Trove (The Katie Walsh Mysteries) (42 page)

She grabbed her purse off the sofa just as the doorbell chimed. “Coming,” she called out.

“Take your time, Katie,” Alec answered.

She ran her hand down her thigh, wiping the dampness from her skin.
You’d think it was prom night.
She opened the door. For a moment, she thought her heart stopped. He was dressed in a dark grey suit that intensified the color of his eyes. One hand was tucked behind his back.

She stepped back. “Would you like to come in?”

“Only to put these,” he said as he pulled a bouquet of roses from behind his back, “in a vase.”

She reached out and took the flowers from him. “They’re beautiful and… lilac-colored.” She headed to the kitchen and put the flowers in the vase, handing it to him. “Would you please put these on the coffee table?”

She followed him. “Thank you. They are absolutely gorgeous and,” she inhaled, “so fragrant. But whatever possessed you to get such an unusual color?”

He stood in front of her and gently tucked a wayward curl behind her ear. “I seemed to notice your penchant for lilac-colored lingerie. You wore it the first night we spent together and then again when we were at Willowton.”

She could feel the heat flood her face. “Oh…”

He kissed her forehead and offered her his arm. “Shall we
start our new adventure?”

She smiled
and slipped her arm in his. “It all starts here!”

**** The End****

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