Backup Plan (Boys of Silver Ridge Book 1) by Emily Goodwin

Author:Emily Goodwin [Goodwin, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-23T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Sam

“You can’t be serious?” Chloe shoots back, making me think I’ve laid it on too thick. I don’t want to run away to the nearest chapel, but I am desperate for any reason to be with Chloe. I’m terrified she’s going to jerk her hand back and tell me there was a good reason she moved away and never looked back. I’ve dodged relationships over the years, knowing no one could ever hold a candle to my Chloe, connecting more on a physical level.

It’s what I know. It’s what I’m good at. And I’m certain Chloe will enjoy it. I want more with her, but this is the only route I know to go.

Chloe blinks several times, long lashes fluttering over her pretty green eyes. A warm breeze blows in from the lake, messing up Chloe’s already messy hair. “You want to get married?”

“Well, no,” I start.

“But that was what the promise was, was it not?”

“We don’t have to start with marriage,” I say back.

“What do you want to start with?” Her eyes are wide, and before I get the chance to answer, the waiter comes over to take our orders.

“I’ll, um, I’ll…” Chloe’s flustered and it’s so fucking adorable. “I’ll have a strawberry lemonade, please.”

“Same for me,” I say. I’m flustered too but internalize it better than Chloe. Acting under pressure comes with the job of being a doctor, especially at a trauma center.

“Can I interest you in an appetizer?”

“Um, sure,” Chloe says, head bobbing up and down.

“Did you have anything in mind?” the waiter asks after a few seconds pass by.

“Artichoke dip,” I rush out. The waiter nods, smiles, and says he’ll be right back. “I hope you still like it.”

“I do,” Chloe says, voice a little breathy. “I’m surprised you remembered.”

“I remember a lot about you.”

She smiles, cheeks reddening. “Your mom made me artichoke dip every Friday for years.”

“And you would eat it with apple slices instead of chips. Want me to ask for that instead?”

“No, it’s fine, though that does sound good.”

“I’ll ask when he brings our drinks out.”

“Thank you.”

Stacey calls again, and I send the call right to voicemail. What does she want? It was clear things were over between us, and she didn’t seem all that bothered by it.

“Your ex seems to really miss you,” Chloe notes, leaning back in her chair. “Did it end badly or something?”

“No,” I tell her honestly. “We were never serious, and to tell you the truth, I think she was seeing someone else at the end.”

“I’m so sorry,” Chloe says.

“We weren’t exclusive.” Well, not that time at least. We’d been exclusive in the past, but it never lasted long. Technically, Stacey and I were broken up before I called her over that night, and we had a long talk in the morning, clearing everything up. It wasn’t the painful conversation I braced myself for, which really drove in how little the relationship meant to us in the first place…and that maybe Rory was right about Stacey being a gold-digger all along.

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