The Best Man Problem by Mariah Ankenman

Author:Mariah Ankenman [Ankenman, Mariah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: City Life Fiction; Two-Hour Romance Short Reads; Women's Fiction; New Adult & College Romance; Humor & Satire Fiction; Friendship Fiction; Contemporary Women's Fiction; General Humorous Fiction; One-night stand romance; Coworkers romance; Opposites attract romance; RomCom; Wedding Planner; Lovestruck; Entangled Publishing; Series Romance; Category length romance; Mariah Ankenman; The Best Friend Problem by Mariah Ankenman; Best Man; Funny Romance; Forbidden Romance; chance encounter romance; Denver Colorado; Sexy Romance; Nerdy hero; Computer Programmer; Mile High Happiness
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Lovestruck)
Published: 2019-12-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The sharp ring of her cell phone woke Lilly from one of the best night’s sleeps she’d had in weeks. In fact, the last time she’d slept this soundly was the first night she and Lincoln had sex.

We didn’t have sex. We sexted. Big difference.

In person or through typed message, it didn’t seem to matter. Apparently, just imagining making love to the man had her feeling more rested than a full eight hours ever did.

No. Not making love. Having sex. Big difference, Lilly Walsh.

And she’d do well to remember it. Childish notions of true love and soulmates were best left to people who believe in that crap. Like Mo.

Reaching out to her nightstand, she slapped her hand around until it encountered her phone. Normally, she was a morning person, but she had stayed up a bit later than usual last night. The reason for her rare night-owl behavior made her lips curl up into a satisfied grin. Maybe it was Lincoln calling to start the morning off with a little upgrade to phone sex. She could handle that. Still not in person; technically, still not breaking her rule.

The logic had fault in it somewhere, but she’d reason it out after she woke up more.

She glanced at the screen, and all her hopes of morning nookie vanished. Her libido took a crashing dive into nonexistence as she accepted the call and put the phone to her ear.

“Hi, Mom.”

Speaking of people who believed in all that soul mate nonsense.

“Lilly, baby, you didn’t call me back.”

She winced, remembering the message Mo had given her last week. “Right, sorry, Mom. I’ve been…busy.”

Not true. She’d simply forgotten her mother was getting married. Again. Or blocked it out. Possibly a bit of both.

“Not too busy to help your mother plan her wedding to her one true love, I hope.”

Considering the woman had had several “one true loves” over the course of her lifetime, Lilly wondered how her mother managed to find time for anything else. She certainly hadn’t found time for her daughter.

Not entirely fair. Her mother hadn’t been neglectful or abusive, she’d just been…very occupied with her own life. Lilly always had food to eat and clothes to wear, but there was never any help with homework. No parent at her school events to cheer her on. No one to talk to about friend drama, struggles with insecurities, boy troubles.

Though spending her childhood watching her mother go through men like tissues, she’d never been all that big on dating anyway.

“Aren’t you living in Napa right now?” Her mother’s location always changed with her latest man.

“Yes, but Stavros wants a Rocky Mountain destination wedding.” Her mother’s light laughter rang in her ear. “The man likes to pretend he’s a Wild West cowboy. We were thinking something in the fall, when the leaves turn those brilliant gold and ruby colors. When I told him my daughter puts together little weddings in Colorado, he insisted we hire you.”

She didn’t “put together little weddings.” She ran a very successful wedding planning business with two other competent and professional women.

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