Three Wrong Dates: New Year Bae-Solutions by Kelsey Green

Author:Kelsey Green [Green, Kelsey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-29T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 6

CHEF

It was the next morning, and Ivory had successfully dodged me all yesterday. Once we found out that the storm had passed up the mountains in upstate New York, but the roads were still too slick to travel, we decided to stay in Sweet Hill for another night. I tried talking to Ivory, but it seemed with the help of my parents, Trent, and even Grant, she was always occupied.

“Mom, I have to go,” she whispered into the phone as I approached her from behind. “I’m sorry I ruined the date with Charles, but he was a snob. Besides, I heard the gala was a flop anyways. Someone snuck a camera in and streamed the whole boring ordeal.”

The grunts she was making implied her mother wasn’t buying her explanation. I could hear her yelling through the phone. It was strange to hear a mother talk so harshly to her child, especially over something as stupid as a ruined date and party.

“Yes, I know your friends saw the video of me digging through feces. But it wasn’t my idea of a good time either, and I already explained what happened. How do you think I feel?”

I heard the woman scream, “I don’t care how you felt, only how it looked,” when Ivory pulled the phone from her ear due to her mother’s excessive volume. My fists tightened listening to Ivory being chastised like that. No adult should talk to another adult in that manner, especially not a parent.

“You two got everything?” my mom asked, approaching with a container of cookies.

Seeing Ivory’s embarrassed expression as she turned, realizing I’d overheard everything, hit me square in the gut. I wanted to comfort her. But instead she walked past me, hanging up the phone and hugging my mother as she said good-bye. I could tell by the tightness of their hug that my mom could feel she needed it.

“Let’s get this party going!” Trent shouted, approaching from the back. “T-minus four hours until my gorgeous girlfriend kills me.”

While Trent exchanged pleasantries with my mom, loading the last of the deliveries into the truck, I grabbed Ivory’s hand, leading her toward the barn. I was surprised she didn’t protest or even hesitate a moment.

“You know she’s wrong?” I asked as she leaned back against the barn door.

“My mother?” she questioned. “She’s usually right, and probably is about this as well. It doesn’t matter though.”

“It does matter. Your feelings matter.”

She raised her head to meet my gaze. Her copper complexion against her grey eyes instantly became my new favorite colors.

“What’s with you and Ruby?” she asked, catching me off guard.

“Nothing. We just have a lot of history, but we’re over. We’ve been done for some time now.”

“Didn’t look done on New Year’s Eve.”

My hand was already racing to her chin when she dropped her head. Guiding her eyes back to mine, I stepped closer, closing the gap between us.

“It’s truly over. New Year’s Eve was just a relapse on her part, but I’ve made it clear.

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