Check Me Out (Proper Romance) - Softcover

Becca Wilhite, author of Bright Blue Miracle and My Ridiculous Romantic Obsessions, is a happy wife, and a mom to four above-average kids. High school English teacher by day, writer by night (or very early morning), she loves hiking, Broadway shows, food, books, and movies. You can find her online at beccawilhite.com.

I was carrying a stack of adult fiction back to the shelves just before lunch. As I came around the corner, I saw the most perfect looking guy I'd ever encountered in my entire twenty-four years, standing in front of my favorite stained-glass windows, looking incredibly handsome and a tiny bit lost.

I shifted the load of books in my arms and leaned in, just a little. A completely professional lean. "Excuse me, can I help you find something?"

He turned toward me, and I got the full effect of the messy, curly dark hair, the chocolate-brown eyes, the eyebrows, the jawline. My thoughts immediately melted into Oh my goodness, what am I supposed to do with this?

He wore a button-up plaid shirt layered over a black T-shirt. There were words on his T-shirt, which I wanted very much to read (reading words is a weakness of mine), but I couldn't seem to drag my eyes away from his face. That face. It was almost too perfect to be real. But here it was, right in front of me, balanced perfectly on a perfect neck that connected to perfect shoulders . . .

"Rilke?"

I shook my head. "Greta." Shifting the books to my left arm, I stuck out my right hand. For a shake. Because I am an idiot. Then I realized what he'd said. "And you're looking for Rilke poetry?" Thank goodness for a liberal arts bachelor's degree. At least I knew Rilke was a poet.

When he nodded and smiled, he looked precisely and directly into my eyes, and I swear I saw our future. It had great hair.