Better Late Than Never: A Sweet Small Town Romantic Comedy (Love in Charlotte Oaks Book 5) by Jess Mastorakos

Author:Jess Mastorakos [Mastorakos, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-26T18:30:00+00:00

13

paisley

take it back now, y’all:

My plate is full.

“Pais, seriously. Stop workin’ and have some fun!”

I looked up at Laney, then back down at the two plates I had balanced in my left hand while I filled them with my right.

“I’m not workin’,” I replied with a shrug, dropping a stuffed mushroom onto my plate.

Laney tilted her head. “You’re not fixin’ plates for guests?”

“Lane, I’m your manager, not a cocktail server.”

“Wouldn’t put it past you to take on a job that wasn’t yours if it needed doin’, my friend.”

Shaking my head, I went back to plating the dishes as I felt heat rise to my cheeks. I hadn’t been Laney’s manager for very long, but we’d clicked so well since the start that if she were blushing like a schoolgirl only minutes after meeting a man, I’d want her to tell me about him. Shouldn’t I do the same?

Besides, I may have been her manager, but she had just called me her friend, hadn’t she?

“So... are they both for you, then?” she asked.

That was what I loved about Laney Cole. She may have recently skyrocketed into superstardom, but she was a sweet, genuine, small-town girl at heart. And just like any other small-town girl, she knew hot gossip when it was right in front of her.

“Nope. One is for a masked man whose name I don’t even know, and I’m not sure I wanna.”

Laney had looked gleeful at my first words, but then her face changed into one of confusion by the end of my sentence. “Wait, why wouldn’t you?”

“I don’t know. Maybe it’s the theme of the party—keepin’ the mystery of the masquerade. Or maybe it’s because I know we’ll never see each other again, so what’s the point?”

Laney frowned, and I could see her trying to come up with a way to object to what she’d likely call negativity. But it wasn’t negative. It was practical. I was too busy flying all over the world with Laney while she took the country music world by storm, and though he hadn’t specifically admitted it, I had a feeling Mr. Just Right for Tonight was in the military. He had the haircut, the clean-shaven jawline, and the stance. Not to mention how loyalty seemed to seep out of his pores in a way that suggested he was one of those guys who would put a “death before dishonor” bumper sticker on the back of their lifted truck.

“Why wouldn’t you see each other again? You’re both here, so that must mean you run in the same circles. It’s not like there was an open invitation for this party.”

I looked up, startled. “How long have you been standin’ there?”

Laney’s fake boyfriend winked at me, and even though I had no interest in dating Riley Conrad and my thoughts were occupied with a certain other masked man, my tummy tumbled at the sight. Riley wasn’t just a star; he was a bonafide heartthrob. He would’ve been one even without Laney’s help, but with it?

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