Her Plus One: Stand-alone Friends to Lovers, Military, Boy Next Door, Home for the Holidays (Pine Haven Holiday Romance Book 1) by Jenn Sable

Author:Jenn Sable [Sable, Jenn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: contemporary romance, holiday romance
Publisher: Jenn Sable
Published: 2020-10-27T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 8 – Clay

It was a little before seven when I pulled into Melissa's drive. I laughed when Tess York stepped out the front door and smiled at me knowingly. I was confident Tess knew more about how Melissa felt about me than I did. I tamped down the impulse to ask her what she knew and if she thought I had a real shot with Melissa.

"Melissa's almost ready. She's just putting on her earrings. Clayton, I must say, you clean up nice."

I ran a hand over my freshly shaved jaw. "Thanks, Tess. I hope Melissa thinks so, too."

Tess's eyes zeroed in on the flowers. "Lavender roses. You're swinging for the fences tonight."

There was no reason to deny it. "The florist said that lavender roses symbolize love at first sight and enchantment. I thought they would be perfect for Melissa, given how I feel about her."

Tess arched a brow. "That's incredibly sweet of you. I'm impressed, and Melissa will be blown away."

I inclined my head, grateful for her honesty. "Thank you. Do you have any plans this evening?"

"Yup, it involves my couch and a romance novel."

I chuckled. "Nice."

"I will be living vicariously through you and Melissa. So out with it, where are you taking her to dinner?"

My cheek rounded in a half-smile. "I was able to get us a table for two at Felix's."

Tess's eyes went wide, and she played with her necklace. "Oh my God, on such short notice? How?"

I ran a hand down the back of my head. "I know a guy who knows a guy."

She laughed and narrowed her eyes. "One of those guys wouldn't happen to be Scott Dunn, would they?"

“Maybe.” I winked.

Tess shook her head, stunned. "God, Scott knows everybody in Pine Haven and Greenvale. All right, I hope you and Melissa have a wonderful evening. Remember, don’t keep her out too late. She’s starting a new job tomorrow."

Shit, I forgot about that. Melissa was about to get a whole lot busier. Tess swung a gigantic purse around to the backside of her shoulder and opened her arms. I leaned forward and gave her a friendly hug before she walked toward her car.

"Clay."

I looked over my shoulder. "Yeah?"

Tess wrung her hands together, uncharacteristically anxious. "Melissa's really excited about tonight, and this is the first time that I've seen her this happy in a long time. Please be careful with her feelings. She's precious to me."

I nodded in complete understanding. I didn’t want my feelings to confuse Melissa or end up hurting her, either. I also wanted to avoid getting my heart stomped on in the process as well. "She's precious to me, too."

Tess clapped her hands together in one finite motion. "Okay then, you two kids have a great night."

I turned back to Melissa’s front door, and my heart palpitated. Although I’d made love to Melissa last night and woke up with her in my arms this morning, standing outside her front door, getting ready to take her out for her birthday, and have a serious conversation made me nervous as hell.

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