Come Home to Me by Liz Talley

Author:Liz Talley [Talley, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781503900998
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2018-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

November, present day

Summer knew she should have made an excuse for not going with Rhett. All day long she’d played around with really good ones. “I have a migraine” had come in second to “I got my period and have cramps.” Since she had neither of those two things, and because she really wanted to be with Rhett, she didn’t call and beg off. Instead, she’d put on extra mascara and shaved her legs.

Yeah. She was just that stupid over Rhett.

After the last guitar lesson of the day, she’d driven home and taken a quick shower, careful to not get her hair wet. Riffling through her makeup drawer, she unearthed a sample of perfume from some fancy shop in Savannah and dabbed it between her breasts while muttering to herself that she’d lost her damned mind.

She was certain Rhett had asked her to go with him because he needed someone to be with him. It wasn’t a date. But then the way he’d looked at her, held her hand, allowed hopefulness to creep into her heart. So she used the buttery lip gloss Maisie had given her on her birthday. And before she left the bathroom, she glanced at herself in the mirror. The woman staring back at her looked like she thought this was a date.

“Dumb ass,” she muttered to her reflection before grabbing a tissue and swiping off the lip gloss. Then she picked the container up and painted it on again. Because a girl always needed pretty lips, date or not.

“Why are you wearing makeup? I thought y’all were going out on the boat,” David said from the couch. His packed backpack sat at his feet, his phone was in hand. As always. “You know, Rhett’s famous and dates really hot girls.”

Implication: You’re not in his league. In fact, you’re not even playing the same sport.

Summer stopped and looked at her son, who was waiting for Hunt to pick him up for the night. “I know that, but I wasn’t going to go out looking like a hag.”

“All I’m saying is, don’t be weird, Mom.” David returned his gaze to the phone. He pecked at it and then looked back up at her.

“I don’t need your advice, David. You’re fourteen and don’t know a fraction of what you need to know when it comes to women.”

“I know you fixed your hair to go on a boat.”

“I braided my hair so it wouldn’t get knotted and took a shower so I didn’t compete with the shrimp Pete leaves on board. I know who Rhett is and I know who I am. Thanks for the reminder, though.” She sounded miffed. She shouldn’t. Her son was absolutely correct. She didn’t have any business lusting after Rhett.

“I wasn’t being insulting, Mama. Just so you know.”

She absolutely knew. She’d always known. Rhett Bryan was out of her league . . . even more so now that he was a celebrity. “When’s your father picking you up? And are you wearing cologne?” She sniffed the air, catching a hint of something that smelled like Axe body spray.

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