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“They embraced each other like they had been waiting their entire lives for this moment. And then at midnight, Owen devoured her face like I have never seen. It was honestly a little disturbing.”
“He did not ‘devour’ my face. It was a simple kiss.”
“A simple kiss doesn’t usually involve ass-grabbing.”
“Amelia, watch your language,” my mom said with a grimace.
“Sorry, but it doesn’t. Mom agrees.”
Sierra looked at me with an apologetic, yet somehow accusatory look on her face.
“A peck on the cheek is a ‘simple kiss,’ or even a quick peck on the lips. But there was nothing simple about that kiss. There was passion behind it, Skye. I’m honestly surprised you didn’t mount him right then and there.”
“Sierra!” my mom said with a gasp, nearly dropping her mug onto the floor. “Don’t be crass!”
“I’m sorry, but come on. There’s definitely something going on between the two of you.”
“You’re completely wrong,” I argued.
Of course, they weren’t wrong at all, but I wasn’t about to admit that to them, especially without knowing for sure how Owen felt. Maybe he just thought we were having fun getting to know each other again. For all I knew, this was just a two-week fling that wasn’t going to go anywhere. But, could it be considered a fling if we hadn’t even slept together? I didn’t want to think too much about it.
“Say whatever you want, Skye, but we all see the way you two look at each other.”
“We just look at each other like two friends who are finally reconnecting. I don’t see what the big deal is.”
“Oh, sweetheart, we all knew he had a crush on you as a kid. And maybe you didn’t notice it back then, but we did.”
“We? Who are you talking about?”
“All of us,” Sierra said with a hand on her hip. “Mom, Dad, me, Luke. We all knew he was, like, in love with you back then.”
“Okay, maybe he had a crush on me, but he was not in love with me. And he is certainly not in love with me now, if that’s what you’re implying.”
The three of them glanced at each other with incredulous looks on their faces. It was a bit unnerving when they all looked back at me. All three shared the same gray eyes, and having them all on me at once made me rather uneasy.
“Well, if you don’t mind, I’m just going to get some coffee and get out of here,” I said, trying to make my way to the coffee pot. “This discussion is over, by the way.”
Amelia rolled her eyes and looked down at her phone which, apparently, she had earned back. If I wasn’t such aloyalandcaringaunt, I would have spilled the beans about her secret boyfriend right then, but I kept my mouth shut.
“There’s a market a few miles away we’re going to check out this afternoon. Do you want to come?” Sierra asked.
“Oh, that sounds fun.”
The three of them stared at me again, awaiting a response.
“I—um—I actually have plans already today.”
“Plans? With Owen?”
I brought my mug up to my lips, trying to hide my embarrassment. Though, I really wasn’t sure why I was embarrassed. It was going to be a harmless afternoon of games and dinner with Owen, Beth, and two young girls. There was nothing about it that should have made me embarrassed to tell them.
“Yeah, um, his girls wanted me to come over and play games with them.”
“You’re basically a member of the family, Skye. Why don’t you just marry him now?”
“Remember when I said the conversation about Owen was over?” I said as I removed myself from the kitchen.
I let out a long sigh as I stepped into the living room and grabbed my coat. I set down my mug and pulled on my boots and made my way out to the back deck. To my surprise, Owen was sitting on his deck with a steaming mug between his hands.
