[Forever After 01.0] Marry Me for Money by Mia Kayla

Author:Mia Kayla [Kayla, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781497310599
Amazon: B00K5AEN7Q
Barnesnoble: B00K5AEN7Q
Publisher: MAM Books LLC
Published: 2014-05-04T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“Happy birthday!” I stepped into Brian’s car and gave him a kiss on the lips.

“Hey, sexy,” he replied, appraising me with his eyes.

He used one hand to entangle with mine while the other remained on the steering wheel. He pressed on the gas to lead us to our destination, a suburban bar outside the city, where we’d meet his high school friends.

“I’ll give you your birthday present later,” I said, giving his hand a squeeze. I looked to the traffic forming in front of us, thinking of the Chicago Cubs tickets I’d purchased, which were sitting on my kitchen counter.

“I can’t wait. I hope it’s you unwrapped.” He winked.

“Eyes on the road,” I warned, squeezing his hand back.

I wondered if today would be the day I let him seal the deal. We were way past date number ten, and I knew we had been leading up to this point. I’d made him wait long enough, almost to the point of his combustion, but the anxious, giddy feeling I’d had when we first started dating was no longer there. I knew this had to do with Kent and how the lines were blurring between us, and I mentally cursed him for it.

“How long is it going to take us to get to the bar?”

“About forty-five minutes,” Brian said, glancing at the clock on the dashboard.

My mind drifted to Kent as we left the city lights behind us. I’d invited Kent to Brian’s birthday party when things were not so gray between us. Now, an uneasiness was building inside me. I worried about Brian’s interaction with Kent tonight, how Kent would feel at seeing Brian and me together, and worst of all, how I would feel when I saw Kent, especially now that the friendship lines were no longer clear.

“Hey, Kent is coming tonight, remember?” I said.

Brian and I didn’t speak of Kent often. It was the one bad word in our relationship. The four letter K word never failed to put Brian in a foul mood.

“Yeah,” Brian said under his breathe. The look on his face showed his displeasure.

“Be good. He asked about your birthday, and I wanted him to join us.”

“I’m always good,” he stated, gripping the steering wheel tighter.

I raised an eyebrow as I gave his hand a squeeze, and he loosened with my touch.

“It’s not like I don’t like him. I just don’t like the situation,” he said.

“Okay, just remember that when you see him. He’s saving me from a lot of debt, so be good.”

Brian gave me a quick kiss on the lips and placed his eyes back on the road. Hopefully, that kiss had meant that he would play nice.

A line of people spanned from outside the door to down the block. Given that this was a bar in the suburbs, the crowd surprised me. When Brian spotted some of his friends in line, he ushered me through the herd. I introduced myself to the group, and we exchanged pleasantries.

Scanning the crowd, I noticed Kent beyond the mass.

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