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Chapter One

One

Meredith Stone

I really need to get le time he comes into Stone’s Throw, my family’s bakery, I die inside I want hi He consuht I wonder who and what he does in his spare ti myself up for heartbreak I’irl like irls to have excruciatingly hot guys into them, just not me I don’t knohy I feel this way I have friends No one treats me differently, but sometimes none of that matters I know I’

My blonde hair is big, like straight out of the eighties but I love it I leave my snow boots with my coat in a heap on the floor at the door All because I hate wearing shoes inside I compromise with unsafe for the kitchen flip-flops I’ s that have seen better days They aren’t even tight anye honestly, I just can’t part with thes I’m a borderline hoarder, to be honest My hair is currently pulled back in a braid and a hairnet Classy I’m short as fuck and on top of that, I’m too chubby for a man like him He’s 6’3, maybe taller, with short dark hair and blue eyes I always stare at hionna disappear He probably thinks I’m insane His neatly kept beard makes me weak in the knees He looks like he’s been chiseled frohto curb this reaction

Every day he orders the sao and all the blueberry Danish we have on hand I wonder if he knows I make the Danish

Soives me hope Hope that I’m not doomed to pine away for him for the rest of my life Why do I feel like I’m in love with him when I don’t even really know hi with your feelings Sheriff Dallas O’Grady is the bestIn all the ti I could about him

My sister, Aubree, is currently onMy brother in laasted nofourteen years to clai I’o crazy after more than a year

Since I’ve been eighteen for all of five hours, I wonder if it’s too early to bang on the good Sheriff’s front door and beg hi

I’ h, when I hear a noise that has every hair on rowl echoes in ht, I turn I see a shadowy figure standing in the dark corner and I can’t help screa When he steps out of the dark, I relax

It’s hinificent

He’s standing there in grey sweatpants and a black Regret PD t-shirt Where’s his coat? It was negative three degrees when I left hoo I’ve seen him out of uniform, but that was jeans and t-shirts This is super casual, and I didn’t think it was possible, but somehow this is sexier

“Mere, cal has he been standing there? Did I conjure hi about him?

“Sheriff O’Grady?” I ask confused, loweringmy music off

“Back to that are we?” he asks chuckling I roll my eyes

“Dallas, what are you doing here? It’s five in theYou scared the shit out of me”

“Language, Meredith,” he says chuckling

“Ugh, are you going to tell uess?” I hate when he tells e My parents don’t even do that

“Happy Birthday, baby,” he says, taking me by surprise Baby? I think I’m about to explode

“Oh Thank you,” I say s “I didn’t know you even knew”