few of my mom’s old recipes from when I was a kid.” Cee played with his spoon and didn't look up from his bowl, despite the compliment. He seemed to be almost ashamed. “It kind of stuck after that.”
    “Tell your mom she is amazing. I'll have to steal the recipe from her sometime.” I smiled warmly, wondering what kind of a woman raised someone as charming as Cee.
    “Yeah, she was,” Cee said, staring into his plate uncomfortably. The easy charm disappeared for a moment, obviously grieving the loss of his mother. After a moment, he cleared his throat and looked over at Ben. “Hey, how 'bout you tell your mom what we did today?”
    I listened to Ben, but my attention was on Cee. He played with his food, pushing the chicken around in the sauce as if he were trying to make it disappear without eating it. A low ache in my chest started at his obvious grief.
    “We went outside and played lacrosse for awhile,” Ben babbled, barely pausing to breathe in between his sentences he was so excited. “Cee taught me some sweet new moves to use for my next game. Then we had lunch. And then we went outside and just throw the ball around. And then we came back inside and started on dinner. Cee was showing me how to string the lacrosse stick.” He had a grin on his face, but his eyes were starting to droop.

Chapter Seven
    B efore long, Ben looked like the toothpicks holding his eyelids open were breaking.
    Cee obviously noticed as well. “Ben, you should go get ready for bed. Your mom and I have to talk about business, which is super boring,” he said to Ben.
    “You don’t have to tell me twice,” Ben said sliding out of his chair. He paused, his big green eyes going to Cee and looking worried. “You'll be back tomorrow, right?”
    “Of course I will,” Cee promised. “I have to finish teaching you how to do those laces.”
    The worry vanished from Ben's face and the light that I loved so much shone out from them again. Even though we'd only known Cee for a couple of days, I knew that Cee could see it too- and that he would fight just as hard as I did to keep it there.
    “I'll be up in a bit to tuck you in after Cee leaves,” I called up to him as he dragged himself up the stairs.
    Cee went to his bag and brought over a file that had both mine and Ben’s name on it. He handed it to me and our hands touched. A flash of heat went through me, but Cee moved nonchalantly. Apparently, he didn't feel the same spark.
    “Here is the contract agreement that the agency will want you to sign. I'd also like to talk about how you would like things to be run with Ben. I know when you are at work I'm in charge, but I want to make sure that I try to mirror what you normally do so that Ben is the most happy,” he said, clearing the table of the dirty dishes as I looked over the paperwork.
    “Wow, this is so official. I didn’t have any idea it was this in-depth,” I said, thumbing through the stack of papers.
    “Some of it's mine as well. It's just schedules that I like to keep for my personal time and some of it is legal documents, in case I can’t get in touch with you or Ben gets hurt,” Cee explained, putting the dishes in the dishwasher.
    “The first page is the basic information about me, my references, cell number, certifications as well as my home address just in