Love Beyond Words by Emma Scott EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Emma Scott
- Language: English
- Genre: Multicultural & Interracial Romance
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“What’s your name?” the girl asked.
Javier tossed a pebble into the stream. “Why do you want to
know?”
“Estúpido,” she chided. “That’s how things start.”
–Above, by Rafael Melendez Mendón
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The café was empty. Silent. Natalie Hewitt sat alone on her perch
behind the register, a book in her hand. She guessed it had been more than
an hour since she’d served anyone. The coppery light of dusk streamed in
from the front windows to spill over the hardwood floors as it had all
afternoon; an uncharacteristically warm day for San Francisco, even in July.
Her neighborhood customers were probably at Golden Gate Park, taking
advantage. Even the street was empty but for the occasional Muni train
screeching past.
Inside Niko’s Café the silence was persistent; a silence made for
reading if ever one was. Natalie had already arranged the muffins and
croissants, swept the floors, and wiped down the wooden tables so that she
could perch on a stool with her book, guilt-free.
She wished she’d brought something more enthralling than the
dime-a-dozen thriller. It was the sort of book she bided her time with until
an author she adored came out with something new. Rafael Melendez
Mendón’s latest was due in less than three weeks. Just in time, she thought,
for her twenty-third birthday.
The thought made her giddy.
She could almost feel the weight of a new Mendón book in her
hand; hear the pages turn—rapidly, as she devoured them like a starving
woman. And the words… She shivered at the possibilities, wondering what
new world, new refuge Mendón would open for her this time. What
collection of perfectly chosen words would he drape across the page for her
to cry over, and become lost in? She sighed. Three weeks seemed an
eternity.
The bell above the door jingled, shattering the quiet, pulling her out
of her book. A young man walked in.
She noticed his eyes first. Virtually impossible not to. They were a
vibrant crystal blue; the blue of topaz gemstones, or the waters off a
Caribbean island. She watched him approach, her breath catching in her
throat though she couldn’t fathom why. A voice screamed from the back of
her mind, Why? Look at him!
Natalie did. It was very easy to look at him. Loose curls of black
hair fell across his forehead, and came just below his ears. His dusky skin
was smattered with the more-than-a-goatee-not-quite-a-beard facial hair
that was the popular men’s style. He wore a pair of jeans and a creamcolored t-shirt, both elegant despite their simple cut, both obviously
tailored; they fit his tall frame perfectly. He looked perfectly put together,
but for a curl of hair that stuck to his forehead in the heat. In Natalie’s mind,
that imperfection made his beauty less intimidating. As did his smile that
was nothing short of brilliant.
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