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“Him? Him who?”
“Jon Howard.”
There is another long beat of silence. It’s so long that I peek through my fingers again to see the stunned expression on my sister’s face.
“You…when?”
I sigh. “It was after the party. I had a little wine, and we got into an argument. Before I knew what was happening, his mouth was on mine and…I just couldn’t stop.”
“Were you drunk?”
“No.”
“So, he didn’t take advantage of you?”
“Oh, no. Nothing like that. I mean, once he kissed me, I felt as if I had had a whole bottle of champagne with a bottle of tequila along with it.”
“What does that even mean?”
“It means it left me weak in the knees, with my head spinning, and I felt like I was going to throw up.” I draw in a deep breath as the memory of the kiss floods my body. “It was like starlight.”
She cocks her head and crosses her arms as she leans back in her chair. “Dammit. I can’t believe I lost that bet.”
“I’m sorry…wait, what?”
“Cora and Gerri bet me you would fall for Jon in a month. I can’t believe they were right.”
Panic churns in my gut. That isn’t what this is. “I haven’t fallen for Jon Howard.” No way. He’s my enemy, with dreamy eyes and that sinful mouth. And from the feel of things last night, a really big cock.
“Really? You’re using a Swiftie term.”
I shake my head. “No, I’m not.”
“Starlight? I’m not the Swiftie you are, but I knowStarlight. I know that it’s one of your favorite songs of hers offRed.”
Oh, no. “No. No. No.”
My head is spinning. I can’t be falling for a man like him. He probably dreams about spreadsheets and egg whites. If I fell for him, he would never be interested in me, and I would be in love and then sad. So sad. And I have spent a lot of time being sad lately, and I don’t like it. And pathetic. I would be sad and pathetic, and I don’t like that idea one bit.
I pop out of the chair and start pacing.
“You keep saying that, but it doesn’t change the fact that you used a term from one of your favorite Taylor Swift songs.”
“It was the kiss. It messed with my mojo. I mean, he’s all fussy and gets up at the same time every day.”
“How do you know that?”
“He told me.” I wave that away as I continue to pace. “But he’s all those things, along with probably folding his underwear, so I didn’t expect that kiss. I mean…” I come to an abrupt stop because I can’t continue. I get a little dizzy whenever I think about the kiss too much.
“Was it marvelous?”
I give my sister a narrowed look. “Stop using words fromStarlight. He is not Bobby Kennedy.”
She giggles. “No. You’re more Bobby, and he’s more Ethel.”
I stare at her. My sister rarely giggles like that. Not since she became an adult. “Oh, I’m so happy you find this amusing.”
“It’s just that…are you going to have ten kids?”
