I Temporarily Do: A Romantic Comedy by Ellie Cahill

Author:Ellie Cahill [Cahill, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-07T18:30:00+00:00

15

The World’s Worst Wingman

My plan was flawed from the start. We’d only been to one bar in town since we’d arrived, so I didn’t know where the good places to go even were. I didn’t want to ask anyone familiar with the area for suggestions, because I couldn’t take the risk that they’d offer to show us around. There was no way I could get Beckett to meet someone if anyone who knew us as a married couple was with us.

I knew I was going to have to wing it. We wanted to be someplace within walking distance of the apartment so no one had to drive, and I knew where most of the stores, restaurants and bars were. We’d just head that direction and look for someplace with a crowd.

That evening, after a dinner of leftover pizza, I told Beckett to get dressed.

“You were serious about that?”

“One-hundred percent.”

He made a face. “But I’m in my studying clothes.” He was wearing a pair of navy blue UC-Irvine sweatpants and a cranberry-colored Middlesex hoodie.

“That’s why you have to change.” I was already dressed to go out in my favorite distressed jeans and a sweater. It wasn’t exactly the kind of sexy I was used to, but it was Iowa and it was cold. I figured a covered up body was sexier than a frostbitten one.

After a bit more complaining, Beckett gave up and went into the bedroom to change. It only took him three minutes to come back out in jeans and a button-down shirt I hadn’t seen since California. It must be so easy to be a guy. Not that he had a lot to choose from that was appropriate for cold weather. Neither of us did.

I have to confess that my eyes widened a bit at the new snug fit of the shirt across his expanded chest. Ashley hadn’t been entirely off base with her whistling and catcalling. The gym agreed with Beckett. It agreed hard.

He held out his hands. “Satisfied?”

I blinked myself back into the here and now and nodded. “You’ll do. Come on, let’s go.”

We put on our recently acquired heavy coats and went out into the dark evening. I still wasn’t used to how much darker it was here at night. So much less light pollution. The stars looked crowded.

“All right, fearless leader, where are we going?” Beckett asked.

“This way,” I said with a confidence I didn’t feel. He couldn’t know that I was bullshitting my way through this evening. I set off in the direction of downtown—such as it was. As we got closer, I realized I was getting excited. It really had been too long since I’d done anything fun. Anything irresponsible.

I smiled at Beckett. “This isn’t so bad, is it?”

He shook his head, but he was smiling. “That remains to be seen.”

It wasn’t long before we hit River Street and the glow of bars open for business. There wasn’t much action on the street, but it was a Sunday night, after all. We

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