Betting On Love by Danielle Dickson

Author:Danielle Dickson [Dickson, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-12T18:30:00+00:00

If it wouldn’t cause a huge scene and upset Billie and Case, I’d disown my parents right here, right now. How they spoke to Billie before she announced she was a teacher at Mom’s beloved Holy Cross was unacceptable.

“Two beers and two whiskey chasers please,” Billie says to the barman and I smile.

If she wasn’t here tonight, I wouldn’t have even gotten out of the car with the mood I was in. I wasn’t expecting Patricia to be here though, I don’t know why my mom invited her. Oh no wait, I do. It was to make me look bad for not doing so first.

Billie turns around and passes me my beer and tumbler of whiskey and clinks both her glasses against mine once she picks them up. “Let’s have some real fun.”

She gulps down her beer and shoots back the whiskey, screwing up her face. “Bleurgh, no matter how much whiskey costs, it always tastes like shite.”

I’m in awe, she can drink like a man. She motions for me to do the same so I do while she orders another round. I didn’t want Billie to find out about the charity, I guess that stems from all the meaningless hookups. I’ve never divulged as much information to a woman before as I have tonight. Her looking at me through emotion-filled eyes as she told me she approved was all I needed to pull her in close. I didn’t know I needed that approval, but it turns out that I did.

I see Case walking up to me and smile at her, feeling sad that I don’t see her nearly enough as I should.

“Hey, Case. Good escape back there.”

She rolls her eyes. “I’m trying to avoid them as much as I can tonight.”

“How come Jude isn’t here with you?” I ask, raising my brows at her and she narrows her eyes at me. “I guess you still haven’t told them about him.”

“I can’t, Mac, you know what they’re like,” she replies, shaking her head.

“Why do you care what they think anymore? You’re a grown-ass woman, I told you this when you were at my apartment the other week.”

“Next rou— Oh, hi, Casey. Here, you can have mine, I’ll order some more,” Billie says, holding out her beer and whiskey to Case who looks down at them and shakes her head, but gives Billie a thankful smile. “I can get you something else if you want? Champagne?”

Case looks at Billie intently, looking like she wants to say something but doesn’t. I don’t miss her hand that briefly brushes the bottom of her stomach though.

“Fuck me,” slips out and both heads swing toward me.

My eyes are trained on Case’s hardly noticeable bump and when I lift them to her face, she shakes her head, a panicked expression forming over her features as she looks around us. “Not here.”

She brushes past me, and Billie trips as I pull her toward the door Casey just exited through.

“I’m not a dog, I can walk on my own,” she says gruffly, shoving my hand off her wrist.

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