A Callous Kind by Angela K Parker

Author:Angela K Parker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Adult, Contemporary Romance, betrayal, family, women's fiction, HEA, heartbreak, friendship, new adult romance, sweet romance, romantic suspense, romance series
Publisher: Angela K Parker
Published: 2018-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Samantha

Brad and I hardly talk at the party. Ginger pulls me away almost as soon as the party really gets started. We had a chance to talk about our profession and compare notes. She tried to pry a recipe out of me, but I wouldn’t dare give up even one. Viv would kill me.

Ginger and I sit in the lounge chairs surrounding the indoor pool. Brad retrieved the duffle bag we packed from the car earlier so we could change into our bathing suits. The older adults are inside the main house, while we’re here with the younger kids keeping watch and having a little fun of our own.

The main pool is heated, fifty-feet long, and sits at the center of everything. There is a small hot tub and a separate kiddie pool on the far end of the well-lit room. I haven’t gotten into the water yet, but I plan to before we leave.

Brad and Jeremy are involved in a game of pool volleyball with his cousins. I can’t help but admire the way his muscles flex each time his arms rise above his head to spike the ball. Water glides across his skin, seemingly in slow motion. I nip at the corner of my bottom lip, entranced by his movements, imagining those same muscles tight against my body.

“So, you and my big-headed brother.” I startle at the sudden interruption by Ginger.

“Huh?” I said absentmindedly, turning in Ginger’s direction.

“You... My brother?” she drags out. “I’ve never seen him like this before,” she says, with a gesture in Brad’s direction.

“Like what?” I ask, slightly confused, and a little embarrassed that I was caught ogling her brother.

“Happy. I mean, he’s always been happy, but there’s something different about him now.” She turns to look at Brad. “He wasn’t even this happy with...” Her words fade away as she faces me again. She smiles. “He’s never been in love with anyone until you.”

My eyes find Brad’s for a few seconds. He winks at me and continues their game.

“And I’ve never been in love until him,” I reply.

“It’s obvious, the way you two look at each other. There’s a deep connection between you. You may have boosted his ego a bit too much, but you’re good for him.” Ginger grins at her own comment, and I join in.

“He’s a great guy,” I say with a sigh.

“He is,” she says in agreeance. “He’s one of the best that I know. I’ve missed him while I was away. We were almost inseparable as kids. I called us the secret keepers.” She lets out a little giggle. “I know a lot of his dirty little secrets, and he knows all about mine, minus the gushy stuff, of course. I’ve never told him this, but it was hard moving away after high school, away from everything and everyone that I’ve ever known. I couldn’t stick around here. I needed to get out there. I want to experience things, you know?” I nod, and she smiles. “I wish he could’ve come with me, but BP isn’t like that.

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