Kicking it with the Billionaire: Out and Kickin' Book 4 by Riley Long

Author:Riley Long [Long, Riley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Bennett

Spending time with Dex had put me on cloud nine. My heart was light, and I made my way through work the following week with a spring in my step every day. I was still walking on air a week later, in fact. Mom’s cancer treatments were going well, and the doctors were speaking with cautious optimism. There was only one thing hanging over my head that wasn’t great, and that was the fact that I needed to come clean to Mom and Tamara about the grant money. Instead of dwelling on it, though, I spent my free time daydreaming about Dex at work, talking about Dex to friends, and texting Dex every evening. I even dreamed about Dex at night. I was like a teenager again, absolutely infatuated with my crush.

On Friday, Mom called me and asked me to come to lunch the next day, the same day I was supposed to go to the concert with Dex. I told her I could come, but what I didn’t tell her was I had to leave early enough to get home and change before Dex picked me up. I wasn’t quite ready to spill about my… what was he, anyway? Just a guy I’d hung out with… gone on a date with… fucked. Well, I definitely wasn’t going to tell them the last part, that much was for sure.

I arrived at Mom and Tam’s house, the home I’d grown up in, which was about a half hour outside of Port Grandlin, a little after noon. I had a store-bought apple pie in my hand. I always tried to bring dessert when we got together, and that day was no different. When I came through the door, Mom jumped up from where she was resting on the couch and rushed to hug me, careful not to squish the pie as she wrapped her arms around my neck.

“Mmm, I’m so glad you’re here.” The hug was warm and firm and lasted a little too long. When she released me, she took the pie out of my hands and hurried into the kitchen with it.

“I see you’re still feeling good.” I knew from Tamara’s reports that Mom had her good and bad days.

She shrugged. “Some days are better than others, I suppose.”

“Where’s Tamara?” I asked. A moment later, Tam came in from the backyard where, I assumed, she’d been working in the garden. She pulled off dirty gardening gloves and tossed them in a basket near the door before going to the kitchen to wash her hands. “How’s the garden?”

“It’s good! I was just putting the pansies in. Morning glories were in last week. What’s new with you?” Heat rushed my cheeks before I had a chance to respond, and Tam picked up on it right away. “Ooh, what’s his name?”

Dammit. I wasn’t going to get into this today. I looked at my feet and exhaled slowly. “Dex,” I mumbled before looking up to meet Tam’s gaze.

“Great name. Is he hot?”

“Tamara!” Mom chided.

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