Not the Girl You Marry by ANDIE J. CHRISTOPHER

Author:ANDIE J. CHRISTOPHER
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2019-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

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JACK WAS GLAD THAT he hadn’t told his father or brother about the story. They would have given away the whole game because they were shit liars, and he liked that they seemed to like her. He’d really liked walking into his father’s kitchen and seeing her there, sitting with the old man. As though she belonged there and belonged with him.

When he saw her there, swathed in something soft and cashmere, sipping a cheap, domestic beer with his dad, he’d had to admit to himself that this wasn’t entirely about the story. This was about him wanting to spend time with this woman. Sure, if she got comfortable with him, she’d be sure to say something that would give him a clue as how to best repulse her, but he was self-aware enough to know that he didn’t want to do that tonight.

He was going to lose her; that was a given. In the meantime, he wanted to savor her.

“Did you order pizza?”

His dad slapped the table sharply and said, “Yep.”

Jack put his hand on Hannah’s lower back, intending to lead her into the living room, but Michael stopped them. “You’re not a vegetarian, are you?”

Hannah choked on her beer a little bit. “Is pepperoni a vegetable?”

Michael laughed. “Funny, too. How’d you end up with my loser brother?”

Her spine stiffened under Jack’s hand. “He’s not a loser.”

Warmth spread through his chest at her defending him, but his growing tenderness toward Hannah didn’t stop him from saying, “Yeah, says the guy getting the divorce.”

Michael had no room to comment on Jack’s relationships. His brother might have gotten married right out of college and settled down into the family business like a good son, but he hadn’t chosen well. Karen had made Michael’s life miserable with her insane jealousy when they’d started dating, and he’d thought it would get better once they got married. Jack couldn’t remember a holiday when Karen wasn’t sulking about Michael allegedly flirting with someone in front of her.

That was where Jack’s idea to flirt with Darcy had actually come from. But, like most things, emulating his brother’s habits didn’t work for him.

“Come on up to my room.” He tugged on Hannah’s hand and led her toward the stairs. “I want to show you my baseball cards.”

“Is that what they’re calling it nowadays?”

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