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“And that is precisely why I flirt with your brothers. Because I don’t work for them and they like being flirted with. Isn’t that right, mountain man?”
“Whatever you say, cupcake.”
Bronte smirked and flipped her hair over her shoulder, moving to stand in front of Graham. They had a silent conversation before his friend scooted past his older brother, leaving them alone in his office.
“Seriously?”
Graham shrugged. “She’s got a thing for Spencer, so I’ve been helping her out.”
“Helping her out with…what?”
“How to charm a Rhodes man.”
“Jesus,” Gavin muttered, rubbing a hand over his face. “What are you doing here?”
“Taking you out for lunch.”
Groaning, he dragged his fingers through his hair. “I don’t need another intervention, I spoke to Ginny and it’s whatever.”
“Not an intervention. Just wanted to hang with you before I leave tomorrow.”
Growing up, Gavin and Noah had been really close. But once he crossed into his adult life, he’d gotten closer to Graham. Partly because his brother wasn’t a fan of bullshit and partly because he was the best kind of company—he didn’t talk unless he needed to. Graham also had really good advice in terms of life choices and work, and over the years, Gavin had turned more and more to his second oldest brother for help in literally everything. So spending an afternoon with him wasn’t a bad idea.
“Yeah, absolutely.”
Gavin let Bronte know he was leaving, before heading out with Graham. Since his brother hitched a ride, they took Gavin’s truck down to The Sidecar, his new favorite haunt. They walked inside and Gavin let his eyes wander the space, trying to find a good spot to sit when his eyes landed on Ginny.
And she wasn’t alone.
“Don’t even think about it,” Graham mumbled from behind him, one hand on his shoulder to steer him in the opposite direction. “Though, I gotta admit she looksgood.”
Gavin shot his brother a glare, because he didn’t need a reminder that the adult version of his dream girl was absolutely perfect. The busty woman with her had all of Ginny’s attention and it made him grit his teeth. With one last look in her direction, Gavin followed Graham to the other side of the bar, far away from Ginny and herdate.
CHAPTER6
Datingapps were the bane of her existence.
If she was being honestdatingwas the worst thing in the world too.
You met a total stranger at a restaurant or bar, drank a little and ate some food, stilted conversation filled all the gaps. Then when the meal was over, you’dplayfullyargue about who was going to get the check. If the night had gone decent, you’d consider going home with them for mediocre sex that would have you sneaking out of their house in the middle of the night.
How was that exciting?
Yet, Ginny was doing it.
And she blamed all the people who met their lifelong partners online and waxed poetic about the magic of those dating apps.
Hogwash.
Her parents were terrible role models for functional relationships and even if she hadn’t seen the truth behind their marriage for a long time, Ginny had been totally scared away fromlovethe minute their divorce was final. Not that Ginny had been successful in finding herforever personbefore that. But the infidelity, the mistreatment and the depression that followed definitely stopped her search.
However, there was one thing that Ginny had always wanted.
To be a mother.
She didn’t get excited when she saw babies or toddlers—because they were always too loud and obnoxious and badly behaved to admire—but Ginny wanted one of her own. When she was a kid, she always asked for Cabbage Patch Dolls and take such good care of them; talking to them the way her mother would talk to her, she’d tell them stories and show them the world.
When she got older and her big brother became a father, Ginny was constantly offering to babysit and spend time with her nephew—she wanted to know if thereal thingwould feel just as magical as her dolls did. It really did.
