✨Excerpt: SINGLE WISH by @amyknupp is coming December 5!
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“Are we going to talk about the elephant in the room?”
“What elephant is that?” I asked, as if I didn’t know.
He grinned, looking so handsome I felt it in my chest. “That kiss,” was all he said.
“I thought we were discussing barn details.”
Several seconds ticked by as he studied me. I held his gaze for as long as I could, but it was as if he could see into my mind, read my thoughts, which admittedly included something like, God, he’s good-looking.
I looked away first.
“We can talk barn details once we clear up the personal stuff,” he said.
I wish I could say I wasn’t affected by him, but I was. After all these years, after all the bad blood and the anger and resentment, I wasn’t sure how I could feel any kind of attraction to him, but I did. All he had to do was look at me with that intensity, and I felt more drawn to him than I’d felt to anyone else ever.
“We can pretend it never happened,” I said.
Luke shook his head. “It happened, and it set me off-kilter for the past two weeks, Magnolia.” He shook his head like he couldn’t believe it. “It seemed like you felt something too.”
I swallowed, feeling something even now, but it was a physical something. Off-kilter? For two weeks? Was he telling the truth? Why would he lie about that?
He wouldn’t, I knew. His admission was a step into vulnerability. Even when we’d been enemies, I hadn’t thought he was manipulative. Just stupid.
“Whether I felt something or not, chemistry isn’t enough for us to disregard the past and pick up where we left off as if almost twenty years didn’t happen.”
He brushed a lock of hair off my cheek, peering into my eyes, making me feel squirmy. “What if it is?” His voice was a low, sensual rumble that did things to me.
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