Admiring Ash by Anyta Sunday

Author:Anyta Sunday [Sunday, Anyta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-28T16:00:00+00:00

At closing time, outside the chapel, Ash answered a call from Shelly.

“Ash!” she said. “Hey, dear. How are you doing?”

Fuck, fuck. He feigned a cough. “Not great. Was throwing up. Still have fevers.”

“I know you said it was contagious, but I simply can’t leave you alone when you’re sick. I’m running past the store and picking you up some things.”

“No!” He coughed again as Ben and River emerged onto the porch. “I mean, thanks, but I’m . . . I’m staying with a friend. I’m sure he’ll look after me.”

“A friend? I’ve had a lot of experience looking after—”

“He’s a doctor!” For horses. But she didn’t need to know the details. “A very good one.”

River lifted a quizzical brow, and heat shot up Ash’s neck.

“Okay, but call me if you need anything.”

Ash let out a silent relieved breath, thanked Shelly, and hung up.

Ben looked between Ash and River. Sensing some unspoken conversation, he scurried toward the street, waving goodbye.

“Staying with a friend?” River asked. “A doctor friend?”

Kill him already. “Shelly wanted to check up on me. You were the first excuse that popped to mind. I don’t actually expect to stay with you.” He laughed tightly.

“Is this the woman from the library? The one groping you?”

He shrugged. “Yeah.”

“Were you and her …?”

Ash blinked, clueless how to respond to the crazy insinuation.

“I mean, it looked like—” River said.

“No. We haven’t nor ever will!”

River lifted his hands. “Sorry. I wasn’t sure.”

“What would make you think that?”

“She’s not unattractive. And you’re a single man who wants some fun.”

The hard emphasis on fun wasn’t lost on him. Ash folded his arms. “Just because I want some fun doesn’t mean I’d have fun with anyone attractive. Would you have fun with just any man?”

River’s jaw tightened. “You’re right. I wouldn’t.”

Ash didn’t like the finality of that, but he nodded. “Okay, then. I’ll see you tomorrow.”

He hurried to the sidewalk toward the bus stop, ignoring River calling his name. He wasn’t sure why he was so pissed. River had made an assumption and apologized for it.

He wasn’t the only one to have made that mistake.

A car pulled up alongside him. Windows rolled down, and Ash hid a sigh of relief at River’s voice. “Get in. Let me take you home.”

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