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“What’s wrong?” Ethan asked, sone He reached for me

“I think I stepped into a spider web”

“Yep You did You’ve got some…” He reached for my hair and I shrieked

“Stop Let et it”

“Is there a spider? Oh od, don’t tell me Is there?”

“No spider,” he said, pulling things off my hair and shoulders I closed my eyes and waited until he was done Finally, he pulled me into his arms “You were very brave”

“Dauys could do a Halloween haunted house thing out here and barely have to decorate”

He held onto ood idea”

“You don’t usually do anything for Halloween?”

“Not for years”

I rolled my eyes at him This fa but Christmas “Well, you should think about it”

“I’ood,” Ethan said “Dad can’t run it and none of us can take the place on full-time”

My heart fell I’d forgotten they were trying to give the inn a good year so they could sell it at a better price I’d forgotten and I’d gone and gotten attached “Why the face?” he asked, stroking my cheeks

“It’s just sad thinking of other people running this place”

He looked atthe tip of er into his cheek until his dimple came out

“I’s in my head that you won’t let me say out loud”

My breath hitched Our bellies touching Be brave I thought And at the saht, don’t be stupid

“What kinds of things?” I asked bravely, but the coward in me stared at his chin Not his eyes

“That you should be on the teaet a job doing anything in this town Maybe running the Christmas Jamboree”

“I haven’t seen the Christmas Ja in Salt Springs but it wasn’t not a declaration

“Well, we’ll go tonight”