Faux Beau's Baby Surprise: A Stuck Together Friends to Lovers Romance (The Solace Sisters) by Callie Stevens

Author:Callie Stevens [Stevens, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-29T16:00:00+00:00

16

DREW

I click my pen so fast it’s becoming white noise. The engine blueprint hangs on the pinboard in front of me, marked up with red pen.

Click, click, click.

“What else? What else, what else, what else?” I mutter to myself, pacing back and forth.

It has to be perfect before I pull it up off the paper.

I focus in on a corner of the diagram and pull the pen up, hovering it over the drawing.

My phone starts buzzing over and over in my pocket. A call.

When I check the screen, the whole world drifts into the background and a smile spreads across my face. Dana. I shouldn’t be taking personal calls when I’m working, but I’ll never deny her or myself an opportunity to talk.

Even if I just saw her this morning in my bed.

“Hey, babe, how’s it going?” I answer.

Dana answers with a giggle. “Still not used to that.”

I smile and pop into my desk chair, kicking my feet up on the desk. “What? Babe?”

“Yes. And I hope I never do. I like the way it makes me feel.”

I hum and drop the pen on the table. Lean back, close my eyes. “How does it make you feel?”

“Your tone, Drew.”

“What about my tone?”

“Suggestive.”

I smile. “Sorry. Just love hearing your voice.”

“We have to stop with this whole ‘the feeling is mutual’ thing.”

“Do we? I think that makes for a very healthy relationship.”

Dana sighs. “Not used to that either.”

Relationship. Big word, especially for something so new. But there was no use wasting time on dating and being cautious. We’ve been preparing for our relationship for a long time. It’s only felt more and more right with each passing day.

We’ve taken to spending nearly every night together, except for when she’s visiting her dad. Her place, my place, alternating every night. I even have a toothbrush on her sink.

This morning, we awoke in my bed. She doesn’t have clients today, so I let her lay there, peppering kisses across her back. When I went to say goodbye, she pulled me into bed by the collar, kissed me fiercely, and whispered, “Come home soon.”

Home. We don’t share a home together. And yet, we do. Dana is my home. Not my apartment. Not a place. A person.

I think she’s been that for a really long time, actually.

If only my mom could see me now. See how happy I am.

“Anyway, Gillian invited us over for dinner tonight. You in?”

I sigh. “Yeah, I’m in.”

“You’re not.”

“What?”

“You sighed.”

“No, I’m happy to. I just–“

“I don’t really want to go either, so if I can use you as an excuse…”

I gape. “Hey!”

Dana laughs. “What? Tell me I’m wrong.”

Don’t get me wrong, I love Dana’s family. But there’s been a lot of family time ever since we started dating. Any sane man would be overwhelmed beyond belief. Family dinners, date nights, ballet recitals, book launches, all the things I would normally have the ability to opt out of from time to time. Now I’m part of the clan which means…no backing out. “It’s your call.

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