NINE_Boyle Heights by Elizabeth Reyes

Author:Elizabeth Reyes [Reyes, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-06-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Drew

“Yes.”

The moment Drew sputtered out her breathless response, she regretted it. But it was too late. She was already caught in those intense eyes again. Only this time there was more to what she saw in them than the yearning she thought she’d imagined earlier.

“You are?”

His near-whispered answer made it all too clear. Drew’s delusional ass had gotten so completely caught up in the incredibly romantic songs she’d assumed the ridiculous: that he was asking if she was in love with him. But how in the world could she backpedal now and admit to that because . . . what the hell?

“I-I mean . . . of course.” She shrugged, feeling like a complete idiot now. “He’s my fiancé. We’ve been saying we love each other for months now. It feels . . . I mean it is natural.”

Liar!

Yes, she’d said it back after he’d said the words to her several times because it felt so damn awkward not to. She’d convinced herself she may as well get used to it since he was going to be her husband eventually. But it absolutely didn’t feel natural. In fact, every time she’d been forced to say it since the first time weighed so much heavier on her conscience, she’d actually begun to consider breaking things off. It just didn’t feel right. And after today, the whole damn relationship would feel like even more of a sham.

For an instant, Drew’s thoughts were distracted by Nine’s moving Adam’s apple, but they were back on his eyes when he began to speak again. “I was just—”

“I’ll take it from here.”

Drew’s heart spiked at the sound of Brad’s voice so near, even more so as he and Nine faced off before Nine backed away. She was only slightly relieved to see Beast was now dancing with his mom, and Ali and Lila were dancing together, looking a little teary eyed. Brad wasn’t the only one cutting into someone’s dance.

Though they hadn’t actually practiced it last night, Celeste had explained that, after the first few dances, the parents and closest family members could cut in to dance with the bride and groom, and the rest of the wedding party could either continue to dance or cut in with the bride and groom themselves if they wished. So this wasn’t the scene she thought it might turn into. But the relief was short-lived.

Brad pulled her close to him, leaning into the side of her face, and spoke in a lowered voice. “What the fuck is up with you and this guy?”

Drew pulled away, doing her best to feign appalled bewilderment but spoke just as low as him. “What do you mean? He’s my partner in this wedding. I have assigned seating and this dancing stuff is part of the wedding. You know this.”

“Yeah, well, for a minute there, I thought you two might start making out.”

Feeling the heat of mortification creep up her spine and neck, she continued the charade of pretending to be aghast by his accusation.

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