Just Add Friendship (Everly Falls Book 3) by Heather B. Moore

Author:Heather B. Moore [Moore, Heather B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mirror Press
Published: 2023-11-06T16:00:00+00:00

“HE’S TOO GOOD TO BE true,” Steph told Brandy over the phone. She’d called to discuss the barbecue, but they’d ended up discussing Cal Conner instead.

“Is that possible?” Brandy asked. “Maybe you’re just in love and wearing rose-colored glasses. Everyone has flaws—only his aren’t bugging you.”

“He doesn’t have flaws.” Steph had a client in about twenty minutes. In fact, it was Lydia, so Steph answered Brandy’s call thinking it might be about her mom. “That’s my whole point.”

“What about all the tragedy he’s been through? He was homeless, then estranged from his dad …”

“He’s turned all those things into strengths,” Steph complained as she sorted the shipment of hair product that had arrived earlier in the day.

“Huh,” Brandy continued. “I think you’re right. Which makes him resilient, amazing, and sexy—because, you know, he’s definitely well put-together.”

Steph closed her eyes and sighed. Brandy was right. But so was she. And she needed to call Cal back. He’d been nothing but great, and now she’d ghosted him. Well, not fully ghosted him. He’d been out of reach for several days. But apparently, he was back, because he’d left a message on her phone the day before. A message she’d listened to several times if only to appreciate the low rumble of his voice. He’d also texted this morning: Is everything okay?

“So …” Brandy prompted after the long moment of silence. “Are you bringing him tomorrow to the barbecue?”

“I can’t,” Steph said. “It will lead him on more. And if I see him in person, it will be too hard to tell him that I’m not interested in his brand of perfect.”

Brandy didn’t laugh like Steph expected her to. “What’s really going on, Steph? You’re the one who’s usually jilted, and you’ve been hurt many times because of it. Do you really want to be the one to do that to Cal with no rhyme or reason?”

“I have a lot of reasons.” Steph broke down an empty box and tossed it into the garbage pile she was collecting to take to the trash. How she was going to let Cal know he was uninvited to the barbecue, she hadn’t decided. She needed to do it today at some point, or he’d just show up at her place tomorrow. She had a hunch he wasn’t going to let her ghost him for too much longer.

“Being too amazing isn’t a valid reason.”

“There are no red flags about him,” Steph said. “That’s a red flag right there.”

“Okay, Steph,” Brandy said with a sigh. “I can’t make you like the guy no matter how great he is.”

Steph didn’t answer because she did like Cal. Maybe even more than like. That’s why she wasn’t able to see his flaws clearly. With any other guy she’d ever dated, it had been relatively simple to spot their flaws—she’d then decide that they were okay to live with, until the big doozies came along.

“Say hi to my mom for me,” Brandy continued in a too-cheerful tone. “Ask if she’s dating anyone. She’s been denying it, but I still wonder.

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