My Bestie's Ex by Piper Rayne

Author:Piper Rayne [Rayne, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-02-17T18:30:00+00:00

We find a bench by the river and sit down to eat our sandwiches.

“I never come down here.” Ethan bites into his sandwich.

“This is my first time.”

“I keep forgetting you’re new to the area. And here I haven’t shown you around at all.”

I shrug with a sly smile. “I haven’t minded what we’ve been doing lately.”

“Me either. But this weekend I’m taking you on a real date.”

“No complaints from me.” I take a sip of my drink and bite my sandwich.

We sit and eat, neither of us saying much, but enjoying a sunny day by the river while a few moms and kids feed the ducks nearby.

“I forgot to tell you. I talked to my sister on Sunday about your blog. She loved it and has already told her friends about it. But she noticed that you haven’t posted for a while?”

I turn on the bench to face him. “I was going to abandon it.”

“Why?” His alarm feels complimentary. “It’s great. You can’t just let that go.”

“I’m a ways past college and though I still don’t have my shit together, I don’t feel like I’m qualified to speak on the topic anymore.”

He nods and licks his lips, swallowing down his bite of his sandwich. He places it next to him and pats the spot on the bench between us. When I don’t slide over, he pats it again.

“What?”

“First of all who says you don’t have your shit together?” He swings his arm around my shoulders, his fingers mindlessly running along my bare neck.

“My brothers are all either married or on their way. They have killer careers making money I’ll never see in my lifetime. My best friend has a great career she loves. I just … I haven’t found my place.”

He doesn’t say much so I continue to nibble on my sandwich.

“You changed course, that’s okay. If you were in finance would you be happy?”

“At least I’d be more established.”

“I asked if you’d be happy?” He touches my nose.

“No, that’s why I left.”

He lowers his chin so he’s staring into my eyes and takes my sandwich, placing it down next to me. “Exactly. You’re happy right now. You have a budding career. Mars And Venus isn’t the end all but believe me there are a lot worse jobs you could have in journalism. I should know. Plus, you moved to this great city and have an amazing boyfriend.”

I smile at the warm feeling in my chest. “Are you?”

“What?”

“My boyfriend?”

His eyes stray for a moment, but he returns them to me. “Yes.”

“But we’ve only been…”

“I’m not a casual kind of guy. Never have been. I knew when you came home with me that first night that we wouldn’t be a one-time thing. So yes, I’m your boyfriend. That is if you’ll have me?”

“Well.” I shrug and hem and haw for a moment. He raises his eyebrows. “Of course I’ll have you.”

“Then it’s official. Should we hold hands down the hallway at work to signify we’re a couple?”

I laugh and my head falls into his chest.

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