Page 16 of More Than Just Friends

Never mind a glow-up. Noah had more glow than a trillion light bulbs and a dozen barrels of expensive liquid highlighters. He looked incredible.

Not that he needed a glow-up; I mean, he was always handsome, but now?

Damn.

‘Your match is here!’ Stavros beamed.

As I saw him walking to the restaurant, I nodded.

He was handsome. That was a decent start.

Anyway, where was I?

My eyes flicked away from my date and back to Noah.

Had his arse always looked that good?

And if it had, how come I hadn’t noticed?

As he disappeared out of view, my shoulders sagged. I hadn’t quite finished ogling him.

Hold up. What the hell was wrong with me?

Noah was my best friend.

I didn’t think of him like that.

I shouldn’t be thinking of him like that.

I was here to meet a date. Someone else.

All day I’d been worrying that I’d been set up with Noah and now I had confirmation that I hadn’t been, I should be doing cartwheels and backflips.

This was brilliant news! Now things wouldn’t be awkward or uncomfortable.

I was going to meet a good man. The love of my life.

This was a very, very good result. Excellent.

Yep. Everything was absolutely fandabidozi.

‘Alicia,’ Stavros said. ‘Is everything okay? I said your match is here.’

‘Oh! Yes! Sorry!’ I said, turning my gaze to the man.

He looked like a Greek god. Dark hair, olive skin, thick full beard.

He also had muscles. A lot of them.

In fact, he kind of looked like a bodybuilder. His chest was straining to get out of his shirt. A bit like the Incredible Hulk when he’s just about to transform into an angry green hero.

‘Hello.’ He smiled, flashing his white teeth. Did he have those veneer things that celebrities got?

‘Lovely to meet you. I’m Alicia. And you are?’

‘I am Adonis.’ He smiled.

‘Adonis?’ I grinned. ‘Really?’