Breaking the Best Friend Code: Sweet Closed Door Romantic Comedy by Amy Green

Author:Amy Green [Green, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Millie

At the sound of Jonathan’s voice, I about jump out of my skin. I was full on asleep on my couch, laying on Mark’s chest with his arm around me.

“Jonathan! It’s not what it looks like!” I exclaim.

“It looks like you’re asleep with my brother!” Jonathan fumes.

“Well, technically that’s true, but that’s not what happened,” I try to explain. I look to Mark for back up.

“We fell asleep watching a movie, Jon. That’s it.” His voice is calm and steady.

“Why were you even on the couch to begin with?!” Jonathan is still breathing fire.

“We went to breakfast,” Mark explains.

“Like on a date?” Jonathan’s eyes are shooting lasers.

“No!” I protest before Mark can say anything else. “We’re just friends that went to breakfast together and then came back and fell asleep watching a movie. It’s nothing.”

“Is that true?” Jonathan directs this question to Mark.

“Yeah. It’s true.” I can hear the hurt in Mark’s voice. There’s so much more than that, but I’m not even sure what’s fully going on to even know how to explain it to Jonathan. This could quite possibly be the start of his biggest nightmare come true, and here I am lying about it.

“I should be going,” Mark stiffens. “I have work stuff I need to get ready for tomorrow.”

Mark gives a halfhearted smile at me, pats his brother on the shoulder, and walks out the door. My eyes are stinging, but I fight back the tears. I can’t think straight right now. So much has happened tonight. This whole month really. I don’t even know how to begin to process the way my feelings have changed and grown for Mark since I first saw him in Lexington. I never would have thought that my childhood dream could come true. And now after one perfect night, I go and make a mess of it all. Whatever it all is. The look on Mark’s face and the sound of his voice will haunt me for weeks. I need sleep. And I need Jonathan to stop staring at me.

“You sure it was nothing?” Jonathan says again. His gaze is baring into me, but he softens when I don’t answer him. “Is everything okay, Mills?”

I’m so drained I don’t even answer him. I just turn and walk away.

Tori grabs my arm as I pass her. “Mills?”

“I’m tired. I need sleep,” I say with all the emotion I can muster. Down the hall and to the left. I somehow manage to get to my room. I don’t even remember sitting on my bed, but I know I must have since the next thing I know I’m opening my eyes.

I have no idea what time it is. Or even what day it is. I don’t hear anything outside my bedroom door, and it’s dark outside. I don’t even bother looking at the clock. It doesn’t matter anyway. With the way my head is throbbing, I need more sleep. I send a quick email to Sheila and tell her I will be working from home.

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