Make You Blush by Beckett Macy

Author:Beckett, Macy [Beckett, Macy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2014-04-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

“Hey, Ryan. You coming to poker?”

Ryan rooted around inside the fridge for a carton of orange juice, nearly dropping his phone and the call to his friend in the process. “Naw, man. I’m taking Joy out tonight for our three-month.”

“Your three-month?” Paul asked. His voice was thick with amusement. “You go, girl!”

Ryan cringed, instantly regretting he’d let that slip. “Shut up.”

“Don’t get your ovaries in a twist,” his friend teased. “Tell me what you’re gonna wear!”

“How about your ass on my boot? I think that would look great.”

Paul laughed. “You’re so touchy.” Then he muttered, “Must be that time of the month.”

After chugging a few sips of cold juice straight from the carton, Ryan told his buddy to do something physically impossible to himself.

“You know I’m just screwing with you,” Paul said. “Congrats, man. I didn’t think you and Joy would make it this long.”

Ryan wrinkled his forehead. “Thanks, I guess.”

“No offense or anything. I just can’t picture you rubbing elbows with her stuffy old man.” Paul belched into the phone like the classy guy he was. “That dude scares the bejeebus out of me. I think it’s his smile. His lips move, but his eyes are empty.”

“That’s the Botox.”

“Whatever. It’s creepy,” Paul said. “So what do her folks think of you?”

Ryan cleared the thickness that had suddenly developed inside his throat. He wanted to blame the juice, but he knew better. “I . . . uh . . . haven’t met them.”

“Still?”

“It’s no big deal,” Ryan said. “She hasn’t met my parents, either.” Never mind that his fosters had retired to Florida while Joy’s folks were right here in town.

“But she introduced you to her friends, right?” Paul asked. “Did they like you? ’Cause that’s the real litmus test, right there. If the friends hate you, your days are numbered.”

Ryan took another swig of juice and let the silence answer for him.

“You haven’t met her friends?” Paul asked. When a few more quiet seconds ticked by, he made a sympathetic grunting noise. “Sorry, man. Tough break. I know you’re really into her.”

“Things are fine.”

“Dude, if she hasn’t made the relationship public, it probably means she’s playing with you. Maybe she got bored and you’re a new flavor of man candy.”

“Did you actually just say man candy?”

“Think about it. She’s already met most of your friends.”

“Only because you came to the shop while she was there,” Ryan pointed out. “It’s not like I arranged an introduction.”

“Look, I’m just sayin’ be prepared. Because it sounds an awful lot like a fuck-and-chuck.”

“No way.” If all Joy wanted was casual sex, she wouldn’t have stuck around for three months. “It’s not like that. She’s just lying low until after the election.”

“Okay, bro.” Despite backing down, the tone of Paul’s voice said he wasn’t convinced. “I hope you get what you want.”

After they said good-bye and disconnected, Ryan shook off his friend’s words. Things with Joy were going better than ever, and he refused to look for trouble where it didn’t exist. Instead, he finished the carton of juice and strode to the shower to get ready for their date.

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