My phone buzzed. A text from Leigh.
Leigh: Thank you for last night. And this morning. Both were incredible.
I smiled, typed back.
Dex: Thank you for saying yes. To all of it.
Leigh: See you Monday? Florist meeting?
Dex: I’ll be counting the hours.
Leigh: Me too. Now I have to go face the interrogation squad. Wish me luck.
Dex: Good luck. Remember: you’re a terrible liar. Just own it.
Leigh: How would you know? Besides I’ve never told a lie in my life!
Dex:Yeah that definitely needs work. Have fun today.
I put my phone down, still smiling.
This was real. We were doing this.
And for the first time in a long time, I was letting myself hope.
Even if it was just for the summer.
Even if it ended in August.
This could be enough.
This woman who already occupied my every thought.
Just how hard would it be to let her walk away?
Chapter 13
LEIGH
Iwas twenty minutes late in getting ready but I was at least not wearing the clothes I’d worn last night and instead had gone for jeans and a blouse I’d grabbed from my suitcase without really looking.
The SUV was already in the driveway, engine running, all four women staring at me as I hurried out the door.
I climbed into the back seat between Reece and Billie, trying to look normal. Casual. Like I hadn’t just spent the night in Dex’s bed, doing things that made me blush just thinking about them.
“Sorry I’m late,” I said, buckling in. “I overslept.”
Silence.
I looked up to find all four of them watching me with identical knowing expressions.
“What?” I asked, trying to go for innocence but already feeling the heat building in my cheeks. Dex was right. I was a terrible liar. I don’t know why I’d thought for even a moment that I could get away with this.
Blake turned around in the passenger seat, studying me with a grin on her face. “You’re glowing.”
“I’m not glowing.”
“You’re definitely glowing,” Reece said quietly.
