Fool's Errand by Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory

Author:Ki Brightly & M.D. Gregory [Brightly, Ki & Gregory, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Brightly Books
Published: 2024-06-12T18:30:00+00:00

14

TAV

I glanced down at my clothes and grimaced at the cheap material that tugged on my limbs. The crimson dress shirt didn’t fit well, but it was the only one I could find in a cheap store that looked anywhere near good enough to go out in. Judah had offered to buy something better for me, but I’d refused immediately. If I let him use his money on me, it’d only prove his mother’s point, and I wasn’t going to be that kind of person. The only way I would take anything off him was if I worked for it, like I had the entirety of the last two weeks.

Now it was Friday night, and I was at the point of wishing I hadn’t agreed to come see his college friends with him. The shirt was too small, the ends of the sleeves short on my arms, and I couldn’t stop fidgeting. Ellis was at home with Lisa, and I wanted to be there, too, away from the violent nervousness that ate at my insides.

“You look amazing.” Judah leaned over to kiss my cheek, and my eyes slid shut as my stomach continued to churn. He stopped me and unbuttoned the sleeves of my shirt while I stared with a confused frown, but when he carefully rolled each sleeve, a pleasant heat swirled in my chest and combatted some of my anxiousness.

We stood outside the door of a penthouse in the city of New Gothenburg, and I felt seriously out of place in such a luxurious hallway. A high ceiling with chandeliers, gold-framed artwork, and plush navy carpet was only the beginning, and this was merely the outside. I couldn’t imagine what the inside would look like.

I gave Judah an anxious smile right as the door was flung open and a man around our age appeared. He spread his arms immediately, hollering at the sight of Judah.

“Judah, my man!” He laughed and bounced over to Judah, hauling him into a one-armed hug and pat on the back. Everything about him pointed toward money, from his fancy white loafers to his clearly expensive white pants and green silk button-up shirt. He had two gold chains hanging around his neck and rings on each of his fingers, and he reminded me strongly of a drug lord from a bad eighties movie. “Fuck, you’re finally here.”

Judah laughed when he stepped away from him. “Why are you answering Brett’s door, Chaz?”

Chaz shrugged and ran a hand through his floppy brown hair, grinning. “What can I say? I knew it’d be you. You’re the last one to arrive.” He paused when his gaze turned to me. “Who the hell is this? You finally brought a man, Dailey?”

Judah rested his hand on the middle of my back, guiding me forward. “This is Tavish, that guy I mentioned dating in my teens.”

Chaz’s eyes widened and he gave me a long once-over, and even though it seemed all in good fun, there was something about the look in his eyes that didn’t sit right with me.

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