Letting Go, page 10
He nodded.
"Milk and cookies by candlelight. Could be romantic."
His mouth twitched the tiniest amount. She couldn't blame him for keeping his smile tethered down. She couldn't blame herself for trying to tease one out of him anyway. She held up her sardines without saying anything, just a wiggle of her brows she meant to be deliberately strange and suggestive.
Jesse gave in. He laughed, she laughed with him and suddenly everything seemed as though it might actually be okay. Colleen took a chance and stepped closer. He didn't move away.
"I missed you," Jesse blurted out and looked instantly as though he regretted it.
Her heart broke more than a little this time. She moved near enough to touch his face. The way he closed his eyes at her touch told her everything she needed to know. Everything she'd been hoping was true.
"I missed you, too." Then she kissed him. Right there in the middle of the store, oblivious to anyone who might be watching, not giving a damn if she was making a mistake. She kissed him, kissed him, kissed him.
Jesse kissed her back. His arms went around her, squeezing hard enough to crackle the cookie package. She didn't care. All that mattered was that he was holding her. That she had a chance to make things okay, if she was willing to take it. It might not work out. She might have to eat crow, like Mark said. And even then it might be too late.
But she had to try.
"Come home with me," Colleen said against his mouth. "Let's get snowed in together."
Jesse drew back enough to look into her eyes. She wouldn't have been surprised if she'd seen hesitation there, wouldn't have blamed him for saying no. But, as with everything else he'd ever done, Jesse didn't disappoint her.
"Yes," he said. "Let's go."
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