Don't Want to Be Friends: A heartwarming enemies-to-lovers, lovers-to-friends sweet romance (Don't Sweet Romance Book 2) by Holly Kerr

Author:Holly Kerr [Kerr, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Birds Press
Published: 2021-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

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For once I can’t wait until Dawson leaves. The kitchen is Mama-standard spotless when he goes, but I’m still shook, and escape up to my bedroom.

I’ve hid my feelings for Dawson so well over the years. I kept the expression of pain off my face the first time he kissed a girlfriend in front of me, never letting on how my heart crumbled when I saw him with someone. How the longing gets unbearable when I see him hug a woman, or hold their hands, and I react with snide comments to hide my hurt.

It hurts loving Dawson, so much that I wonder if there’s something wrong with me that I can’t get over it.

I’ve tried.

Years ago, I convinced myself that Dawson would never feel the same way for me. He’s told me so many times that Shae and I are his best friends, as close as sisters to him. That’s how he sees me, how he lumps Shae and me together.

He only sees me as an extension of Shae, just like the rest of the world.

I am the sidekick: the Watson to Holmes, the Sallah to Indiana Jones, the Duckie to Andie.

Dawson loves the movies of John Hughes, and Pretty in Pink is one of his favourites.

Because there is no hope in changing Dawson’s feelings, I’ve tried to change my own.

I’ve visualized hardening my heart. I’ve made countless lists detailing things I don’t like about Dawson. I’ve tried to keep things as impersonal as I can with him, which usually lasts all of ten minutes.

The best thing for me to do would be to keep my distance, but that’s impossible. To distance myself from Dawson means I’d lose Shae as well, because I could never make her pick between us. With everything she’s dealing with, that wouldn’t be fair to her.

So I grin and bear it, hiding my feelings from the world so I don’t lose either Dawson’s or Shae’s friendship and, for the most part, I handle it.

Some days are worse than others.

The worst was the morning after the night… When we…

I deserve an Oscar for that. Shae, Dawson and me had spent the summer working in Tuscany, back-breaking work tending to the vines of a family-run winery, with a group from all over the world. We made friends, learned languages, and ate mountains of pizza. I learned a lot about wine. We drank a lot of it too.

Every Friday night, we met on the far terrace behind the house to eat pasta and drink wine late into the night. There was flirting and there was drinking and at the end of one night, somehow there was only Dawson and I left sitting under the stars.

And the next morning we got up to do our chores in the vineyard like nothing had happened. Nothing was said, but the awkward glances and uncomfortable silences were enough.

To this day, I have no idea if I told Dawson how I felt that night. I’m pretty sure I showed him.

The fact that

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