The Best Friend's Sister by Sophie Blue

Author:Sophie Blue [Blue, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Charlotte

The mess in my bedroom is almost comical. Clothes scattered everywhere, shoes discarded left, right, and centre. Ollie is taking me on a date in less than an hour and I still have no clue what to wear. I’m so out of practice with this. My palms are sweating for crying out loud.

It’s just dinner, I remind myself as I take a couple of deep breaths and try to pull myself together. We’ve spent every day together for the past few weeks, had dinner together, this is no different.

Settling on a pair of jeans and a lilac peplum top, I sit at the dressing table to put my makeup on. Staring at my reflection, I smile. I feel lighter than when I first landed her, freer. Ollie makes me feel human again, he makes me feel desired. I didn’t realise how much I had missed that. Things with Carl hadn’t been right for a long time before it all went down the toilet. I forgot how nice it felt to be wanted.

Checking the time, I grab my purse and slip my phone and lipstick inside before slipping on my heels and heading downstairs. Ollie must hear me descend as he comes out of the kitchen to meet me. He stops when he sees me, his eyes widening and his smile blinding.

“Wow,” he says, with a soft chuckle that has me heating. The butterflies in my stomach are having a rave, and I grip hold of the banister to navigate that last couple of steps.

“You look beautiful,” he says as he takes my hand and kisses my knuckles.

“Thank you. You look pretty handsome yourself,” I say, with a smile. In dark blue jeans and a pale blue shirt rolled up at the sleeves, his ink still on display, he looks like he should be modelling for a calendar.

“You ready to go?” His confidence is reassuring. I’m glad one of us has it. The thought of being in a restaurant with God knows how many other people has my palms sweating and my mouth drying out. But Ollie’s right. I can do this, with him to start with. But I’m a strong woman. I can beat this phobia of mine, I don’t have to let it define me.

“As ready as I’ll ever be.” Taking a deep breath, I follow him to the door, watching as he swipes his truck keys from the entryway table. He sure knows how to fill out those jeans. I can’t take my eyes away from his backside.

“It’ll be fine, I promise. Just relax and focus on what great company I am.” He turns and says with a wink, and I playfully shove his chest as he opens the door and leads me out.

Once I’ve climbed into the truck, I turn to him and ask, “Where are we going?”

“Steak Out. It’s this steakhouse that has the most amazing view.”

“Sounds good.” And popular. I bet it is heaving with customers. I cross and uncross my legs, trying to get comfortable and take my mind off of my fears, and Ollie is quick to notice.

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