More Than Anything by Kimberly Lang

Author:Kimberly Lang
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-11-21T13:23:19+00:00

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“He quoted poetry to you?” Charlotte sat cross-legged on Shelby’s bed as Shelby rushed to get ready. Somehow, she was always the one running behind, even though her beauty regime took about a third the effort as Charlotte’s. And while Shelby wasn’t sharing every intimate detail about last night’s adventure, that one was definitely BFF share-worthy. Even if, based on the look on her face, Charlotte was having a very hard time believing it.

“Yeah.” She could hear the sappy sigh in her voice. Maybe Charlotte hadn’t noticed. The idea of poetry might be distracting enough.

“Actual poetry? Not something he made up himself or read on a greeting card once?”

“I had to Google it this morning, but yeah, actual poetry. Seventeenth-century British poetry at that.”

“Wow. I’m not sure how to process that. Was it romantic or smarmy?”

“Believe it or not, it was sexy.”

Charlotte fanned herself. “A hot nerd. That’s my fantasy, you know. I just might swoon.”

“I nearly did.” Shelby dug for her mascara. In the mirror, she could see Charlotte’s eyebrows go up, questioning her primping.

“Do you think it was a line? You know, his signature ‘panty-melting’ move, perfected with his bros for picking up girls?”

Well, that would take some of the swoon out of the memory. But in a way, she almost wished it had been a line. Guys smart enough to reel off poetry at the drop of a hat . . . that was new. And a little intimidating. At the same time, though . . . “It didn’t seem like it. But either way, it worked. Like a charm.”

Charlotte clapped her hands like a little girl. “Yay, you! I’m so happy. And just to put it out there, I told you so.”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever.” Charlotte could gloat all she wanted. Shelby was still floating on enough afterglow and endorphins to be magnanimous about it.

“So tell me why we’re going to a football game, then? Why are you not down on that boat making some waves?”

“Because it’s homecoming, and we’d already planned it. I’m not going to ditch you like that.” She frowned at her hair. She’d tried curling it, but it was flat again already.

“Consider me ditched, honey. He’s only here for a short time. You should make the most of it.”

The fact Declan was only here for a short time kind of made it even more important not to make too much of it. There was a line between having a good time and setting yourself up to be miserable later. She’d watched Ryan fall into that trap just last year when he’d fallen for Helena, only for him to be miserable when she left. She’d seen her friends—even Charlotte—overinvest in the chemistry and hormones of tourists, only to crash when vacation was over and everyone went back to their usual lives. A fling with Declan was a nice distraction, but not worth standing up her real friends over. Plus . . . “And have everyone in Magnolia Beach wonder where I was?

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