The Beauty's Groom: Sweet, Christian, Football (Last Play Christmas Romances Book 6) by Taylor Hart

Author:Taylor Hart [Hart, Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ArchStone Ink
Published: 2019-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Forest had put in a full day of skiing, but he’d been looking forward to dinner all day, knowing that Lu would be with them. Now, as they sat at the little Mexican place, he, Tricia, and Marcus devoured three bowls of chips and salsa without taking a breath. The server stopped by every other minute, refilling their appetizers and laughing along with them. Forest guzzled water like crazy, too.

Lu grinned at all of them. “You guys are starving after skiing.”

Marcus inhaled another chip, then pointed at Lu. “You’re coming tomorrow, doctor lady. No excuses.”

“No,” she said, laughing nervously. “I’m a horrible skier, really.”

Tricia turned to her. “We’ll do the bunny hill with you, don’t worry.”

“Yeah.” Forest nodded, munching on more chips. “We’ll scale it back for you, Lulabelle, okay?”

Lu froze. Carefully, she set her glass on the table; her hand was shaking.

Instinctively, Forest knew he’d said something wrong. “What?”

She blinked. “Nothing.”

“Nah,” Marcus said. “That was something.”

She let out a sigh. “My dad used to call me Lulabelle.”

Forest realized they didn’t know much about her father, either. He suddenly wanted to ask a million questions about her.

“You want to talk about it?” Tricia asked.

Lu shook her head and took her first chip.

“So tonight, we have to finish Iron Man 2. Man, we’re not getting through these very fast.” Marcus scoffed. “Lu, you’re going to have to start waiting up for us while we do our Christmas shopping.”

Lu snapped out of her reverie. “Oh, the Christmas secret shopping thing.”

Tricia gave Forest a look. “Maybe Lu could come tonight.”

His heart raced, and he thought about how he’d wanted to tell her the first night. “Maybe.”

Lu stared at him.

He smiled wider, liking that he was teasing her.

All of them were quiet as the server set their food in front of them. They started to eat, and Forest warmed to the idea of sharing their secret.

“It’s okay,” Lu said, giving him a nod. “You guys can do your thing. No biggie.”

Marcus widened his eyes at him. “Dude, just tell her.”

“Naw,” Forest said, feeling a flash of inspiration. “How about you just come with us tonight, and we’ll show you how we do Christmas shopping—Hightower style?”

Marcus whooped and high-fived him.

Lu looked between them. “How come I’m afraid all of a sudden?”

As they all burst out laughing, Forest searched her face and wanted to know why he liked this woman so much.

They ate for a few minutes; then Tricia turned back to Lu. “Okay, so last night you never told us about yourself.”

Lu grimaced. “I’m boring. What can I say?”

Tricia took this news to heart, and Forest could see her nosiness rearing its ugly head. “What about your past relationships?”

“Don’t bother her,” Forest said, feeling strangely protective of her.

Tricia gave him an exasperated look.

“It’s okay,” Lu said, turning another shade of red. “I … I was engaged. He cheated.” She shrugged. “I caught him at my apartment with my personal trainer. The one who had me eating vegan.”

“No!” Marcus shook his head. “So that’s why you’ve given up vegan?”

Lu smiled at Forest.

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