Bourbon & the Best Man by Costello Jessica

Author:Costello, Jessica [Costello, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0BVYTV87S
Published: 2023-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Six

Miles

“Ooh, this one’s good. Try it,” Hannah says, handing me the sour she had on her flight. If you’d told me this morning, this is how my night would turn out, I wouldn’t even see how that would be possible. To say I’m thankful for Val’s interference is an understatement. It may have been an underhanded way to force us into talking to each other, but I’m still grateful.

Our fingers brush as I take the glass from Hannah. Our gazes stay connected as I sip, and she watches with excitement as that first burst of sour flavor lights up my tongue. The fact that she knows me so well, she can even pick out a beer I’ll like says a lot about our relationship. I knew I’d been paying attention to her all these years, jotting little notes in my imaginary Hannah notebook to shove in my back pocket and remember for later, but I was too naïve—too stuck in my own pit of loneliness to realize she’s been doing the same.

“I’m glad you’re here,” I say without even thinking, but it feels necessary to not hold back my thoughts and feelings for Hannah right now. Especially if I’m right in my assumption that she ran off last night because I hadn’t been doing this enough before.

She smiles. Another glass paused in front of her mouth. “So am I.” I watch as she sips, the way her brows jump at the surprising taste. “Okay, this is another good one.”

She hands it to me; her smile breaking open wide when she realizes I’m smiling at her, too. Her nose crinkles when she asks, “What?” In that whiny way that doesn’t sound whiny at all.

“Nothing, just looking at you, thinking about how fucking lucky I am to have you sitting here with me.”

She smiles down at the table, letting her hair fall and hide her reaction away from me.

I take a deep breath and extend an olive branch, hoping like hell she’ll accept it. I use one finger to push that curtain of hair away from her face. She glances up, embarrassed.

“You’re beautiful, especially when you blush. Don’t hide it away.”

She laughs, “Shut up, Miles.”

And I lean in, a piece of my mosaic heart sliding back into place when she leans in too, meeting my mouth with hers. For a moment, it’s only us in this bar, being serenaded by the eighties ballad, about wanting to know what love is. The irony.

“What do you say we chug these beers and get out of here?” Hannah challenges, bouncing her brows and being altogether adorable.

I look down at our flights and picked-over food. Instead of an answer, I pick up the fullest beer sample and chug, never taking my eyes off her.

She laughs, then does the same.

I’m a pretty quick chugger, but she surprises the hell out of me by holding her own. And when she slams her last glass back into its slot, she lets out the most unladylike belch without an ounce of embarrassment.

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