The Player by Swank Denise Grover

Author:Swank, Denise Grover [Swank, Denise Grover]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Contemporary, Humour, Romance
Amazon: B00UA53KWK
Goodreads: 25153268
Publisher: DGS
Published: 2015-06-02T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Garrett watched in shock as Blair walked out the door and returned to her wedding shower, leaving him standing there.

“We need to chat,” Libby said, grabbing his arm and dragging him to the breakfast table.

He resisted her tug. “No. I need to get out there.”

“Hey, Libs. I’ve got this.” Noah clapped a hand on Garrett’s shoulder. “Why don’t we go outside for a minute?”

“I don’t think so,” he said through gritted teeth and took a step toward the back door. He had to put a stop to this.

Noah blocked his path. “Trust me, dude. If you want the girl, you don’t want to do this right now.”

Garrett blinked in surprise.

Noah smirked. “It’s not that obvious to anyone else . . . yet. But if you go over there now, everyone in the whole damn party will know. And that’s not how you want this to play out. And I know that’s not how Blair wants it to play out.” He grabbed two beer bottles out of the refrigerator, then motioned to the door to the living room. “Come on.”

Garrett studied both of them, unsure of their motives, but his mind was spinning too fast for him to think clearly.

“Do you still care about her?” Libby demanded, hands on her hips.

“What?” He blinked. So much was happening at once, he wasn’t sure he should answer. He felt like any hope of getting Blair back had just been yanked out from under him.

Josh, who’d been standing at the periphery of the room for most of the last five minutes, stared out one of the back windows, his jaw tight. “I don’t trust that prick, and I don’t want him out there with my wife.” Then he stomped out the door.

Garrett could only presume the prick was Neil, which eased some of the tension from his shoulders.

Without warning, Libby snatched Garrett’s right hand and pulled it closer, her thumb brushing his fingers open.

He considered pulling free until he remembered her earlier demand to read his palm.

Her index finger traced his hand, following lines for several seconds until she looked up into his face. “When you love, you love for keeps. Is she the one?”

Noah chuckled as his brother disappeared out the door. “Libby, just look at him and you’ve got your answer. Let me handle this.”

She studied him for another second before dropping his hand. “Okay.”

With a grin, Noah handed one of the beer bottles to Garrett. “Libs, go out and keep an eye on things—Josh included. This might take a little bit, but come get me if you need me.”

Libby gave them both a once-over, then pointed a finger in Noah’s face. “You better not screw this up.”

He laughed, completely unthreatened, then clapped an arm around Garrett’s shoulders and led him through the living room and out the front door.

“This some elaborate ploy to kick me out?” Garrett asked, half-joking.

“Nah. Josh and I could have easily kicked your ass out the door. We wouldn’t need a ploy.” He settled onto the top step and opened his bottle, then took a long drag.

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