Pretty In Ink: A BBW Novella by Merryn Dexter

Author:Merryn Dexter [Dexter, Merryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-10-21T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Six

“Someone’s putting some roses in your cheeks, my girl.” There was a hint of teasing in Amy Jensen’s voice, as she descended the last few steps into the foyer. Aubrey smiled and kissed her great aunt on both cheeks before tucking her hand in the curve of her elbow. They strolled together across the marble floor and into the day room, where a tray of mimosas waited on a walnut side table. Helen Jensen’s Sunday brunch was a summons few ignored, her youngest daughter included. The past week with Garrett had flown by in a flurry of laughter and love making. A low-grade tension still hung around him about the licensing inspection, but the agent had found nothing out of order.

Aubrey gathered two of the long-stemmed glasses, and steered Amy toward the chaise beneath the window, settling them both before turning to study this morning’s crop of guests, including their neighbors and a few couples her parents socialized with at the club. The usual crowd.

Marissa stood with her back to them. The sleeveless primrose yellow sheath dress she wore emphasized the thinness of her frame. Aubrey didn’t like the exaggerated way her sister’s shoulder blades stood out through the thin material. She was talking to Brock and, Aubrey realized with a frown, Kenny Ross. He looked up, catching her eye before she could glance away. With a smile as fake as the caps on his teeth, he crossed the room toward them.

“You have got to be fucking kidding me.” Her muttered comment caught Aunt Amy’s attention.

“I take it this isn’t the source of those blushes.” No one could do dry comments like her great aunt.

“Absolutely not. Hush, I’ll tell you later.” Aubrey gulped half the mimosa, cursing her mother for having them mixed so weakly. “Kenny, I wasn’t expecting to see you here.” After his obnoxious behavior at the bar, and that weird scene on her doorstep, she had rather hoped not to see him again. Foolish really with the wedding so close.

“I tried to call you. Left a few messages…” The expectation in his tone staggered her.

Asshole. She held the word in and settled for her best resting bitch face. She owed him nothing more than a kick in the balls. “I’ve been busy.”

Anger twisted his bland handsome features into something ugly. “Slumming it with that barman, no doubt.” How on earth does he know about me and Garrett? A waft of Chanel, and the small yaps of a Pomeranian announced her mother’s arrival, cutting off whatever else he might have been about to say. The easy way his expression shifted from anger to a charming smile stunned her.

“Oh, Aubrey!” Her mother’s perpetual greeting forced her to draw a deep breath.

She mentally scrolled through the list of transgressions she could have committed in the five minutes she’d been in her parents’ home. Deciding it wouldn’t be a good idea to point out the similarity between Helen’s tightly pursed lips and the wriggling butt of the small dog clamped beneath her arm, Aubrey forced a smile and rose to her feet.

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