Passion, Vows & Babies: Reluctant (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Your Ad Here Book 5) by Allyson Lindt

Author:Allyson Lindt [Lindt, Allyson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-07-01T16:00:00+00:00

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When Saturday evening and dinner with their parents rolled around, that wasn’t an option anymore.

That was okay. He could scowl at her and be aloof, the way he always was. Apparently she expected it.

He was waiting at the restaurant, where they were all supposed to meet. He wasn’t surprised to be the first one here. Dad would be a little late. He always had a hard time finding his way around this town—said the layout of the city didn’t make sense.

Jodie didn’t keep Logan waiting long. She arrived a few minutes later. He tried not to stare, as she crossed the parking lot toward him. It was impossible to ignore the way she looked in that sun dress, though. It was deceptively innocent, like so many things she did. Sleeveless and hugging her torso, it showed off her breasts without exposing more cleavage than was appropriate for dinner with the folks. The skirt flared out at her hips and ended just above her knees.

Is she wearing panties?

What the hell was wrong with him? That should be the last thing he wondered about.

I bet she’ll look even sexier when she starts to show.

Correction—second-to-last thing.

He bit the inside of his cheek until he tasted copper. The pain was almost enough to subdue the heat flooding his body.

He smiled, but was tense, as she drew closer, and she stared back blankly in return.

“About the other day…” He trailed off.

“There’s nothing to say.” Her tone was cold.

“But—”

“Kids, sorry to keep you waiting.” Logan’s dad stepped into view from behind Logan, his arm wrapped around Jodie’s mother’s waist.

“It’s fine. We haven’t been here long.” Logan gave Megan a quick kiss on the cheek, and Jodie exchanged hugs with her and Duke.

In those few short seconds, Jodie’s demeanor shifted from icy to politely distant.

Good. Everything was returning to normal. Their parents wouldn’t think anything was amiss. And nothing was.

“How are you doing, hon?” Megan asked as the four of them headed inside.

Jodie cast a glare at Logan. “Great. A few hiccups here and there, but otherwise fantastic.”

“Hiccups.” Logan forced the sarcasm into his laugh. “Those are on you.” He might not like being the keeper of her secret, but it wasn’t his to share.

“Be nice,” his dad warned.

Megan sighed. “I hoped being away from home, in a less restrictive environment, would help you two learn to get along.”

“Right.” Jodie scoffed. “Not in this century.”

“There’s no reasoning with children.” Logan slid into the bench seat across from their parents.

Jodie took the spot next to him. He tried and failed to ignore the heat of her bare arm against his or the weight of her thigh as it pressed into him.

“Because I’m the unreasonable one, for recognizing you’re as inconsiderate as your friends.” Bitterness tinged Jodie’s words.

Guilt weighed heavy inside him. He didn’t want to pick this fight. He couldn’t think of an alternative, though. He couldn’t do nice without remembering there could be more. “Don’t hate Noah because someone in that apartment is getting some.” That was a low blow, even in the scope of their arguments, but halfway wouldn’t work.

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