Page 7 of Must Love Fallen Angels

“I’m actually finished,” he said.He was tempted to tell her he was going home.But he couldn’t deny his attraction to her, or the fact that he’d been craving being around her since they’d parted ways that morning at the beach.

Now that he was near her?

He didn’t think he’d have been able to walk away if his life had been on the line.

She wasn’t offering anything but company.

And he could be honest with himself in this one regard: he wanted to spend time with her.

“I’d like that,” he said.

Her genuine smile crinkled the corners of her eyes.

And he was smitten.

Note to Self: Your toes aren’t the only thing tingling

Tessa and Venice walked together down the street to the park and made their way to a walking path through the trees.The conversation was easy: the weather, the town, the bookstore where she was going to work, and the nearby familiar adoption agency.

“I’ve never really spent a lot of time around supernatural people,” she admitted.“I think Sable Cove is so neat because of how varied the people here are.Humans and shifters and vampires and witches.It seems like a really unique place.”

“It definitely is,” he said.“It’s very welcoming, too.”

“Have you been here long?”

He hummed.“Six years.”

There it was again.A hesitation.Like he didn’t want to talk about whatever had happened before he came to town.But she could admit she didn’t really want to talk about her life before she came to Sable Cove either.Although she felt very comfortable around him and had been surprised to realize how often her thoughts had turned to him over the course of the day, she wasn’t looking for anything.

She hadn’t planned to get involved with a man for a very long time, contemplating a life with a battery-operated boyfriend and a house full of cats to keep her company.

But Venice was intriguing, and she really liked being with him.

She’d been looking for something when she’d gone to the beach that morning, and he’d walked right up to her.

A sexy man in uniform.

Her very favorite kind.

But he was more than a badge; he was intriguing on a number of levels.

Charming and sweet, with a wry sense of humor and a killer smile.

And his blue eyes?Like precious sapphires.

Her stomach flipped, and her toes curled in her shoes.

She didn’t think she’d ever been more attracted to a man in her life.

But she pushed the sexy thoughts away, because she’d just met him!

They made their way back to the street where he’d parked his truck.

She tossed her empty cup in a nearby trash bin.

“Would you like a ride home?”he asked.

“Sure, thanks.”