Pause by Kylie Scott

Author:Kylie Scott [Scott, Kylie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Kylie Scott
Published: 2021-07-12T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Day one of being a single woman goes like this. My head hurts and my mouth feels like death and my cell won’t stop buzzing. It’s so bad that it wakes up Leif, who’s lying beside me. This is due to drunken late-night discussions that resulted in us both passing out on my bed.

We didn’t mean to sleep together, it just happened. But nothing actually happened other than sleep.

“Make it stop,” he mumbles, face embedded in a white Egyptian cotton pillow with a subtle decorative edging. One of my favorite sets. I choose not to care that they were an engagement gift. If I start letting the existence of Ryan and memories made with him define the value of my belongings then I’ll be down to owning nothing. He got years of my life. He doesn’t get to take another thing from me.

Meanwhile, Leif is not a morning person at the best of times and multiple bottles of champagne the night before can’t be helping. In fact, I’m kind of amazed he’s still beside me on the bed. I figured for sure he’d have been unable to sleep with someone nearby and have snuck out at some stage while I snored the passed-out drunken song of my people. But here he is. Amazing.

I reach over him to grab my cell off the bedside table. “Oh, God.”

“What?”

“Not only have we slept half the day away, but my mother is inundating me with pictures and contact details of assorted single men in the area.”

He opens one eye. “Already?”

“Yes. God help me,” I say. “She’s recommending that I try before I buy with a winking emoji. This is horrifying. What the hell has gotten into her?”

“What would her friends at church say about that?”

I shake my head. “I don’t want to know. Part of me worries they put her up to it. That’s an even more horrifying thought.”

With much grumbling and groaning, Leif rolls onto his back. He’s still in his faded black tee and blue jeans from last night. I’m still in my evening gown. When his gaze flicks over my chest region, I do a quick check to ensure the girls are covered. God bless double-sided tape. All necessities remain hidden. No such luck for my bird’s nest of a hairdo. And the intimacy of waking up beside him is . . . a lot. But I can ignore that. No problem.

“Does Denise actually believe that you’re going to rush out and get remarried without checking the fit first?” he asks, smothering a yawn.

“Checking the fit.” I grin. “I’ve never heard it described that way. I don’t know. Maybe she has doubts as to my ability to both find and go on a date. Perhaps she’s gotten the hots for the idea of having grandkids. I don’t know. Considering she didn’t even like spending time with me when I was a child, I don’t see how this is going to work.” I scroll through the unending messages. Mom’s dedication sure is something.

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