Crossing Abby Road by Ophelia London

Author:Ophelia London [London, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: new adult, romance, NA, Embrace, Entangled, Ophelia London, Abby Road, surfer, Cora Carmack, Jennifer L. Armentrout, J. Lynn, Colleen Hoover, Tammara Webber, marine sniper, famous pop star
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“The Tender Trap”

I stared down at my phone, at my father’s text still on the screen. He thought it was already a done deal, that I’d been to the bank, signed the loan papers, and was ready to party. Pulling out of the meeting would be easy; it would take one phone call.

But telling my dad…

At that thought, the pain in my chest slid to my gut.

“Hey!” Abby was waving both hands above her head now, calling me over. I laughed and waved back with a quick salute. It wasn’t like I was about to run off down the beach away from her. Though if I’d been following my original plan for today, I should’ve been on my way to the bank.

But I wasn’t.

I pushed the air from my lungs and gazed out at the breaking waves, at the boats dotting the horizon. I couldn’t make the decision either way right now. And since I did still have a couple of hours until my official appointment, the best I could do was stall. So I slid my hands into my pockets and strolled back over to Abby. “You summoned?”

“Heard you have a cute butt,” she said, her chin tipped to smile up at me, eyes all squinty.

I chuckled and looked away. “Is that the gossip going around?”

“Oh, yeah. All of Seaside’s talking about it.”

“Can’t believe you’d degrade me to a sexual object.”

She pushed out her bottom lip. “Poor you.” She slid from the rock and back down to the sand. “Sit.” She already had the key lime pie and one fork out.

Even though I shouldn’t have, the picture was way too tempting, so I blocked out everything else and watched Abby eat pie. And damn, it was totally worth it.

For the next hour, we got the riveting topic of our early educations out of the way. After a while, neither of us was talking, as we lounged on our backs, halfway shaded by Stonehenge, halfway soaking up the sun. Abby’s breathing wasn’t regular, so I knew I hadn’t bored her to sleep.

The sand under my cell vibrated, and I pulled it out of my pocket an inch, hoping to hell it wasn’t Dad again. But it was an unknown number calling. Maybe the same one that had left the voicemail earlier. It wasn’t family or work, and I had all of the bank’s numbers programmed into my phone. Who was calling me?

The only logical answer was Sophie.

I knew I owed her a return call.

The girl lying next to me made a sound and rolled to her side toward me, forcing all other thoughts in my head to evaporate like morning fog. Even over the salty air, I could smell that shampoo of hers coming off the top of her head. Another sound, and she scooted closer, her bare foot brushing my leg.

Did the temperature just shoot up to a hundred degrees? She was close enough now that I could easily put an arm around her and pull her to my side.

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