All Jacked Up: Romantic Comedy (Beach Pointe romance Book 3) by Mysti Parker

Author:Mysti Parker [Parker, Mysti]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Jack

Sal’s Subs isn’t my preferred place to meet for lunch, but it’s past the lunch rush, so Jesse and I can talk without people listening in. We sit down in a booth near the back, me with my steak wrap and Jesse with his meatball sub. I knock a piece of lettuce off the seat, frowning when I feel something wet soaking through my pants. Probably just soda. I’ve been swimming in disgusting fluids all day at the shelter for the spay and neuter event.

We haven’t spoken since the Sexy Thangs craziness, so I know what’s coming.

Jesse swallows a bite of his sub and washes it down with Dr. Pepper. “So, what’s with you and Avery? When did you start dating? Must be pretty serious if you’re already buying that stuff together. Leigh’s been tight-lipped about it, so I can’t get anything out of her.”

“Isn’t she usually? Client confidentiality and all.”

“Avery’s not her client, and neither are you, are you?” He arches a brow, giving me a skeptical glare.

“No.” I have to change the subject, or we’re going to venture into uncomfortable territory.

Our roles have switched over the past few years. I was once the star athlete, the first college graduate of our family, while Jesse was the town bully and a high school dropout. Now he’s a respected, kitten-loving sheriff’s deputy, while I’m the male version of the town tramp.

“I think we’ve spayed and neutered twenty cats and dogs today. There are several kittens up for fostering if you want to take on a few more.”

“I ought to ticket you for failure to use a turn signal,” Jesse says with a chuckle. “Now come on, what’s up with you and Avery?”

“You haven’t heard yet?”

“No. I was in court all morning as a witness to a robbery. Idiot guy tried to get in a house through the chimney like Santa Claus and got stuck. Then he sued because he broke a couple of ribs when we pulled him out.”

“Seriously?”

“Yep.” He sips his Dr. Pepper again, nodding at me. “So, you and Avery?”

Oh, hell, what do I have to lose at this point? She’s drawn me into her sexy web of lies, and quite frankly, I don’t have the balls to back out now. Maybe they’d fallen off at the shelter, afraid they were in danger of the morning’s testicle reaping.

“We’re getting married,” I say with a shrug.

Jesse slow-blinks at me for a few seconds then scrunches his face up on one side as though half shocked, half disgusted. “What? So you skipped the dating and went straight for marriage?” He glanced around, then whispered, “Is she pregnant or something?”

“No. It’s…complicated. Sort of.”

“And?”

“And…we’re getting married, but not really getting married.”

“Did you inject yourself with anesthetic? You’re not making any sense.”

I finish off my sandwich and wash it down with unsweetened tea that tastes like old dishwater. “Okay, it’s like this. Avery wants to win fifty grand from a bride magazine contest for best small-town wedding, but the catch is that it’s for bridal shop owners getting married.

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