Three Last First Dates by Kate O'Keeffe

Author:Kate O'Keeffe [O'Keeffe, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Lime Books
Published: 2017-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“What’s with Antoinette’s new look?” Cassie asked as she tucked into her flourless raspberry and chocolate cake at the Cozy Cottage Café a few days later. It was a stormy day, and it was nice to be safely tucked inside the welcoming café as the wind whipped the rain up outside.

“I know, right?” I replied, my own mouth full of my favorite orange and almond syrup cake.

“Who’s Antoinette?” Paige asked, appearing by our table, dressed in her Cozy Cottage red apron with white polka dots, her dark hair swept up into high ponytail.

“She’s a new member of the sales team. She’s taken to wearing, ah, rather conservative clothes to work, lately,” Cassie explained tactfully.

“Yeah, like she ran away and joined a nunnery or something,” I added, discarding Cassie’s tact and saying it like it was.

Ever since Antoinette had first turned up in the office with her new look, she had been sporting a new and wonderful version of the same outfit each day: a baggy, full-length dress in a muted tone, flat nondescript shoes, and her hair pulled back in a severe bun. I had to hand it to the woman, she’d got an idea in her head and had run with it. The woman had commitment.

She had been just as attentive as she’d been at our meetings before this odd transformation, taking copious notes, asking questions, and complimenting me on everything from my presentations to my administration skills.

She was still a one-woman cheer team.

“Huh. I wonder why? Anyway, you haven’t told us about your date with Nash, Marissa. That’s what I want to hear about,” Paige said with her eyebrows raised in expectation. “We need all the details, and fast; Bailey and I are swamped today. Sophie called in sick.”

“Pull up a chair, then.”

“I can give you precisely two minutes.” Paige plunked herself down, and I launched straight into it, telling my friends about the picnic and the concert, about how Nash liked my “rain hair,” and all the amazing kissing we had done on his sofa, surrounded by the dogs.

Once I had finished, I let out a contented sigh. It really had been an epic date.

“So, you’re totally over the dog-slobber thing?” Cassie asked.

Dog Slobbergate felt a million years ago. “Absolutely.”

“You really like this guy, don’t you?” Paige asked, trying—and failing—to suppress an eager grin.

I shrugged, wanting to appear relaxed, while inside my heart rate kicked up a notch. “Yeah, he’s pretty cool.”

“‘Pretty cool’? Just look at you, you’re in love.”

I scoffed. “Don’t be ridiculous. I’ve only been out with him four times.”

“That’s enough,” Cassie said. “When you know, you know. At least, that’s how it was with me and Will. Am I right, Paige?”

Paige nodded, a goofy grin on her face. “Yeah, it’s true. I always thought it was just something people said, but then, with Josh, I knew they were right. It felt . . . different.”

“So?” Cassie led.

Was Cassie right? Was I in love with Nash? If I wasn’t, I was well on my way to being so.

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