Loyal Love by Henry Max

Author:Henry, Max
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Max Henry
Published: 2019-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

LACEY

“Stay the night,” I tell Greer.

She stares out the window over the kitchen sink, watching Colt where he rests against the fender of his Explorer, head down immersed in his phone.

“I didn’t bring anything with me.”

“So?” I lean a hip against the counter with my hand rested on the sleek surface to face her. “You can use my stuff. You fit my clothes.”

She glances down at my school uniform. “I guess.”

“Let him go home on his own,” I urge. “He can have the time and space to get over himself, and you can use the break away to think over whatever this thing is, or isn’t, between you.” I grimace, still unsure how I feel about thinking of them like that.

Turning a blind eye to Colt’s ways with girls was so much easier when the woman in question wasn’t my friend.

“I wouldn’t be imposing on anything?” Greer asks, hugging herself with one arm.

I shake my head. “Tuck said he’d come over tomorrow morning. I don’t have any plans for tonight.” Although… I tug my bottom lip between my teeth.

“What?” She cocks her head to one side, eyes narrowed.

“Stay the night,” I ramble in a rush. “We’ll get dressed up, head over to Maggie’s.”

“Why?” The curiosity is evident in Greer’s tone.

“Why not?” I push off the counter, eager to get Colt going and this plan underway. “I haven’t had a proper girl’s night in so long.” Chin tucked to my chest, I give her my best cutie-eyes. “Please?”

“Fine.” She fights a smile. “But let me break it to him, okay?”

I can’t contain myself. Greer laughs while I clap my hands, squeeing a little. Mandy and Cate have been fabulous, and Maggie is a treasure, but there’s nothing like dress-ups and gossip with my Riverbourne bestie.

Greer excuses herself, heading out to let Colt know the plan. I watch—like the nosey creeper I am—from the kitchen window. I don’t want either of them to get hurt, but this is something they need space to work out before they dive in amidst the heat of the moment.

If I had my time again, I might have taken it slower with Tuck for the same reason. But I don’t regret what we have anyway. Whatever that truly is.

Colt waves before he disappears inside his car, his face an unmoving storm. Greer turns for the house, head down, and seemingly fights the urge to turn around as my brother reverses out the driveway.

She steps into the kitchen with an enormous sigh. “He said that he’d call you in the morning. He’s coming to the party tomorrow to keep an eye on you.”

Of course, he his. “I don’t have my phone anymore, remember?”

She closes her eyes briefly. “Yes. But I have mine.”

Right. I step forward, sliding my hands beneath hers. “Hey.” Greer lifts her head to look at me. “I’m sorry for being weird about it, okay? It just … took me by surprise.”

“You and me both,” she weakly jokes.

I tug Greer closer and throw my arms around her neck.

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