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Forum: Mountain Village 05-03-2025, 12:18 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
She didn’t look at him. Didn’t turn her...

She didn’t look at him.

Didn’t turn her head.

Didn’t let him see the way her jaw tightened or how her fingers clenched slightly around her now-empty cup.

Because if she looked, if she let...
Forum: Mountain Village 05-03-2025, 04:56 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
She hated how much it almost got to her. ...

She hated how much it almost got to her.

Almost.

That kiss was supposed to reset the board. Regain the upper hand. Prove—to both of them—that this was all just heat and timing and not something...
Forum: Mountain Village 05-03-2025, 03:46 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Nope. Absolutely not. This was getting...

Nope.

Absolutely not.

This was getting too real. Too close.

Whatever soft little thread had started to stitch itself between them needed to be cut before it knotted around something vital.
...
Forum: Mountain Village 05-03-2025, 02:54 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
He meant it. She could tell. The way...

He meant it.

She could tell.

The way his voice dropped—not in that practiced, flirty way most guys used when they were trying to get in her orbit, but in that unsteady, real way. The kind that...
Forum: Mountain Village 05-03-2025, 12:21 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
She didn’t say anything right away. Didn’t...

She didn’t say anything right away.

Didn’t rush to fill the silence he left hanging between them. It wasn’t uncomfortable. Wasn’t awkward. Just… still. Like something important had been placed...
Forum: Mountain Village 05-02-2025, 10:48 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
He came. Not right away—not like a puppy or...

He came.

Not right away—not like a puppy or a boy who didn’t know better—but deliberately.

Like someone making a choice.

Josie didn’t watch him cross the clearing. She didn’t have to.

She...
Forum: Mountain Village 05-02-2025, 06:38 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
She didn’t believe in fate. Didn’t believe...

She didn’t believe in fate.

Didn’t believe in soulmates, twin flames, or any of the sparkly, gut-punch promises the world liked to whisper to girls who should’ve known better.

But she did...
Forum: Mountain Village 04-29-2025, 09:36 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 82,044
Posted By Josie Rhodes
The bonfire wasn’t small. It sprawled...

The bonfire wasn’t small.

It sprawled halfway down the old quarry clearing, flames kicking and spitting against the dark, fat with heat and the smell of burning pine. Pickup trucks were parked in...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-26-2025, 03:58 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t move right away. She stood...

Josie didn’t move right away.

She stood there, weight sunk stubborn into her boots, arms crossed loosely like she could shield herself from the weird heat that crawled up her spine.

She watched...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-26-2025, 12:21 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie watched him like she was tracking a wild...

Josie watched him like she was tracking a wild thing she didn’t know whether to trust yet.

Not that he was dangerous.
If anything, he was too honest.
Too slow to lie, too easy to read.

That...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-26-2025, 02:00 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie let it slide. Didn’t snap. Didn’t...

Josie let it slide.

Didn’t snap.
Didn’t throw a punch wrapped in words.
Didn’t bristle at his quiet, easy way of asking more.

She just let the comment about racing hang there, her mouth...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-26-2025, 01:28 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie’s eyes narrowed instinctively the second...

Josie’s eyes narrowed instinctively the second the words left his mouth.

I just want to know things about you.

It hit something deep and feral inside her, something that didn’t trust easy...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-26-2025, 12:24 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie felt her heart stutter once—sharp,...

Josie felt her heart stutter once—sharp, involuntary—like a spark catching against wet wood.

What’s yours, Josie?

He asked it like he meant it.
Not like he was fishing for a punchline.
Not...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-25-2025, 11:47 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t move at first. Didn’t smirk. ...

Josie didn’t move at first.

Didn’t smirk.
Didn’t cut him down.
Didn’t toss out some sharp-edged quip like she usually would when someone cracked themselves open in front of her.

Because this?...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-25-2025, 11:19 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t look at him. Not right away. ...

Josie didn’t look at him.

Not right away.

Because if she did, she knew what she’d find: that soft, lopsided grin he always wore when she let her guard down by accident. The kind of look that...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-25-2025, 10:54 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
She didn’t stop walking. Didn’t slow down. ...

She didn’t stop walking.
Didn’t slow down.
But her fingers paused on the edge of that table—just for a second.

Menace.

God. That almost made her laugh. Almost.

The only reason she didn’t...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-25-2025, 07:11 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie felt it—the way her mouth twitched, the way...

Josie felt it—the way her mouth twitched, the way a smile tried to claw its way up through all that practiced, unbothered armor she wore like a second skin.

She fought it. God, she fought it.
...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-25-2025, 05:12 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie felt her spine loosen by degrees she barely...

Josie felt her spine loosen by degrees she barely noticed.

It wasn’t the words. Not really. It was the way he said them. The way he didn’t lean in, didn’t try to force a deeper conversation out of...
Forum: Pine Street District 04-25-2025, 09:49 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,465
Posted By Josie Rhodes
The bell over the door gave a half-hearted jingle...

The bell over the door gave a half-hearted jingle when Josie (https://i.ibb.co/4n0ZPzCx/file-00000000b5c06230a7674008f5ca6fa9-conversation-id-6804a347-b30c-8009-b764-243b51094827-message-i.png)...
Forum: Evergreen, Colorado 04-23-2025, 09:54 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 54,689
Posted By Josie Rhodes
The garage always got weirdly quiet around...

The garage always got weirdly quiet around closing time.

Not silent—there was still the soft clatter of tools being put away, the occasional burst of laughter from the back lot, the metallic grind...
Forum: Evergreen, Colorado 04-23-2025, 09:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 54,689
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie exhaled slow, the cigarette between her...

Josie exhaled slow, the cigarette between her fingers burning steady. The smoke curled lazy into the spring air, catching the edge of the light like it had nowhere better to be. Kind of like her.
...
Forum: Evergreen, Colorado 04-23-2025, 08:11 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 54,689
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t move right away. She kept her...

Josie didn’t move right away.

She kept her eyes on the bolt she wasn’t tightening anymore. One hand resting on the frame, the other curled loosely at her side, a smear of black across the back of...
Forum: Evergreen, Colorado 04-23-2025, 07:19 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 54,689
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t react. Not outwardly, anyway. ...

Josie didn’t react.

Not outwardly, anyway.

She took the rag without a word, fingers brushing his like it meant nothing—because it didn’t. Not to her. Not yet. Her expression stayed neutral, jaw...
Forum: Evergreen, Colorado 04-23-2025, 08:38 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 54,689
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t look up. Not right away. ...

Josie didn’t look up.

Not right away.

She heard him—heard everything—and that was half the problem. Because Asher Cole, leaning in the doorway like he belonged there, like he wasn’t sweating...
Forum: Evergreen, Colorado 04-22-2025, 10:42 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 54,689
Posted By Josie Rhodes
Josie didn’t answer right away. She took the...

Josie didn’t answer right away.

She took the belt from his hand like she didn’t trust it—or him. Held it up to the light, turning it over, stretching it just slightly between her fingers like she...
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