Grim and Bear It by Juliette Cross EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Juliette Cross
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- Genre: Psychic Romance
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~CLARA~
THIS WAS IT. I WAS TOTALLY DOING THIS. No GOING BACK NOW.
I marched up the shaded walkway of Henry Blackwater’s two-story
mansion on St. Charles Avenue, the imposing front door drawing closer.
Well, maybe a little going back.
I turned around and paced down the pavement away from the house,
weighing the possible outcomes.
What’s the worst thing that could happen anyway?
He could say no. Or he could tell me he wanted nothing to do with me. I
could discover that I’ve been completely wrong that he feels the same.
Then you know what would happen? I’d fall into a deep abyss of utter
despair. I’d lock myself in my carriage house apartment and cry myself sick
while eating praline ice cream and peanut M&Ms and watching Ever After on
loop. Then I’d never venture out into public, much less daylight, ever again.
I’d curl up in a fetal position and wither away in my chocolate-stained, pink
satin pajamas.
But that wasn’t going to happen. No, ma’am.
An elderly woman peered over the roof of her car and the hedge
separating Henry’s front yard from hers. Her concern for me, or possibly my
mental state, rolled over the shrub and wafted right into me.
I waved and smiled. “All is well,” I assured her with a sharp nod, though
that didn’t seem to allay her worry for me, the woman muttering and pacing
up and down her neighbor’s walkway, holding a pastry box.
Exhaling a breath and widening my smile, I walked past the Greek
columns onto the portico and up to the regal wooden door engraved with tree
branches and birds along the edges. A raven was carved in the top corner, a
sentinel observing visitors on this doorstep.
I smiled at the wooden raven and gave him a wink. I was not wrong.
Balancing my box of cupcakes in one hand, I readied myself to ring the
doorbell, smoothing my magenta mini-skirt and hardening my resolve. Step
one in Clara-gets-Henry was about to happen whether the universe was ready
or not.
Or maybe tomorrow will be better.
As I was about to return to my car, I jumped as a bolt sounded on the
other side and the heavy wooden door swung open. The jarring sight of him
slugged me hard in the chest, but I somehow remained upright.
Every time I saw Henry, my body’s immediate response was to wilt and
melt into a puddle at his feet, which were bare at the moment. Dear Goddess
above, even his bare feet were beautiful.
“Hi, Henry.” I beamed brightly, admiring his deep purple aura that
seemed to match his brooding intensity.
“Clara,” was all he managed to say, his dark eyes wide with surprise, that
deep, smoky voice of his threatening to tangle my tongue into knots.
But before I could become an inarticulate dummy on his doorstep, I
spilled my intentions.
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