Gambling on Love (Stories of Serendipity #6) (11 page)

Casey realized her fantasy had gotten really hot, really fast. The AC unit was not doing its job, maybe a cold shower would.

With one more glance out the front window to see what the mysterious stranger was up to now,
nothing,
he was by the truck,
she went to the bathroom to start her shower. She figured she could continue her fantasy after her shower, maybe in bed with a toy.

Before she could turn the nozzle, a knock at her front door surprised her. She walked back to the front of her house, her stomach fluttering.

Could it have worked? Did her fantasies actually make him materialize at her doorstep? But she had specifically worked a shower into her fantasy, so she’d be clean. Right now, she was still all sweaty from sitting on the porch staring at him all afternoon in triple-digit temperatures.

She steeled herself for a proper mauling, then opened the door, beginning her gaze at his feet. Scuffed, worn leather work boots tucked into scruffy, tar-stained jeans with a small hole in one knee, widened out to the too-tight tee shirt that outlined muscles too numerous to name. When her gaze landed on his face, she saw what color his eyes were, and her breath came out in a whoosh. Gun metal gray. Tabby-cat gray. Smokey gray. Brent Baum gray.

Fuck. Me.

Her voice came out of her mouth sounding like a choking wheeze. “Brent?”

Anne Conley is a former high school teacher, who took some time off to raise goats and children. Living in a rural Texas town has taught her that life won't come to her, she's got to grab what she can get. So, she started writing for public consumption. She lives in a rural East Texas town with her husband, two children, and currently 44 goats. She is writing two series: the Stories of Serendipity, about life and love in a small town, and the Four Winds, about God's archangels "falling" in love. Check out her blog, 
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