Will by Molly Black

Author:Molly Black
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MB
Published: 2019-08-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Belle

Our Sunday brunch rush finally ended around one, and I took a much-needed breather, leaning against the counter. I surveyed the place, my mind half-convinced there must be something I had missed, some table that needed to be cleared or someone who was waiting for their drink or check. But no, it really was dying down. I sighed in relief.

“What a busy day, huh?” Nicole asked from over by the cash register where she was ringing up someone in her section. She bounced over to hand them the bill and then came back to stand next to me, surveying her section the same way I had surveyed mine. She shook her head. “Whew!”

“So what are you doing in here anyway?” I finally asked. I’d been wondering all day, but I hadn’t had the chance to get in a word about anything other than today’s specials and the unseasonably cool weather. “You don’t usually work Sundays; it cramps your style on Saturday night, doesn’t it?”

Nicole laughed, retying her ponytail. “Megan asked if she could switch with me, and I knew you’d be working, so I gave her my other shift, the one where I’d be stuck with Hannah all day. Not that I have anything against Hannah, of course. But I’d rather work with you. And as for my Saturday-night style, the guy I’m dating right now works on Saturday nights.”

I raised an eyebrow at her. “When has something like that ever stopped you before? I mean, aren’t you the one who always says it doesn’t count if he’s just buying you drinks at the bar?” She was the biggest flirt I had ever met, whether she was already in a relationship or not. I knew she liked the attention, and part of me was jealous of her for it.

She was good with guys, in a way that I could never hope to be. She laughed and charmed them all, and she was one hundred percent at ease. If any of her boyfriends got mad about it, she just shrugged and laughed, like it was no big deal. And if they broke up with her over it, she claimed she’d never liked the jealous type anyway. Then, she’d move on to someone else.

“This one’s different,” Nicole said with a shrug. “He’s a doctor. And I don’t know; he just makes me want to challenge myself to get out of my comfort zone. Like I should read a book or something.”

It was my turn to laugh. “Oh Nicole,” I said, shaking my head. I couldn’t imagine her spending her Saturday nights reading books. But it also wasn’t the first time I’d seen her try to change herself to be the girl that she thought her current fling wanted her to be, usually someone smarter and more cultured than she thought she was.

“What about you anyway?” Nicole asked. “How’s your guy situation going?”

“I don’t have a guy situation,” I said, but I couldn’t keep from grinning.

Nicole shook an admonishing finger at me. “Don’t even try to lie,” she said.

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