Meant to be More (Meant to Be Series Book 4) by Amelia Foster

Author:Amelia Foster [Foster, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-06-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Dean

Present Day

For the fifth time Dean flipped over on the couch, trying desperately to find a position comfortable enough to finally fall asleep while knowing his insomnia had nothing to do with the sofa and everything to do with the memory of Jillian's lips on his. The reality of kissing an all-grown-up Jillian had nothing on their past teenage experiments or the fantasies he’d concocted in his own head.

Just as the first fingers of light began to stretch across the sky, Dean’s eyes finally closed and stayed that way until the strong aroma of fresh coffee teased his nose and pried his lids apart. He rolled onto his side and propped himself up on one elbow to look over the back of the couch and into the kitchen where Jillian was moving around.

She turned from the refrigerator to the island and jumped slightly when her gaze landed on him. “You’re awake.”

Dean groaned, fell back onto the pillow, and threw an arm over his eyes. “That’s the rumor.” After a few moments he summoned the energy to sit up and plant his feet on the floor. “I’ve never needed coffee more in my life.”

He padded into the kitchen, attempting to step around Jillian as she assembled two breakfast sandwiches and heaped fried potatoes onto plates. Just as he filled his cup and moved to grab creamer from the fridge, she turned and they bumped into each other.

Simultaneous “I’m sorry’s” jumbled together and ended with Jillian heaving a hefty sigh. Her emerald green eyes locked onto his and his stomach churned.

She set the dishes on the table and leaned her hip against the surface. “Time to talk, Sparky.” She pulled her chair out, sat down, and gestured to his normal place at the table.

Dean fixed his coffee and took a seat diagonal to the one Jillian occupied. “Whatcha need to talk about?” As if he didn’t know. As if he hadn’t spent his entire night reliving every caress of her lips on his. As if he didn’t want to take this chance to tell her how he really felt for her.

“We’ve both been weird around each other since last night and that’s the last thing I want to happen to our friendship, much less to have that hanging over us for this…” she gestured between the two of them “…thing.”

His lips twitched with a repressed grin. “You mean marriage. The word is marriage. Wedded bliss. Happily ever after. Riding off into the sunset—”

She held up one hand. “All right, Sparky, let’s not get carried away. You know what I mean.” She dropped the fork she’d been holding and laid her hand on top of his, squeezing slightly. “There is nothing in this world worth ruining our friendship. You’ve been the only constant in my life since I was seven years old. I…don’t want to lose that.”

Dean shoved a small mountain of ketchup-covered fried potatoes into his mouth, not pulling away from the light grip she held on his other hand. The

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