Mostly Love by Jayna Fontenot

Author:Jayna Fontenot
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2018-09-14T15:23:03+00:00

Chapter 10

On the following Thursday night, Devin slogged into his place, dropped his duffel on the floor and plopped down on his sofa, still on a high from the game. The Spring Branch varsity basketball team had just beat New Braunfels High 87 to 62, officially moving them into the playoffs. The boys really played, and their star player and point guard, Bradley Cooke, had won the admiration of the Rutgers recruiter that Devin had spoken to last week. It was a good decision, he thought, not telling Brad about the recruiter until minutes before the game. He didn’t want to give him the time to get too nervous, and he knew that Rutgers was Brad’s first choice. It worked out. According to the recruiter, Bradley would likely have an offer by next month. Now, Devin thought, all he’d have to do was keep his grades up.

He supposed he’d have to speak to Bradley’s mother about that.

With a sigh, Devin got up and trudged into the kitchen, grabbed a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water. Finishing it in one gulp, he loosened his tie. Lisa Cooke had really come on strong that night, just like Mariah. Come to think of it, the only woman that hadn’t actively pursued him was Melody. She’d always been, since the moment she first met him, so even-tempered, so unaffected. Hell, it was laborious to get her to flirt. But for whatever reason, she refused to date him. Didn’t she? It was like there was a wall between the two of them, and every time he got close enough to discover more about her, she pushed him away. Devin was positive they were having a good time at Walker’s… at least until Lisa showed up. Then, all of a sudden, she wasn’t interested. Had she left the bar any faster, there’d have been a trail of fire behind her.

He sighed again. A smart man would let this go, he thought. Plenty of fish in the sea, and fishing wasn’t even that hard to do. But Melody was different, and there was something about meeting her that made him feel like he wouldn’t be satisfied biding his time with anybody else. Until he’d kissed her in that store of hers, women had always felt temporary. Melody felt… well, permanent. He ran a hand over his face. Fuck it. He placed his glass into the sink and grabbed his keys. It was still early, and with any luck, Melody would just be closing up her shop for the night. He’d already had one win today. Might as well go for another.

Melody finished with her last customer just before nine. Leaving Crystal at the counter, she moved to the double doors to lock them. As was now customary at closing time, Crystal reached under the counter to the stereo controls and cranked the volume all the way up. The women sang, danced and chatted while they counted cash, re-stocked, swept the floors, and reorganized displays.

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