Cocktail by Lauren Smith

Author:Lauren Smith [Smith, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-947206-38-0
Publisher: Lauren Smith

7

Hanky Panky

“Where’s Aubree?” Matthew asked Jenny as he came out of the storeroom with a case of craft beers in his arms. Jenny was scowling, one hand on her hip.

“Ask him.” She pointed at Will who stood by the bar looking like a chastened schoolboy.

“What did you do?” Matthew asked. When he saw Will’s deepening chagrin, he repeated more firmly. “What did you do?”

Will raised his hands in surrender. “I guess I put my foot in my mouth.”

“Where’s Aubree?” Matthew repeated in a low growl as he slammed the beer case onto the counter.

“She left,” Jenny said. “After he,” she jerked her hand at Will. “Made a wise ass comment about you rescuing Aubree from some disastrous dates. He made it sound like you were pity dating her.”

“I was being funny.” Will grumbled as he slumped into a bar stool. He took one of the beers from the case in front of him and popped the cap using the edge of the bar before taking a long drink.

“Dammit, Will.” Matthew cursed. “I like her. A lot.” He turned to Jenny. “When did she leave?”

“A few minutes ago. I think I saw her get into a cab.”

Matthew snatched his coat and shot one more warning glare toward his best friend before he rushed out into the snowy night.

“Aubree!” He shouted her name, but the streets were mostly empty, and he didn’t see her, which meant she must have gotten into a cab like Jenny thought.

Thinking she’d gone home, he ran the block back to their apartment building and went straight to her door. He knocked a dozen times, but either she wasn’t there or she didn’t want to answer. He pulled his cell phone out of his coat pocket and dialed her number. Nothing. No answer. He waited for her voicemail to beep.

“Aubree, please call me back,” he said.

Matthew stood in the hallway for what felt like forever before he turned to face his apartment just across the hall. His shoulders slumped as he headed inside. How the hell had Will wrecked this so fast? And how the hell was he going to fix it, assuming he could?

He pulled up the Meet Cute app and signed into his account, then he examined the hanky-panky challenges, looking over his options. This might be the last way to reach her since she didn’t know who had been sending her the romantic challenges. It was one last thing he could try. He chose the “Design your own hanky-panky challenge” and crafted it carefully and hit send. Now all he could do was wait and have faith.

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