That Summer: A Small Town, Friends-to-Lovers Romance (That Boy Book 6) by Jillian Dodd

Author:Jillian Dodd [Dodd, Jillian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swoonworthy Books
Published: 2020-11-23T18:30:00+00:00

We snack and drink—well, mostly, he eats, and I drink. I’m on my second cup of champagne. And I’m finally—thankfully—starting to feel it a little.

“It’s funny. Your mom and Jennifer and I were talking about life and love the other day on the dock, and somehow, they got on the subject of losing their virginity. Jennifer was in the back of a pickup, like this.”

“Sounds romantic,” he scoffs, rolling his eyes.

“No, she said it actually was. I guess he went out and bought a blow-up camping mattress, put it in the back of his truck, and covered it with quilts his grandmother had made. They parked by the lake, ate a picnic he had packed, drank a cheap bottle of wine, and did it that night, under the stars.”

Chase raises an eyebrow at me and smirks. “If you were still a virgin, we could re-create that now. Just replace the cheap wine with good champagne. Are you ever going to tell me what happened with you and Matt?”

“I really don’t want to talk about Matt.”

Chase gives me that look.

“Fine. Let’s say that I was committed to him, but he didn’t return the favor.”

“You realize that everyone knows that, right? That I’ve known that?”

“Then, why did you make me tell you? Feel the need to rub it in? Hurt me more?”

“Absolutely not. I just want you to talk to me. You can talk to me about guys, you know.”

“Does that mean you’ll talk to me about girls?”

“What do you want to know?”

“I saw Kelsey’s name on the calendar,” I growl. I can practically feel my fangs coming out.

“Yeah, her grandparents have a condo just around the bend of the lake. She thought it would be fun for us to hang out.”

“It’s supposed to be family only.”

“Her trip was planned well before mine. They come the same week every year. I asked my parents and your dad before I told her it was okay. I don’t know why you care. It’s not like we’ve been hanging out that much despite my attempts.”

“Your attempts?” I scoff. “You’ve been going to the resort, picking up girls.”

“I didn’t go tonight.”

“Because you said you were tired.”

“Because I was hoping to spend time with you. But I’m not going to beg, Dani. A guy can only take so much of having his heart stomped on before he just gives up.”

I whip my head in his direction and suck in a breath. “I’ve stomped on your heart?”

He leans back. “Maybe you are like my mom,” he states. “Everyone said she was clueless, too.”

“But she told me she wasn’t! She told me how they used to stare up at the stars and think about how infinitely big the universe was and how small they felt in comparison. She said that’s why it took them so long to get together. Because she felt small in comparison to how big their love felt.”

“Is that how you feel?” he asks, leaning toward me, his eyes full of emotion.

“I understand why she felt that way.

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