His Curvy Cougar (The Halloween Honeys) by Chantel Seabrook

Author:Chantel Seabrook [Seabrook, Chantel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

7

Samantha

“We’re not dating,” I tell Tillie, my cheeks warming with embarrassment that I’m even having this conversation about her brother. I’m sitting on the bed watching her go through my collection of shoes, the only thing we’re the same size in.

“Austen sure thinks you are. And you’ve spent every day—” She coughs and says with a smirk, “And every night with him for the past week.”

“We’re working on the haunted house. We’ve spent how many afternoons at the hospital with Henry making decorations? The haunted house starts tomorrow so we’ve been focused on that.”

“Fair enough,” Tillie says. “Still, you guys are going at it like rabbits.”

I roll my eyes, hating that everyone in the sorority knows about me and Austen—and also hating how thin the walls are in this house.

“Right,” she says, holding up a pair of three-inch black pumps. “These are perfect. Can I borrow them?”

I nod, trying to focus on my dissertation, which has gotten very little attention lately. Even though my advisor says it’s more than ready, the perfectionist in me can’t stop worrying that it isn’t good enough.

But isn’t that my life — constantly worrying that I’m not good enough.

And yet with Austen I feel...like I am.

It’s scary. Because I’m just waiting for the ball to drop. For something to happen, or for him to make a comment. Anything that will make me push him away. Because that’s something else I do.

Tillie stands at the edge of my bed, dangling the shoes in one hand. “Well, I’m just happy you’re finally putting yourself out there. Even if it is with my brother. And just so you know I warned him that if he hurts you, I’ll—”

There’s a knock on the door, and Austen is leaning there against the frame, a smirk on his handsome face. “Always with the threats, Tillie.” He clucks his tongue at his sister, messing her hair as he walks by, then kisses me hard before flopping down on the bed beside me.

Tillie rolls her eyes at him. “Your balls have been warned. That’s all I’m saying.”

“Hey, I’m your blood,” he says, taking my hands and brushing his lips casually across my knuckles, sending a million little sparks racing up my arm as he continues to banter with his sister. “Shouldn’t you be worried about me? It’s my heart that’s in danger of being crushed.”

I know he’s just joking, but I see Tillie’s brows raise, and something pass between them, some sibling communication I’m not part of, before she turns to leave, shutting the door behind her.

“We so need to get our own place where my sister isn’t around all the time,” he says, pinning me down so my back is against the bed and his hard thigh is between mine.

Our own place? I know it’s another one of his nonchalant comments. But it makes me think about the future. It won’t be long before I’m going to have to start looking for a place to live, for a job.

My body hums as

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