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She looked at me and let out a humorless laugh. “Are you daft? That’s twice you’ve kissed me. Why?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know. Seemed like a good thing to do at the time. And it’s part of our plan.”
Her mouth opened and a squeak of some sort slipped free. “A good thing at the time? And what plan? I told you I wasn’t having any part of that plan of yours.”
“Yeah. Last night you looked like you wanted to be kissed. So, I kissed you.”
Holding up her hand, she waggled her index finger at me. “Ohhh, no, sir. You said you wanted to kiss me, then you did. I had nothing to do with it. Then you insulted me.”
“Did I? I don’t remember that part.”
“Of course you don’t,” she replied as she rolled her eyes. “And what made this kiss necessary?”
I leaned in closer. “To make Mandy jealous.”
Something like hurt moved across her face, and I instantly wanted to take the words back when she averted her gaze.
“So it meant…nothing?” she asked so softly I could hardly hear her.
A part of me wanted to tell her that it had. That I had never experienced a kiss like that before, not even with Mandy. But I didn’t say that. The next words out of my mouth were cruel and were only meant to drive her away.
“Not for me. It didn’t for you, did it?”
She shook her. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
I pushed down the sudden feeling of nausea and glanced over to Mandy and Ron. His name was called, so he walked up to the counter. Meanwhile, Mandy made her way over to me and Clare. I could almost feel the energy coming off Clare. I reached down and took her hand, giving it a light squeeze. When she didn’t pull it away, the sense of relief nearly knocked me over.
Mandy stopped right in front of Clare. “It was so nice to meet you, Chloe.”
“Clare, my name is Clare.”
Mandy had done that on purpose.
She looked at me and tilted her head. “It was nice seeing you again, Wes.”
“You too.”
“Ready to go, darling?” Ron asked as he handed Mandy her coffee. With one last look at me, Mandy nodded.
“Enjoy the day, you two.”
Once they were out of the coffee shop, I let out the breath I hadn’t even realized I was holding. I looked down at Clare and she was still watching the door Mandy and Ron had left through.
“Clare! Wes!”
I jumped when the barista called out our names. Clare and I both walked up to the counter, and when I went to reach for my coffee, I realized we were still holding hands. Clare pulled hers free, took her tea, and turned on her heels.
“Thank you so much,” I said as I took my coffee and followed her out.
“Now what are we going to do?” Clare asked. “Your ex thinks we’re together.”
I shrugged. “Isn’t that part of the plan?”
“Like I’ve said a couple of times now, I never agreed to be a part of the plan?”
I frowned. “Are you sure?”
She looked at me. “And what if I run into her at dinner tonight with Alex because we’re going out this evening? It looks like we all live around the same area of town.”
