Page 52 of Wilde Ride
“You don’t think you and Lilibeth would make a nice couple?”
That time I did look at him. He glanced over to Lilibeth and studied her for a few moments. I was internally kicking myself.
Right before I looked away, he caught my eye. “Not at all.”
Blinking a few times, I asked, “Why not?”
He gave a one-shoulder shrug. “I’m not interested in getting involved with anyone right now. I’m not even divorced yet. But…I mean, I guess if the right person came along, I could see myself dating again.”
“I would imagine Caroline will be signing the divorce papers soon?”
He placed a few drops onto his cotton swatch. “I wish she’d just sign them and let us both get on with our lives. Honestly, though, right now I’m just focusing on helping Rhett heal.”
“What about you? Don’t you have to heal, as well?”
He looked at me, and our eyes met. I swore something passed between us, I just couldn’t tell what it was. A soft smile appeared on his handsome face. “I guess I do. Life doesn’t seem to be very…beautiful lately.”
“That reminds me of that Bryan Adams song.”
“What song is that?”
“I think it’s called ‘Life is Beautiful’. I like it, it’s a good song.”
He held up his swatch and smelled it before he said, “I’ll have to listen to it. What do you think about this?”
I picked up the coffee beans and took a deep breath through my nose, then smelled his sample. I closed my eyes and sighed. “That smells like my kind of Heaven.”
When I realized what I’d said, I snapped my eyes open to see him staring at my mouth.
His eyes lifted to mine. “Really?” he asked in a teasing tone.
“I just…I meant, it reminds me of riding. Horses! Riding horses.”
He grinned.
“You know, the leather from the saddle, and the…just…that smell.”
The way he was looking at me, with such an intensity, caused me to nearly sigh like a teenage schoolgirl. “It smells like something you would wear.”
Levi’s brows rose. “Does it?”
I swallowed and nodded. “Yeah, it does.”
He reached over, lifted my sample to his nose, and took a deep breath. “Sweet-smelling with a hint of spice. Cinnamon?”
I was lost in his light brown eyes. Why was this man so damn handsome? He was making it very difficult not to want him.
“Perfectly describes the woman who will be wearing it.”
My cheeks heated, and I tried like hell to look away, but I was mesmerized by him. I swore Levi leaned slightly toward me.
“You two look cozy,” Caden crooned suddenly.
I jumped back, and my brother laughed.
“You okay there, Emeline?”
“Yes, you just scared me, that’s all. Are you done?”
