The Boyfriend Project by Rachel Hawthorne

Author:Rachel Hawthorne
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2015-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

JEREMY

When we arrived at the party, Fletch and I left the girls by the pool and went to get drinks. We’d been to a party here before graduation so we were pretty familiar with the setup. The hard liquor was in the kitchen. Beer was in ice coolers near the deck that ran along the back of the house. As we neared, I caught sight of Chase. He was holding Jade in his arms, lifting her up and down like she was a set of barbells and he was doing a workout. People standing around were counting off the reps.

“That’s him,” I said to Fletch.

“Who?”

“Chase. Over there with Jade.”

“Impressive.”

I scowled at him. “You’re not supposed to be impressed. You’re supposed to be pissed. He’s such a show-off.”

We reached the coolers. I opened one, grabbed a beer, twisted the cap, and took a long, slow swallow.

“We can beat him,” Fletch said.

“I don’t know. I’ve been doing the crunches until they almost kill me, and I’m starting to see some definition but realistically—look at that guy.”

“But he’s showing off everything he’s got. We’re more subtle. That’s better. And we’ll have a secret weapon.”

I finished off the bottle, tossed it into a nearby trash can, and reached for another. “Oh, yeah? Fill me in on that.”

“This guy who brought his car into the shop is a personal trainer. Totally buff guy. So we got to talking about tricks of the trade and he said if we add just a dash of grape seed oil to our abs, biceps, shoulders, it’ll really make them pop.”

I felt this wave of appreciation. “You could have kept that to yourself, given yourself an edge.”

“Probably would have if I was having to watch this guy flirt with Avery. Although it looks like maybe he’s moved on to Jade.”

The counting came to an end with a round of cheers and applause. Chase bowed, then he and Jade wandered off.

“Maybe.” I downed more beer.

“Shouldn’t you take it easy with that?” Fletch asked.

“You’re designated driver.” I dug my keys out of my jeans pocket and tossed them to him. “I’m in the mood to party, especially now that we have a secret weapon.”

When the bottle was empty, I did a free throw move to get it into the trash can. I grabbed three more beers. “Let’s get back to the girls.”

We were halfway there when Jade was suddenly standing in front of me. “Hey, handsome.”

No one had ever referred to me as handsome. Cute, maybe. But not handsome. I vaguely wondered where Chase was. Then I was struck with this crazy thought that she had abandoned him so she was free to come over to speak with me. I dug the possibility that she might have tossed him aside in favor of me. Served him right for flirting with my girl. More surprising, however, was the realization that Jade didn’t even seem to notice that Fletch was standing beside me. I was used to him getting the attention when we were together.

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