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The ringing of my alarm caused me to bolt up in bed and I instantly winced. I had a terrible neck ache and sat up. Rolling my neck, I looked back at my pillow.
“Damn it.”
I must have given my favorite pillow to Wes last night. Swinging my legs to the side of the bed, I stood and stretched before I made my way out to the kitchen for a much-needed cup of tea.
When I opened the door, Wes was standing in my kitchen in nothing but a towel. I let out a scream and he jumped and let out a scream himself.
“What are you doing in my kitchen naked!”
He glanced down at the towel. “I’m not naked, I’m wrapped up in a towel. Why did you scream?”
I blinked several times as I attempted to clear the sleep from my eyes. “I live here, jackass! Alone! I wasn’t expecting you to be standing here…like…this,” I said as I swept my hand in the direction of him.
“Sorry about that,” he said with that smirk I swore he only saved for me. “I really needed a shower. How do you feel about taking a cooking class with me?”
Stumbling my way over to the Keurig, I put my tea pod in, placed my mug in the right spot, and started it. Turning around, I leaned against the counter.
“Why would I want to take a cooking class with you?”
His face blushed.
“Oh God, does this have something to do with Mandy?”
Holding up his hands, Wes said, “It does. Her planner said she has a cooking class set up with what’s his face.”
I chewed on my cheek to keep from screaming it was a bad idea. But it would allow me to spend more time with Wes, and I was clearly pathetic enough to stoop this low.
“Here’s my plan. You and I show up at some random places together.” He put air quotes around the word random. “With the way Mandy reacted to you yesterday at the coffee shop, it is bound to make her realize she’s making a mistake by marrying this guy.”
Shaking my head, I brought my fingers up to my temples and rubbed. “You aren’t making any sense.”
“It’s perfect, Clare. You and I show up at places where I know Mandy will be. Not too many because we don’t want her catching on to the plan or figuring out that I’m the one who found her planner.”
“Of course not,” I deadpanned.
“I mean, I should have thought of this before. The more she sees me with you, the more she’ll want me back.”
“Wes,” I said as I slapped my forehead. “Why don’t you just tell her you’re still in love with her and you want another chance.”
He swallowed hard. “I did do that. When she slept with methen snuck out in the middle of the night. She needs to see what she’s missing.”
I was dumbfounded. “Maybe she isn’t missing anything? Wes, she really seemed like she was in love with this Ron guy.”
“Fine, if she’s in love with him, then her running into us won’t matter at all, right?”
“Besides the fact that we’re lying about us being a couple.”
“Then let’s not lie.”
Confused, I asked, “What do you mean?”
Wes took a step closer to me and cupped my face within his hands. “Let’s date.”
“Are you insane? Have you totally lost your mind, Wes?”
He smiled. “I think so.”
