Read Online All For Love by Bella Andre, Lucy Kevin - Free Book Online

was no reason to believe that any of them would be excluded in the remake.
    Whatever it was, by the middle of the afternoon, his fatigue was hard to ignore. Truthfully, she was feeling it herself. Although she taught every day, there was a big difference between standing in front of a class giving instructions and demonstrations and working closely with someone as a dance partner. If they’d had the time, she might have called a halt for the day, but they couldn’t afford to lose any more time. And she was more than a little concerned that he still wasn’t leading the way he should.
    She’d been playing around with an idea in her head all day, one that took only a quick phone call during their water break to solidify.
    “Come on,” she told him. “We’re going on a field trip.”
    “A field trip? Where are you taking me?”
    “I was hoping you would take us, actually,” she told him with a smile. “Our destination isn’t far, but I thought it might be nice to get off our feet for a few minutes, if you wouldn’t mind driving.”
    She directed him to the location she had in mind, enjoying the look on Christian’s face once he saw the sign next to the parking lot she asked him to turn into.
    “You’re taking me to a roller-skating rink?”
    “Where else are we going to practice the parts for Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off ?” She gave him a mischievous smile. “The owners have gone to Seattle for the holidays, but their daughter said she would unlock it for me.”
    They went inside, and Karen was there to help them pick out some roller skates, the other woman’s jaw dropping when she realized who Christian was. He instantly smiled, putting Karen at ease and even agreeing to let her take a selfie with him.
    “Thanks so much. Paige, when you’re done, can you lock up here? I need to get home.”
    After Karen left, Paige looked back at Christian and said, “She clearly couldn’t wait to tell everyone about this. I suspect the news that you’re here skating is probably going to be all around the island by the time we’re done.”
    Christian just laughed. He didn’t seem to mind. “What matters is that we’re here and ready to dance.”
    That was probably a little overly optimistic. At first, they were barely able to stand up. Christian slipped as they moved out onto the rink, at which point Paige promptly fell on top of him as her feet skidded out from under her, too. Christian felt so solid—and so good—beneath her, that she tried to scramble back to her feet again to put at least a tiny bit of space between them so that she could get her breath back. Of course, she managed only to fall right back down again.
    After a few minutes, thankfully, they both managed to get to their feet and stay there! Paige had spent her life dancing, but clearly, dancing and roller-skating were two very different things. Her feet seemed to have minds of their own, wanting to go in every direction but the ones she actually wanted them to go in. She started to fall over again, grabbing for the side wall in desperation.
    Christian seemed to be having the same problems, but that didn’t stop him from having a good laugh over their clumsiness. It was fun, she realized, watching him being out of control but perfectly happy about it—and letting herself feel the same way as laughter bubbled up and out of her, too.
    “Maybe skating wasn’t such a great idea,” Paige said as she took another step and nearly skidded off her feet again. “I thought it would be a nice way to get out of the studio for a while and work on our balance, but…” She laughed. “Now I just think we should get out of these skates before we hurt ourselves!”
    She went to sit down on the wooden benches and slipped her feet out of the skates. Christian soon sat beside her and did the same.
    Except, once their skates were off, she looked up and realized that Christian was standing in front of her, holding out his hand. There was a twinkle in his eye