AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Jill, however, was not done. “Wait.”
No! She wouldn’t ask . . . would she?
“Thomas, would you like to go to Becca’s Thanksgiving party? It’s invite only.”
She did!“It’s not my—” I rushed to say.
“Luigi hosts it, but Becca does all the work organizing and hosting it,” Jill cut in. “And Becca makes the best pies.”
“You really don’t need to—” I tried again.
“I’d be glad to,” Thomas said, laughing. “It’ll be good to meet some new people. I don’t know many yet.”
Jill clapped her hands together. “Excellent! Give me your number, and Becca will text you the address and time.”
“Wonderful. And I’ve got a family recipe for candied sweet potatoes that I can bring.”
“Even better! Becca, you can cross that one off your list.” Jill beamed at me. I sent daggers her way, hoping she’d get the picture and stop setting me up.
“Here’s my number,” Thomas said, rattling it off.
Jill typed it into her phone, and soon, it was just Jill and me.
“I can’t believe you just did that!” I said when the door closed after him.
“Well, you weren’t going to do it.”
“I don’t have any interest—”
“Bull! I call bull. You were salivating all over him. It was all I could do to not reach out and wipe the drool off your face.”
“I was not!”Oh my goodness, was I? Please no.I reached up to check my face, and Jill started laughing.
“You are so done for.”
“Jill!” I groaned. This was not happening.
“Look, it’s not a date. I invited him.” Jill came and pulled me into a hug. “You’ve done so much for me, Becca. He looks like a nice guy. You deserve happiness and fun times with other people besides Brandon and me. Remember what you told me when you took me to the Halloween party? It’s just to have fun, and I’ll be there too, alright?”
I shook my head, still dazed. “I still can’t believe you did that.”
“It’s for your own good.”
I sighed and pushed back to look Jill in the eyes. “How is Brandon? He hasn’t called in a couple of days.”
Jill raised her brows. “I thought you were mad at him?”
“I am! I just . . .” I didn’t know what I thought.
“He’s doing just fine. Luc said Brandon has really thrown himself into the building. He’s a man on fire.”
Probably doesn’t even miss me.
“Hey, what’s in the bags?” Jill said, always knowing when to change the subject. “I’m starving.”
“I went a bit crazy at the market so there’s a little of everything.”
“Yum! Donuts!” She brought the box of donut holes to the coffee machine and started munching away while setting up coffee.
