Kissing the Maid of Honor by Robin Bielman

Author:Robin Bielman
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Secret Wishes#1
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Bliss)
Published: 2013-04-24T10:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“What are you staring at?”

Sela flinched and almost fell off the edge of the bleacher seat. “Nothing.”

“You are such a liar,” Kayla Ellis said. “You’re staring at Luke’s butt. I would be, too, if I wasn’t already married. He is one fine specimen of a man.”

“He is, right? I shouldn’t feel guilty for thinking—”

“About seeing him naked? No, not at all.”

“Kayla!” Sela bumped her pregnant friend’s shoulder, careful to be gentle. “That is not what I’m thinking.”

“Wow, you are the queen of liars tonight. You must really like him.”

“I don’t like him. He is a thorn in my side that won’t go away, that’s all.” Sela moved her gaze to the outfield and away from home plate where Luke currently stood. She wanted him to strike out and hit a homerun. She was seriously messed up.

More so since he’d almost kissed her last night. He’d thought she kissed like a corpse the last time they tried. Why would he want a repeat performance?

“A sexy thorn,” Kayla said.

He was. “I’m doomed.” Sela deflated, her elbows landing on her knees, her shoulders sagging.

“I don’t think so. Danny wanted to fix him up with this gorgeous teacher—she was Miss Oregon or something—last weekend and Luke said he wasn’t interested.”

Sela sat up. “Really?”

Kayla put a hand on Sela’s leg. “As usual, you’re not giving yourself enough credit. Did you see that?” Kayla nodded to the side.

“See what?”

“Luke just peeked over his shoulder, and he was not looking at me.”

Luke swung the bat and hit it over the center fielder’s head. He ran around the bases, stopping at second. Other wives, girlfriends, and fans sitting a few rows down the bleachers whistled and cheered.

“The thing is, he’s only in town until after the wedding. I’m not that kind of girl, Kay. I can’t do some quickie thing and then watch him leave.” She sighed. “But the bigger issue is Shane and Luke’s family. I’m worried about what my brother will say. And even if our intention is just to have some fun, what would Luke’s parents think of me if they knew we’d hooked up? Paula is like a second mom to me; I don’t want to disappoint her. And don’t even get me started on Vanessa.”

“Okay, I get it. But life is short. Sometimes you have to live for today and not worry about tomorrow.”

Tears pricked the backs of her eyes. Didn’t she know that. Today at work she’d found out Liam’s staph infection wasn’t responding to the antibiotics and the infection had spread.

“Hey! What’s got you two looking so serious?” Erin said. “This is baseball. There is nothing serious about baseball. Here.” She handed Kayla a seat cushion and sat down in front of them. “I stole that from Candy Brewer when she wasn’t looking.”

“One, thank you,” Kayla said. “And two, do not let my husband hear you say baseball is not serious. He’ll give an hour-long speech about why it is.”

“I can handle Danny. We’ve got a bigger issue to deal with.

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