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Savannah: I knew you were gonna say that. Couldn’t you guys have kissed for the first time to a better song?
Me: Trust me, you won’t want to miss her singing it :)
I’m waiting for the line of interrogation to follow my last message, but it doesn’t. Honestly, that’s probably for the best, because I don’t want to run the risk of Savannah ruining the surprise.
When I walk in the door, I’m blasted with a sweet smell — chocolate chip cookies. I swear to God I find new reasons to love this woman every single day.
“Mmm, something smells delicious in here,” I groan in Kelsey’s ear as I slide up behind her at the counter. “The cookies, too.”
“Look at you, mister smooth-talker.” She grabs a cookie off the cooling rack and feeds it to me.
The taste hits my tongue and a groan escapes my mouth. “Fuck, Kelsey, that’s the most amazing cookie I’ve ever had.” I finish chewing the cookie before I continue. “Dare I ask what prompted you to make these?”
“I found something today that made me giddy,” she giggles mischievously.
Fuck! Did she find the surprise I’ve been doing my best to hide from her? Trying to bury my panic, I force myself to appear calm and collected. “Oh, yeah? What did you find?”
“One of my porn novels on your nightstand. Were you doing some research or something?” she smirks up at me.
I attempt to mask my relief, knowing I’m probably doing an awful job. I shrug my shoulders nonchalantly. “I just wanted to see what all the fuss was about. You clearly reread those books for a reason.”
“And? What did you think?” She looks so hopeful that I’m going to agree with her opinion.
I’m not going to lie, the stuff I read in that book… affected me in certain ways. I could definitely imagine doing some of it with her. “I think if more guys read those types of books, then their women would be much more satisfied with their sex lives.”
“Can I get a video of you saying that and post it on Facebook?” She pulls out her phone, acting as if she’s going to record me.
I shove her phone down and glare at her. “No, I will never admit that to anyone but you.”
“Your secret is safe with me,” she giggles again. “Besides, you don’t need to read them for research — you already do a great job giving me mind-blowing orgasms.”
“Good answer, Angel.” I kiss her passionately before I throw her over my shoulder and carry her to the bedroom.
Chapter 53
"You're kidding me, right? You're actually going to make me go through with this?" I groan at my sister. Tonight is Karaoke Night, and while I'd hoped she'd forgotten about our little wager, I was not that lucky. Savannah has the memory of an elephant when it comes to this shit.
"Hey, if I had been wrong, I would've gladly handed over that beer cheese dip recipe." She points her finger at me. "So, a deal is a deal. You're getting up there to sing tonight."
"Ugh, I hate you!" I shout at her as she heads up toward the front of the bar.
"So, what was this deal between the two of you?" Joey asks as he wraps his arms around me from behind.
"She was so convinced that you had feelings for me that she made a bet with me about it. If I won, I got her recipe, and if I lost, I had to sing a karaoke song of her choice. So unless you want to tell me that this has all been an elaborate ruse, I'm at her mercy." I look back at him with mock hopefulness, knowing full well that if this actually were a ruse, I'd be devastated.
"Sorry, Angel, you know I love you more than anything in this world." He moves my hair over one shoulder, allowing him access to kiss my neck. "Besides, I've heard you sing in the shower, you're not completely tone deaf."
“Gee, thanks.” I roll my eyes at him. He’s biased — I am an awful singer and he knows it. He just thinks boyfriend protocol dictates that he’s supposed to tell me I’m great, even if I suck.
“Just pretend you’re singing to me and you’ll be fine.” He flashes me a devious smirk — he’s up to something.
Before I can ask him what the hell is going on, the DJ comes over the speaker system. “Alright, up next, we have Kelsey! Come on up here!”
“Go on, beautiful — I’ll be right here, watching you.” Joey whispers in my ear before he kisses my cheek.
A huge bundle of nerves builds up in my stomach as I walk away from the bar. I'm kicking myself in the ass for making this bet with Savannah. I cast her a death glare on my way up to the makeshift stage, and she blows me a kiss in response. I take a deep breath in and exhale slowly before I grab the mic. Okay, Kelsey, it’s five minutes max. If she picked a humiliating song, at least it’ll be over soon.
The intro to “Love Story” starts to play and I bury my face in my hands to hide my embarrassed smile. Of course, she’d pick this fucking song. But it's when I look at Joey and find him grinning ear to ear that I realize this was all his doing.
