Worst Date Ever by Cooper J. S

Author:Cooper, J. S. [Cooper, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Goodreads: 59050704
Published: 2021-09-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“So, Isabella, we’re in agreement, right?”

“Yes,” I replied to Lucas. “Edith and Edward are not to know that Jack and I had a fling, even though it wasn’t really a fling, it was just a one-night stand, but details don’t matter.”

“If my grandparents know that you were with my cousin a day ago, it’s all over.”

“But Jack said he’s going to give you the money anyway.”

“Well, it doesn’t matter in terms of money, but now my grandparents think that you’re my girlfriend, and they’re really happy that I’m in a relationship and almost married, and—”

“But you’re not in a relationship, and you’re not almost married, and what does this mean for our future? How many times am I going to have to pretend that we’re together?”

“Don’t worry, we’ll figure something out. I mean, loads of people break up in relationships. I’ll say you dumped me or I dumped you or something, but just not this weekend, not with all my cousins and everything. We don’t want to make this about me.”

“Uh-huh, whatever.” We walked into the house and I suddenly realized that Jack was no longer walking behind us. “Where did Jack go?”

“Who knows?” Lucas shook his head. “He’s probably walking around the estate to see what needs to be done.” He rolled his eyes. “He takes this situation so seriously. Like, okay, you’re running the family business. But that doesn’t mean you’re the boss of everyone, dude.” He sighed. “But whatever. Who am I to say anything? I’m just Lucas, the funny one.”

“Oh, Lucas. I’m sure your family respects what you have to say as well. If you’re interested in seeing what’s going on around the estate, why don’t you check it out too?”

“I’m not interested.” He waved me off. “You know I just like to moan and complain.”

“That I do.” We walked down the hallway.

“Is that you, Lucas?” Edith’s voice came from one of the rooms.

“Yes, Nana.”

“Is that beautiful Isabella with you?”

“Yes, Nana.”

“I’m in the study, dear. Come join me.”

“Okay! Here we go,” he whispered at me before pulling me into the study. “Hi, Nana.” He hurried over to her and gave her a kiss on both cheeks. “Good to see you. Ice cream was delicious. You enjoyed it, didn’t you Isabella?”

“Oh, yes, it was absolutely great. Thank you.”

“I suppose you’re used to gelato.”

“Oh no, this was amazing, and actually, I’ve never had real gelato from Italy or anything.” I shook my head. “You’d think I would, but,” I shrugged, “I guess I haven’t really gotten around out and about that much.”

“Oh, that’s okay, one day you’ll go to Italy and you’ll have gelato.” She smiled. “I was wondering …”

“Yeah?”

“Perhaps we could do some painting in the backyard?”

“Oh sure, I would love to. Do you have paints or shall I bring my own?”

“I’m not really much of a painter, but I figured you could show me what you do and maybe show me a couple of tricks. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I’ve always wished I was good at it, but I never really got around to it.

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