Come On Closer by Castle Kendra Leigh

Author:Castle, Kendra Leigh [Castle, Kendra Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-01-25T19:00:00+00:00

Hope you like it.

—Shane

“Oh,” Larkin said again, and was pretty sure her blush had spread from her cheeks all the way down to her toes. He really had a knack for that. She carefully tucked the card back into the envelope, ignoring the expectant silence that surrounded her.

“Well?” Emma asked.

“It’s, um, definitely from Shane,” Larkin said with a breathless laugh. It was beautiful. Definitely too expensive, unexpectedly sweet, a little high-handed, and beautiful. What on earth was she supposed to do with it?

“Are you sure that isn’t lingerie?” Zoe asked, humor glinting in her storm gray eyes. “It’s so pretty. I’d ask to borrow it if I didn’t think it would come down to my ankles.” Larkin smiled. At five-two, Zoe had a hard time sharing clothes with anyone except her fellow short people.

“Not lingerie. It’s beautiful,” Larkin said, shaking her head and closing up the box. “I don’t even know what to think.”

“The man has taste; I’ll give him that,” Sam said. “I’m just trying to picture Shane shopping for women’s clothing.”

Why did he have to go and complicate things? It was way too extravagant. It was exactly the sort of thing she’d sworn she would only ever buy for herself. But . . . it was also incredibly thoughtful. This would have been easier if he hadn’t done such a good job choosing something she would have chosen for herself. And if she ever went anywhere that necessitated a nice dress.

Flustered by her inability to feel a single way about it, she changed tacks. “What do you guys think of him, anyway?”

The silent looks that passed between her friends weren’t exactly subtle.

“Does it matter?” Annalise asked. “I don’t think any of us know him very well, except for maybe Sam. He doesn’t seem to make female friends.” She smirked. “Except you. And we all knew he liked you.”

“I thought he was just messing around,” Larkin confessed. “I had no idea he was serious.”

“He can be serious when he wants to be,” Sam said. “Honestly, he used to be an enormous jerk. I’m not going to lie. He was miserable to me back in school, and he wasn’t great when I started dating Jake. That turned out to be more of a guilt thing, but he was still a jerk.”

Emma coughed and muttered something about “still can be,” but Sam just made a face at her.

“Is he different now? I don’t know,” Larkin said, tossing her hands up in frustration. “I really like him. I feel like I shouldn’t. It’s like having a crush on the villain in a movie.”

“Oh God, I always do that,” Emma said. “Instead I ended up with Captain America.”

“Hey. Seth is hot, but nobody is Chris Evans,” Larkin said, then stuck her tongue out. Emma laughed. Larkin had been very clear about calling dibs on Cap.

“Does he treat you right?” Zoe asked. “Because that’s the most important thing. I like him, too, honestly, but if I ever tried to get together with him we would kill each other.

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