Set Up in SoHo by Davis Dee

Author:Davis, Dee [Davis, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780312367619
Amazon: 0312367619
Goodreads: 2969813
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2008-03-18T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The party was a smashing success. The food all turned out wonderfully, thanks in no small part to Bernie and Clinton. It was just so much easier with more hands in the kitchen. And Bethany and Michael had arrived to the popping of the champagne cork. Delighted with Vanessa’s news, Bethany had been grateful, I think, for the shift of focus. It made it easier for Michael, who turned out to be a bit on the shy side.

Mark and Vanessa, not surprisingly, had made an early exit, followed by Cybil and Stephen and then Bernie, who had to forcibly be dissuaded from doing the dishes by Clinton and Ethan. The two of them had then volunteered for the task, much to my amusement and surprise, and Michael, not to be outdone, had gone downstairs to join them, although I suspected that had more to do with not being left alone with three women than any real desire to help with the washing up.

Anyway, left to ourselves, Bethany, Cassie, and I had moved from the table to deck chairs, the night surprisingly mild. Below us, Manhattan surged on, oblivious to the passing of time. Truly a city that never slept. But up here, it was peaceful. The quiet broken only by the occasional sounds from the traffic below.

“So tell me the truth,” Bethany said, after shooting a quick look in the direction of the staircase. “What do you think of Michael?”

“He seems nice enough.” Cassie shrugged. “A little quiet, maybe.”

“He’s certainly different from the men you usually date,” I said.

“In a bad way?” Bethany frowned.

“No. Of course not,” I backpedaled. “I was just agreeing with Cassie. He’s quiet. And you’ve got to admit, most of the guys you’ve been with were a bit more outgoing.” An understatement, actually. Bethany had always had a tendency toward men with big personalities. “Life of the party” types. And Michael was definitely cast from a different mold.

“I think maybe that’s why I like him. Because he’s different.”

“You seem really happy,” Cassie said. “In fact, both of you do. Almost makes relationships seem like something worthwhile.”

“They are,” Bethany said. “I mean, what’s more important than finding the right person to spend the rest of your life with?”

“Having a good time.” Cassie reached for the wine bottle to refill her glass. “Life is too short to waste precious time looking for something that I’m not even sure exists.”

“But you said earlier that you were thinking of keeping Macy around. That sounds like a relationship to me.”

“A momentary weakness.” She shook her head. “I’ll leave relationships to the two of you.”

“Well, I’m hardly the poster child,” I protested.

“So says the woman with a man downstairs doing her dishes. If that’s not domesticity, I don’t know what is.”

“Ethan is wonderful. I’m the first to admit it. But that doesn’t mean we’re serious about each other. We’ve only just started going out.”

“Michael and I haven’t been going out that long and we’re serious,” Bethany said. “Or at least I think we are.

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