The Ugly Truth by Jill Orr

Author:Jill Orr
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prospect Park Books
Published: 2019-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

Even though I was starving, I ate only one piece of pizza. But because I was still a little tipsy, I somehow managed to get sauce all down the front of my white shirt, which Chloe thought was just hi-frickin-larious. By the time the three of them finished their ice cream (to which I said a very dainty “No thank you”), I was desperate to leave. Holman had been spot-on: Chloe didn’t like me, and now that I was tuned into it, the little digs and passive aggressive comments were hard to ignore. Jay appeared to be clueless to the whole thing, which seemed weird. He was a highly trained DEA agent who occasionally went undercover. It was his job to read people. Maybe he was just blinded by love? The thought made me regret my no-ice-cream decision. Had I been home alone, I’d have been knee-deep in that carton of mint chip.

After dinner, Jay fought us on the idea of my going back to Holman’s mom’s place. “There’s plenty of room here,” he said. “Like I said, you can have the bed and I’ll take the couch.”

I felt my cheeks heat up. I must have involuntarily looked over at Chloe because Jay quickly added, “Chloe lives just a few blocks away and I’ll be taking her home soon.”

Taking her home? Chloe wasn’t going to spend the night? I’d just assumed with all the cutesy-cutesy crap, they were serious—or at least serious enough to be sleeping together.

“Um, well—”

Holman jumped in. “My mother has been waiting my entire adult life for me to bring a woman home. Let her have this.”

“All right,” Jay laughed. “I get it.”

“Can’t you see they want to be alone,” Chloe said, raising her eyebrows up and down. “Besides, Riley looks absolutely exhausted—just look at the bags under her eyes.”

“It was so great to meet you!” I said in response and pulled Chloe into a big hug (making sure to squeeze tight enough for the glob of tomato sauce to transfer onto her shirt). And then I turned to Jay. “Thanks for coming to my rescue. Again.”

“Anytime,” Jay said. “I mean that.”

“So…” I wasn’t sure where to go with this goodbye. I couldn’t really say See you soon or let’s do it again.

“So…” Jay echoed.

“So…bye!” Chloe chirped, holding the door open. “Hope you got enough to eat, Riley!”

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