The Boyfriend Application by R. J. Groves

Author:R. J. Groves [Groves, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-17T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

“Jack, no!”

Lacey grabbed hold of the little boy’s wrist before he pulled the tablecloth out from under the elaborate cake that her mother had laboured over for hours. An accident like that this early in the party would be sure to put a downer on the evening. The music was pumping, and people were having fun—her dad was having fun. Having the cake tumble to the ground in a big chaotic mess would end the party.

“But I’m a superhero!” Jack stomped his foot.

“Jack, honey, I know you’re a superhero,” Lacey said, squatting down to his level. “But Mummy is not going to be very happy if you wreck this cake by pulling the tablecloth off.”

“But it’s a magic trick.”

She scrunched her nose. “Tell you what,” she said. “You can show me a magic trick after the party involving something other than wrecking the cake. What do you think?”

Jack placed his finger to his chin, pulling an adorable look before flashing a smile. “Okay!”

She breathed a sigh of relief as he raced off to join Aidan and the other kids at the party in their game of chase. She’d promised Emily that she would help keep the kids in line at the party, and she wasn’t about to go back on her word. Crisis averted, she rose to her feet and adjusted her dress.

“Well, that was close.”

She turned in the direction of the masculine voice and looked into those coffee-coloured eyes she couldn’t help but adore, despite all rational thought. Adam. He was the other thing keeping her highly strung for the party. She was supposed to pretend he was her boyfriend, but how could she pretend when she was actually starting to feel something for him?

“The little guy just wants to be a superhero,” she said.

“Don’t we all?”

She laughed awkwardly, folding her arms across her chest. Her and Adam worked together. She had to remember that. She had to remember how things can get very messy very quickly when you brought a relationship into your workplace, and she wasn’t sure she would ever be able to risk that. They had to be professional at work, and that wouldn’t happen if they started something. And it would be impossible if things ended badly. Lacey couldn’t let it happen. Even if her lips were grieving for their missed kiss in the park and her body ached to know what it felt like to be in his arms, feeling his touch, his breath mingling with hers…

“Adam, I—”

“Do you want to dance?”

She tilted her head to the side, squinting. Sure, the music had switched to a slower song that would be somewhat romantic given the opportunity. But when she scanned the yard, there was no one dancing. People were drinking, and eating, and talking, and generally having a great time. But no dancing.

“There’s, umm, no one dancing,” she said.

He shrugged, a glint in his eyes. “Your point?”

“It would be embarrassing.”

She wasn’t about to say she had two left feet and couldn’t dance to save herself.

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