BOOK BOYFRIENDish: A Hot Romantic Comedy (Naked Runway) by Lisa Wells

Author:Lisa Wells [Wells, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Up All Night Publishing
Published: 2024-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

One week later, a week in which Stone had started acting uber-professional toward Sophie, she sat at the corner bar down the street from her apartment with Donna.

“Thanks for meeting me at the last minute,” Sophie said, her voice betraying some of her turmoil.

Stone sat at a table across the room, scanning the surroundings with professional vigilance and occasionally staring at her. She knew this because every time she checked on him, their gazes met.

On the one hand, she was reassured knowing he took his job so seriously. On the other, it was a bit much. Her apartment had become a fortress. She now had a front door camera. This allowed her to, via an app on her phone, look to see who was there without placing her body in front of the door to check the peephole.

Also, the front door now possessed a triple lock system, and the patio doors were double locked with a bully stick in the sliders. Her place had a state-of-the-art alarm, and Poppie’s place had been outfitted the same way.

“Tell me what’s going on and don’t leave out any of the details,” Donna said.

“I’m in a real reading slump,” Sophie confessed. “Ever since I started hunting for real-life boyfriends for the column, my usual reads just don’t captivate me anymore. It’s like I can’t dive into any story.”

“Maybe you should try a different genre for a while.”

“Like what?”

“A thriller, maybe? Something edgy and intense to shake things up,” Donna suggested, her eyes lighting up with the idea. “It could be a refreshing change from the usual romance and might just jolt your system.”

“Hmm. That’s a great idea,” Sophie mused. “And maybe I could rope Stone into reading it, too. It might give us something more substantial to talk about during our mostly silent meals.”

“I take it things are still strained?” Donna asked.

“I miss our fun, flirtatious conversations. Lately, he’s been determined to keep me at arm’s length. He even tried to get me to ask one of my interviewees out on a date instead of featuring the candidate in a column.”

“Interesting.”

“Maybe from where you sit. From where I sit, it’s annoying.”

Donna leaned forward, placed her elbows on the table, and cupped her chin in her hands. “What happened right before this switch in him? Can you pinpoint the moment he went quiet?”

Sophie thought. “It was right after I confessed to him that my preferred fantasy trope guy is a guy like him.”

“The plot thickens,” Donna said.

“How?” Sophie asked.

“He’s showing signs of a guy who is scared and is in retreat mode.”

“If he’s afraid of anything, it’s that I’m going to fall in love with him, and he doesn’t want to have to deal with that.”

“If that’s the case, the guy’s an idiot. You’d be the best thing that ever happened to him.” Donna glanced Stone’s way and waved.

He jerked his chin upward in response.

Sophie’s phone vibrated against the wooden bar. She swiftly answered the unknown number. “Hello. This is Sophie E. Clark. May

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