Falling for the Rookie by Carina Rose

Author:Carina Rose
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Tanti Baci, LLC
Published: 2023-02-15T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Charlie

Watching Collin and his friends interact off the field was something to behold. It seemed I hadn’t kept my affection for him at bay, and Harley was all too happy to call me out on it. In fact, she’d decided to meld our names together and referred to us as team Charllin, to which I had told her to please not say again… with great fondness, of course. Harley laughed and promised she wouldn’t.

This morning I was at brunch with the girls—on Cami’s request since she was stuck at work and missed the fun. She also wanted to check out a restaurant that would be hosting one of her company events. Since I had no idea where anything was, and I still didn’t own a car, Collin had insisted on dropping me off.

Into the early morning hours, I lay in bed, thinking about our date and the fact that the most stunningly handsome man was down the hall. Falling asleep seemed to be getting increasingly more difficult. While awake, I dreamed of strolling down the hallway, going into his room, and seducing him. But instead I rolled over, closed my eyes, and tried to imagine what it would be like to make love to him. When I was a teenager, my dreams were to kiss him or, quite frankly, even to have him pay attention to me. Now he was paying attention, and I felt utterly clueless.

“Earth to Charlie.” Harley’s sweet voice broke me out of my Collin-induced haze.

“What? Sorry, my mind drifted.”

“We can tell,” Cami added with a wink. “How did the date end last night? I’m not one to kiss and tell, but it must be odd to go home with the guy afterward. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve probably all been there at one point or another, but you two have a lot going on.” She looked at Harley. “Girl code. Don’t spill anything I say to my brother.”

Harley ran her fingers across her lips in a zipping motion. “Believe me, he wouldn’t want to know.”

Sophie took a sip of her mimosa. “I’d like to interject for a moment. Collin has become one of my closest friends, and even though we may disagree at times, please don’t say anything negative about him. I like you, Charlie, but—”

“I understand,” I said, cutting her off. “I really don’t have anything bad to say about Collin. He’s been my unicorn guy for over a decade. The only negative thing I could say is that he’s being a gentleman.”

The girls all exchanged glances, then started laughing. “Wait a minute. Are you telling us that even though you two live in the same house, see each other every day, look at each other with fire in your eyes, that nothing sexual is going on?” Harley’s disbelieving tone depressed me even more. When I nodded, she added, “Wow.”

I fiddled with my fork, running my fingers over the tines. “That’s exactly what I’m saying.”

“Wow,” Cami echoed Harley.

“Can we not talk about me? Tell me how you met Lucas?” I prodded Harley, trying to change the subject.

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