Catch and Release: A Small Town Neighbors-to-Lovers Romance (Beach Babes Book 1) by Vanessa Wilder

Author:Vanessa Wilder [Wilder, Vanessa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-25T00:00:00+00:00

18

Willa had been dodging Charlie’s calls.

She knew that made her a shitty friend, but she didn’t want to call her back until she’d nailed down a therapist like she promised. And she hadn’t yet.

But there was no putting it off anymore. Willa desperately wanted to call Charlie and tell her about the friends-with-benefits situation she’d gotten herself into with Shawn. She wanted to tell Charlie about the not one, not two, but three orgasms he’d given her in the past twenty-four hours.

Which was why she’d furiously researched therapists in her area before deciding to use one of the apps that had hundreds of licensed therapists available. She’d scrolled through a few profiles before deciding to schedule an appointment with a woman who had experience working with women and couples. It was scheduled for the end of the week.

And now she had her phone on speaker on the kitchen counter as she thumbed through the mail, impatiently waiting for Charlie to pick up the phone.

“Well, well, well,” she said by way of greeting. “Glad you aren’t dead or something. I was beginning to worry.”

“I suck, I know. I’m sorry,” Willa said.

“What gives?”

“Honestly, I was dragging my feet on therapy,” she said. “But I did it! Scheduled for Thursday.”

“Getting started is hard,” Charlie responded, voice full of concern. “I get it. And I’m really proud of you for making it happen.”

“Thanks,” Willa’s eyes burned with gratitude for her friend who was unafraid to say the hard things and still more compassionate than anyone knew.

“So I’m assuming there’s another reason you called?” Charlie asked.

Willa sighed.

“That bad, huh?”

“My hot neighbor gave me three orgasms.”

Charlie cackled. She didn’t giggle, didn’t chuckle, didn’t laugh. Cackled. If Willa were with her, she was certain she would’ve seen Charlie tip her head back and grab her belly in mirth.

“Well no wonder you haven’t answered my calls!” Charlie shrieked. “You’ve been busy!”

Willa rolled her eyes.

“I took your advice, and⁠—”

“Uh, my advice was to hook up with a rando,” Charlie cut in. “Remember? Go to a bar? Dance with a guy? Bring him back to your place and kick him out before you go to bed?”

“Okay, well I tried that,” Willa said. “But I found a friends-with-benefits situation instead.”

“Wait, wait, wait,” Charlie said. “Back up. You tried?”

Willa sighed. “I have these work friends and they took me to this place called Flora-Bama⁠—”

“Dude, everyone knows what Flora-Bama is. I spent an entire spring break there when I was 20.”

“Okay, well, my friend Amanda told me to stare at this guy until he noticed me⁠—”

“Smart woman. I like her already.”

“And we danced for a while. But then I called Shawn in the bathroom⁠—”

“Sexy neighbor?”

“Yes, and then, like, forty-five minutes later he prowled onto the dance floor and pulled the rando off me⁠—”

“Holy shit, you’ve really been holding out on me.”

“And Shawn also happened to walk in right as the rando I was dancing with started to kiss me, so⁠—”

“So you did kiss a rando! I’m proud of you.”

“But then, Shawn started dancing with me.

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