and set it on Arabella’s knee. Arabella covered it with her own, and if
Summer noticed the hand holding going on, she didn’t mention it even
once.
Chapter 15
June
Summer was the best time for walks in the park. June loved the park they
had their annual work barbeque in so much that she often walked there in
her free time. After the baseball date went better than she thought it would,
she wanted to do something lower key, more private and intimate,
something that was just the two of them. Something that wasn’t token or
cliché like dinner or a movie.
Arabella was more than glad to join her in the park after work and had
packed a change of clothes and sneakers so June could drive them there.
They both lived so far away from each other that it was the best
arrangement time wise. June would drop Arabella back off at the office
parking lot after so she could get her car.
June was so darn proud to have her hand curled in Arabella’s as they
walked through the park. They got a few stares from a few couples, but
nothing June would consider hostile. Some people just liked to take a
second glance, and that was okay. Arabella was smoking hot, so why
wouldn’t people want to check her out? She could barely keep her eyes off
her at work and not stare herself. They hadn’t told anyone they were dating
yet, and June tried to keep things low key, which involved not getting slack
jawed and drooling whenever Arabella was in the same room, but it was
hard.
“I was thinking,” Arabella said when they were about halfway around the
park. “I was thinking that maybe, if you’re up for it, you’d like to meet my
parents?”
June squeezed Arabella’s warm hand. She didn’t want to sound
dismissive or trite, but she was also worried about pacing. How fast was too