The latch released, and she flung the door open. Seeing Penn, she leapt upwards, and he caught her, his hands on her bottom, his mouth meeting hers. Entering, unasked, he kicked the door closed behind him and carried her across the room. He fell down where she’d been sitting, moment ago, his hands shifting to grip her cheeks.
“Best greeting ever,” he said, pulling away at last.
She smiled. “I missed you.”
His arms tightened around her. “And I missed you.”
Maybe that was love – the missing each other – then eventually you got to the point you couldn’t do it anymore.
“What’s for supper?” he asked.
She bounced to her feet. “Tonight, Señor, I’ve made enchiladas.”
“Muy bien,” Penn said.
Flicking her hair over her shoulders, she headed for the kitchen, hearing him rise and follow behind. Or maybe it was as simple as this, a meal shared between friends.
“Best greeting ever,” he said, pulling away at last.
She smiled. “I missed you.”
His arms tightened around her. “And I missed you.”
Maybe that was love – the missing each other – then eventually you got to the point you couldn’t do it anymore.
“What’s for supper?” he asked.
She bounced to her feet. “Tonight, Señor, I’ve made enchiladas.”
“Muy bien,” Penn said.
Flicking her hair over her shoulders, she headed for the kitchen, hearing him rise and follow behind. Or maybe it was as simple as this, a meal shared between friends.
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Penn Saunders hit rock bottom two years ago when a nameless girl he’d partied with died in his bed. He changed that night. He returned home to live with his parents, get clean, and embrace God again. As a pastor’s son, renewing his faith also reaffirms his call into the ministry. But he has a long way to go before he gets there, and his first step is living on his own.
Morgan Gant thought she left her old life behind by moving hundreds of miles away. She’s starting over, building a successful online cosmetics business, and renting her own apartment. No one here will know what she did for a living, but most of all, she’ll never have to see the man who attacked her again. Meeting Penn, the neighbor across the hall, seems like another positive step. She needs to make friends and who better than the guy next door? Yet, when their feelings for each other grow, what they haven’t said, who he is as a Christian, clashes with the secret of what she’s survived, threatening, once more, to tear their lives apart.
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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
www.suzannedwilliams.com
www.feelgoodromance.com
