Something Magical (Witches of Hawthorne Grove Book 1)

Something Magical (Witches of Hawthorne Grove Book 1) Read Free

Book: Something Magical (Witches of Hawthorne Grove Book 1) Read Free
Author: Leighann Dobbs
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flaws and it isn't sick, either! Twenty-five dollars, and Min? I bought something for myself, too. It is so beautiful. I can hardly wait for you to see it!”

Chapter 2
    “ O h ! My bad. My bad,” Jordan Parker said, swiftly reaching out to steady the young woman he'd almost sent sprawling before she lost her balance completely. “I was so busy trying to figure out why anyone would recommend a place that looks like it's so old it's about to crumble into the dirt, I forgot to look where I was going.”
    “I know, right?” she said breathlessly once she was on surer footing, but he couldn't tell whether her breathlessness was from the biting chill of the frosty morning air or reaction to her near fall.
    “But don't let the exterior fool you,” she continued. “They have everything you could possibly imagine inside.”
    Jordan studied her, a bemused smile curling his lips. She was a short little bit of a thing. Petite, he guessed was more the correct term, and she was … well … cute . From the fuzzy little pink ball on the top of her soft knit pink cap to the glossy sheen of her black half-boots, everything about her said peppy . He caught himself wondering if spirited girls like her ever agreed to have coffee with sentimental idiots like himself. “Really? You'd never guess it from here.”
    “Oh, yes!” she insisted excitedly, her wide brown eyes sparkling with a warm glow he found it hard to look away from. Her hair, or what he could see of it where it poured from beneath her cap, was also brown—a rich, warm chestnut, gilt throughout with tendrils of fire—and her lips... “It's like a magic store in there!”
    “Hello ?”
    The word was muted, as if it were coming from a great distance and he saw in the changing of her expression the moment the sound registered in her ears. Her eyes widened and she glanced away from him while hurriedly raising her cellphone to her ear. He listened in as she quickly began to apologize, “Sorry, Min! Sorry! I was—”
    Her cheeks colored with what he supposed was embarrassment over having forgotten she'd been on a call, and again, he found himself bemused. Not by her, but at himself. His reaction to her. She was peppy and breathless and colored with a delightful blush and he was surprised to realize that he liked everything he saw.
    Her shoulders rose and fell in a quick shrug as she angled the coral pink iPhone away from her soft pink lips to whisper, “Excuse me. I forgot my cousin was still on!”
    Without really knowing why, he grinned. Wow, he thought. Everything about this girl was … warm somehow. Her eyes, her hair, and now her cheeks. He took a step closer, not even realizing he hadn't let go of her until she shrugged away from him and offered a quick half-smile of apology. “Thanks for saving me! I have to run, but I hope you find what you're looking for in there.”
    Jordan snatched his hands down to his sides, stepped sideways out of her path, and nodded. “Yep.”
    He couldn't seem to take his eyes off her, and as she hurried away, he caught a few words of her phone conversation.
    “...going in as I was coming out. What? Oh. Yeah, he is, I suppose...” She glanced back over her shoulder at him and he smiled. She smiled back and then promptly forgot he existed as she turned to work the keys in her gloved palm to unlock her car.
    Sentimental idiot for sure, Jordan admonished himself silently, shaking his head at the insane direction his thoughts had taken as he turned to enter the antique store. He'd just gotten out of a relationship. Now was definitely not the time to be thinking about asking someone he didn't even know to share a few hours of conversation over a cup of mocha crème latte with him at Sam's.

    * * *
    “ W hy did you throw them into one another like that?” Serephina bit out, scolding her sister in a heated whisper while continuing to watch the couple outside from behind the counter in the shop. “You know we aren't supposed to

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