For a while she chatted with a woman called Alice, who was a big fan of romance novels, and who told her all about the newest vampire book she was reading.
She thought she did a pretty good job impressing the older ladies, but truth be told, it was clear that they weren’t the type to be impressed by someone like Danielle. They liked a little bit of spirit, and therefore liked her.
That realization gave Jessie some of her equilibrium back.
When Millie popped out about forty-five minutes later, Jessie had been so busy, she hadn’t been able to exchange even a glance with Flynn. Or maybe she hadn’t exchanged a glance with him on purpose because if she made eye contact with him right now, she might die.
“Everything going okay?”
She watched as Millie flicked a glance over to where Danielle was standing at an empty table.
“She should have brought cinnamon rolls,” Jessie said, not bothering to keep her voice down. “Or Flynn,” she added.
Millie laughed. “Those Wilder men really are a draw.”
As if on cue, Austin pulled into the driveway, parking near to their booth and getting out so he could unbuckle Emma.
Millie’s entire face lit up. She took her baby into her arms, and then Austin wrapped his arms around both of them and kissed them. The obvious affection between them made Jessie’s heart ache. Yeah. There were a lot of different kinds of love.
She sneaked a glance across the way at Michael and Danielle. The way they weren’t watching Millie and Austin was so pronounced, it was almost comedic. She knew there had been an incident between the two men. Austin had been arrested for assaulting Michael in the street. Really, he had just punched him in the face. The sheriff hadn’t held him for very long, but the entire incident had been pretty dramatic. She knew neither Danielle nor Michael would start anything with Austin here, because Austin had already proven he wasn’t afraid to lay Michael flat out if he needed to.
It was obvious to her that Michael and Danielle were stuck together because they had made bad choices to start their relationship and were therefore trapped in it.
Whereas Austin and Millie had chosen each other out of love. And would do it again every time.
“You all about done here?”
They had gone through almost all their baked goods, and the coffee had long since dwindled.
“Yes. I think now we’re going to go put signs up wherever we can manage.”
“Sounds good.”
Austin gave Millie a kiss and got into his truck, leaving Emma with Millie. “Will I see you later, Flynn?”
“Probably not. Dinner at my place, most likely.”
“All right. Good luck with your canvassing.” Millie grinned just slightly. “This was fun.”
Jessie laughed. But then she was left alone with Flynn. And the memory of that kiss echoing between them. Or at least it was echoing within her.
“Anyway, that was an experience,” she said.
“Yep.”
They tore down the booth, and Flynn drummed his fingers on the side of his truck. “Do you have a list of places you want to go?”
“Well, first I want to go to The Watering Hole. Obviously, that’s going to be my main base. Because that’s where most of my constituents are.”
“You definitely need to do a campaign event there.”
“Agreed.”
She smiled at him, and her heart ached.
“Hey, Jessie?” His green eyes burned into hers.
“Yes?”
