Everybody Loves Evie

  Okay, that was sweet. That was…disconcerting. I hugged the daises close to my heart. “You’re not going to turn this into some kind of competition, are you?”

  “Sunshine, we’ve been competing for your affections since you bounced into our lives and I dinnae intend to lose. You’ve got a stranglehold on my heart. A first.”

  A smart woman would run away. I threw myself in his arms. “I want us to work, Arch. The bad boy and the good girl. I want you to prove your theory wrong. Fight for me. Woo me.”

  “Challenge accepted.” He kissed me then, kissed me optimistic.

  When he eased away, he angled me toward the tree and I burst into joyful tears. Carved in the ancient trunk for the world to see…

  Arch loves Evie

  ISBN: 978-1-4603-0176-0

  EVERYBODY LOVES EVIE

  Copyright © 2008 by Beth Ciotta

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