Embracing Forever by Sheryl Lister

Author:Sheryl Lister [Lister, Sheryl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, African American, Clean & Wholesome, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781943772957
Google: 444wDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: NYLA
Published: 2017-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Sunday morning, the ringing phone startled Raven awake. She blindly searched for it on the nightstand. “Hello,” she mumbled. She’d had a restless night dreaming about Bryson and the impact of his words.

“Hey, girl,” a chorus of voices said, sounding way too chipper for the hour—Mackenzie, Ryleigh and Quinn.

She opened one eye, squinted at the clock and groaned. “It is eight thirty in the frigging morning. Why are you all calling me at this hour? Somebody better be dying.”

Quinn giggled. “Oh yeah, we forgot it’s three hours earlier in LA.”

“Yeah, three hours earlier.”

“Aw, we’re sorry.”

Raven flipped over on her back. “Mac, lightning is going to strike you dead lying like that.” More laughter came through the line. “So, why are y’all calling me at the crack of dawn?” Like she didn’t already know. Since Mac and Ryleigh had gotten married, every month they called to get an update on Raven and Quinn to see if they were any closer to following them down the aisle.

“How’s Darren?” Ryleigh asked.

“I have no idea.”

“Um, what does that mean?”

“Exactly what I said. One minute he was talking about us moving toward something more permanent, the next, after a couple of my clients stopped by the table, he decided that he couldn’t handle me working with athletes and suggested I get a job more to his liking so he wouldn’t have to worry about them flirting with me. Then he had the nerve to grab my arm.”

“I would’ve punched him in the throat,” Ryleigh said.

“I wanted to, but we were out to dinner. I just agreed that we were moving toward something permanent—him being permanently out of my life.”

“Oh, Raven, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s no big deal, Quinn.”

“Yes, it is. I was hoping you were going to tell us that you were either engaged or close to it.”

Mac chimed in, “Girl, don’t worry. Some other guy is going to show up. Mark my words.”

Raven didn’t have to mark her words. Another guy did show up, one that had been in front of her face the whole time.

“Yeah, girl,” Ryleigh said. “Do you need us to come down? You know we’ll be right there.”

“I’m fine.”

“You sure? Because we can scout out a few new prospects.”

“No thanks, Ryleigh. I don’t need a new prospect. I already have one. Well, he’s not new and he’s not really a prospect. Well…I mean…”

“Raven. Just tell us who it is.”

“It’s Bryson.” They were silent for a full minute then their screams came through the line. She jerked the phone away from her ear.

“It’s about damn time,” Ryleigh said.

“Right,” Mac agreed. “I would’ve jumped his fine ass a long time ago.

“Friends to lovers. That’s so romantic.”

Of course, that would be the first thing out of Quinn’s mouth.

“I just want to know how he is in bed? Can he bring it or what?”

“Mac, why is that always the first question with you?” Mac had been the queen of one-night stands until the last one backfired and she ended up married.

“Come on, Raven, you know that’s a requirement for any candidate.

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