Always Bayou: a grumpy sunshine, childhood friend to lovers romance by Erin Nicholas

Author:Erin Nicholas [Nicholas, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Erin Nicholas
Published: 2023-10-08T18:30:00+00:00

twelve

Beau didn’t go easy. The kiss was deep and hot from the very beginning. He opened his lips, tasting her fully, sliding his tongue along her lower lip and then into her mouth.

She immediately opened, as her hands grasped the lapels of his jacket and she gave a little moan he suspected only he could hear over the sound of the music and conversation around him. But no one else needed to hear that. He was an audience of one for Becca’s true reaction.

The way she arched into him and completely accepted the kiss without pushing him away was all everyone else needed to see.

But he definitely took note of the way she softened in his arms, pressed against him fully, and met every stroke of his tongue with her own.

Fake, his ass.

“Um, excuse me,” the guy she had been speaking to interjected.

Beau very much wanted to just ignore him. He wanted to throw Becca over his shoulder and ask for her room number.

But that was a bad idea. For one, he knew exactly what would happen if they were shut together inside that hotel room. He could keep hold of his emotions when they were out and about in Autre, surrounded by people they knew, or even when they were working on the community play together and having to kiss as characters in the story.

But one-on-one, with no one around, a big old king bed, and no part to play, he was very afraid that every single emotion he felt for this woman would be front and center. He wasn’t sure what to do with that.

Avoiding it, and ignoring it, seemed best.

Besides, this was a game. They were here to mess with her friends, who thought they were setting them up. Everyone wanted to manipulate the situation, and Beau and Becca were teaming up to tease them right back.

That’s what he had to remember. This was all for show.

Which meant staying here in the ballroom. Yes, kissing her, acting possessive, acting like he couldn’t stop touching her—which was far too real—but for an audience.

He lifted his head and loosened his grip. He stared down at her. Yeah, those dilated pupils and flushed cheeks were not fake.

He shouldn’t feel the thrill that he did with that.

What good did it do for them to have an actual attraction? That was just going to make everything more difficult. He hadn’t been kidding when he said that she had to stick around Autre for a long time before he’d trust that was what she really wanted.

Finally, he looked at the man next to them. The one Becca had been in the middle of a conversation with.

“Oh, hey Toby,” he greeted.

Okay, so not the creep.

“Beau,” Toby said, tipping his head. “Good to see you.”

“Am I interrupting something?” Beau suddenly realized that Toby seemed tense. Shouldn’t he be happy? If he was in on this little plan to throw Beau and Becca together, he should be thrilled with this kiss. Instead, he looked annoyed. Like Beau had interrupted something.

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