Summer Love in the City (Summer Instalove)

polished. But the tiny scar over his left eyebrow made him seem dangerous.

“I’m going down to Queen Street to check out some galleries, I think.”

“You don’t work today?”

“No, I’m on vacation, actually.”

His luscious lips quirked up in a half smile. “You’re not going away somewhere more

interesting?”

Raising my chin, I said, “My city is incredibly interesting, thank you very much.”

He chuckled, reaching out to take my hand across the table. “You’re right, it really is. Are

you hungry?”

“I already ate.”

“May I walk you to the galleries?”

His thumb gently circled the back of my hand. Even though he made me a bit nervous, I did

want to get to know him better, and figure out why my stomach was doing massive flips

every time he looked into my eyes.

“Okay.”

We each took a few more sips of coffee while simply staring at each other. Then Devin

stood, holding out his hand for me. I took it, picking up my handbag, and strolled out of the

fancy restaurant as if I was accustomed to doing this sort of thing all the time.

CHAPTER TWO

* Devin *

This morning my hand had reached out to smash my alarm clock, as it did every morning at

five am. But as I sat up, I had realized that today was going to be extraordinary. Something

different was in the air. As I woke up and got dressed, it had rolled around in the back of

my mind, as if I were trying to remember a dream that eluded me.

As I hit the gym, showered, then went to the office, I couldn’t shake the slight prickle

between my shoulder blades that told me something was up. At first I thought I was simply

going nuts. Or maybe it was my quest for adventure, for something new to happen in my

life.

But the second my eyes locked on Kim’s, it all made sense. There was something about her

that was both electrifying and comforting. Part of me couldn’t believe that we were walking