No Place Like You: A Slow Burn Forced Proximity Romantic Comedy (Best I Never Had Book 2) by Jeannie Choe

Author:Jeannie Choe [Choe, Jeannie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Love N. Books Press
Published: 2025-04-02T00:00:00+00:00

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Lucy

I spend the rest of Sunday evening folding laundry and eating more Thai food. I thought I’d be sick of it by now but with so many menu options and Dexter’s agreement that there’s nothing better than a meal completed with mango sticky rice, I couldn’t be swayed to choose something else.

So we lounge on the couch, stuffing our faces and discussing all the times we missed each other. How I thought of him from thousands of miles away and how he found any excuse to bring me up in conversation with Nat and Hayden. Asking how I was doing, hoping he’d catch me on the phone with my sister. All those times when we could’ve just picked up the phone and called each other.

We finally book our flights to Hawaii. Dexter helps me look into shipping costs to send some of my things back home so I won’t have to take my entire suitcase I’ve been living out of with me to Hawaii. He switches on his PlayStation while I fill out forms for the renter’s insurance claim. The property manager emailed me the paperwork, finally sealing the deal to end my lease agreement. I was relieved when I got the email notification, since I still need the money to replace my laptop, and grateful I didn’t have to reach out with legal threats or a bad Yelp review. I just hoped whatever I get from the insurance is enough to cover a new one.

Over the chaotic yet somehow comforting clicks of his PlayStation controller and the sun slowly eclipsing behind skyscrapers, I sit by Dexter’s side and finish sending off everything to the insurance company. I online shop for a bridesmaids dress using the color swatches Nat sent me, and Dexter gives me his full attention every time I show him a new dress, following up each approving nod with comments like, “I like the straps on that one” or, “That one would look really nice on you.” We call Janet after dinner time, checking in on her while she receives yet another round of antibiotics, and she smiles at us as we squish together to fit on the narrow phone screen.

By the end of the night, when we’re both stifling yawns, we meander our way to our separate bedrooms. I don’t want to leave his side, and it seems like he doesn’t want to leave mine. He lingers at my doorway, loosely holding on to my hand and crowding me against the frame.

“So…we should do this again sometime.”

I laugh, feeling like I’m floating on a big, fluffy cloud. He tucks his hand under my chin and brings my lips to his, and we both melt into this deep, lingering kiss that makes me flash through every kiss I’ve ever had, trying to remember if I’ve ever been kissed like this.

He presses his hand against the hard surface of the doorframe next to my right ear and looks at me, his gaze flitting to my lips and back to my eyes.

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