Vicki Lewis Thompson - [Hex 02] - Wild & Hexy

Author:Wild;Hexy
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-05-13T23:58:02+00:00

Chapter 15

Even though Annie had repaired her lipstick and combed her hair, she was convinced everyone at the party knew exactly what she’d been up to out in the car with Jeremy. He looked a little mussed, too, and she resisted the urge to reach up and finger-comb his hair back into place.

They’d made a decision not to go inside holding hands or act in any way that would give the gossips even more ammunition. But judging from the smirks and knowing looks as they walked back into the living room, there would be no killing this rumor. Annie didn’t mind so much for herself, but her impulsive behavior tonight could make life tough for Jeremy, and she regretted that.

Still, she couldn’t make herself regret what had just happened out there in the backseat of her car. She’d never been capable of quickie sex before, and she was proud of herself. She was also feeling really, really energized.

The music still blared, but the games seemed to be on hiatus while the guests tucked into paper plates piled with goodies from the Big Knob Market’s deli counter.

‘‘Grab a plate, you two,’’ Maggie called out to them as they walked into the living room.

Annie was starving, but three days before the wedding was no time to abandon her diet. Everything on the buffet table was loaded with calories. Not a celery stick in sight. She recognized Bradley’s famous chicken salad and baked-on-the-premises rye bread. And there were desserts—a cheesecake, a Black Forest cake and little individual éclairs that made her mouth water.

‘‘Let me get you some food,’’ Jeremy said.

‘‘No, that’s okay. I’m not hungry.’’

He gazed down at her, his gray eyes warm with admiration. ‘‘Annie, if this is about losing weight, I hope you realize that you don’t need to lose another—’’

‘‘No, no.’’ She waved a dismissive hand. ‘‘It’s not that.’’

He leaned closer and lowered his voice. ‘‘I love touching you, love holding you. It’s like sinking into soft pillows.’’

She groaned and sucked in her stomach.

‘‘I’m guessing from your expression that was the wrong thing to say.’’

‘‘You’d be guessing right. A girl doesn’t want to be thought of as pillowlike.’’

‘‘I meant it as a compliment.’’

She couldn’t help laughing. His confidence might be improving, but he still had geekish tendencies. ‘‘I know. That’s what’s so scary.’’

‘‘Come have some food.’’

‘‘No, thanks.’’ The entire Big Knob varsity football team couldn’t drag her over to the buffet table now. Pillows, indeed. ‘‘But you go ahead. There’s nothing pillowy about you.’’

‘‘Uh, okay, I will.’’ He backed away from her. ‘‘I still think you should—’’

‘‘Go eat.’’ She shooed him away and glanced around to see if Gwen was nearby. Gwen cared about Jeremy. Maybe she’d have some words of wisdom about this complicated situation.

Annie found her repairing a flower arrangement on a table between the two front windows. ‘‘I’ll bet you brought that arrangement.’’ Annie had seen some of those same flowers in Gwen’s shop the day before.

‘‘I did. Somebody bumped into them and knocked the baby orchids off-kilter.

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