Matchmaking and Mixtapes by Marie Landry

Author:Marie Landry
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: friendship, romantic comedy, best friends, canadian, contemporary romance, sweet romance, romcom, friends to lovers, best friends brother
Publisher: Marie Landry

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Having a team of professionals do my hair and makeup for my birthday seems completely over the top, and yet I can’t deny the results are incredible. So incredible, in fact, I can’t stop staring at myself in the mirror after the makeup artist has packed up and left. I twist and turn, admiring my glowing skin and the soft curls that frame my face.

It doesn’t escape me how lucky I am to have my own ‘Glam Squad’ as Mom called them; a lot of people dream of things like this. And in the spirit of looking for the positives, I know Stella, Hollie, and Louisa will enjoy the pre-party pampering on Saturday.

Mom’s click-clacking heels announce her arrival a moment before she enters my bedroom. When her eyes meet mine in the mirror, she comes to an abrupt halt. “Oh, Evie, you look stunning. You always look lovely, of course, but hiring professionals was a brainwave on my part.” She strides further into the room and comes to stand behind me where I’m still sitting at the vanity table. “I sent your dress in for a few minor adjustments, otherwise I’d have you try it on so we could get the full effect.”

I can’t imagine what ‘minor adjustments’ the dress needed since it fit perfectly, but it’s best not to ask.

“You’re going to make some man very lucky someday, you know,” Mom says.

I groan. “Mom, please—”

She waves off my protest. “Are you bringing a date to the party?”

“You know I’m not.”

“I know no such thing.” She’s still standing behind me. Something about her body language tells me she wants to touch my hair. Not in a loving, motherly way, but in a way that says she wants to adjust something. “You don’t keep me abreast of your dating life.”

“That’s because there’s nothing to tell.” The minute the words are out, I know they’re a mistake. Mom’s wide-eyed curiosity has a voice in my head screeching, ‘Abort, abort!’ I spring to my feet and pace across the floor. What I’d really like to do is flee the room entirely, but she’d only follow me. “Well, not nothing. I’ve been dating on and off, and Fergus will be coming to my party on Saturday. You said yourself how great he is.”

“So it’s okay when Hollie plays matchmaker, but not me?”

“I’d prefer if nobody played matchmaker, but Hollie…” I stop short of saying ‘Hollie at least knows my type’. It’s not that Fergus is necessarily my type, but that’s not the point. Hollie only suggested inviting him as a buffer, and he was happy to oblige. He did his best on Monday, but even with him here, it didn’t stop Mom from thrusting every eligible man in my direction.

“Fergus is more than welcome here anytime, but unless you’re actually dating him, I have someone I’d like you to meet at the party,” Mom says, apparently not noticing how I trailed off mid-sentence. Or choosing to ignore it, which is the more likely scenario. “His name is Jonathan and he works with your father.

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