Her Super-Secret Rebound Boyfriend by Kerri Carpenter

Author:Kerri Carpenter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Lovestruck, romantic comedy, romance, contemporary romance, Kerri Carpenter, rebound, librarian, Architect, fake relationship, player reformed, opposites attract
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Lovestruck)
Published: 2018-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“What kind of girl do you think I am? And how could you tell so fast.”

-Blanche Devereaux

Luke had really enjoyed himself today. He always did when he was around his family. Sure, they were intrusive and nosy and kind of annoying. But when push came to shove, he knew that he was lucky as hell to have them.

Seeing Lola in that pavilion had been interesting. He hadn’t anticipated how natural it would feel to watch her laugh with his sisters, hug his mother, and interact with his cousins.

At times, it had felt like she’d always been one of them.

He overheard his mom invite her to their barbeque the next week. That would be fun, too. They were also planning to go to King’s Dominion in July. The whole family enjoyed amusement parks. He wondered if Lola did…

His thoughts trailed off as the gravity of what he’d been thinking sunk in. He was contemplating seeing Lola next week. Maybe even next month, too.

Then what? What would be next? Would he see her next year? In two years? Did he want that? Did she? It wasn’t like they could keep this ruse up for that long. Besides, they weren’t supposed to. The deal was that Lola would pretend to be his significant other until the end of his family reunion. When they got back in his car and drove out of the park, the reunion was officially over.

He snuck a peek at her as he drove through the streets of Arlington. Would she even want to go to the barbeque next week? And what was one week anyway? It wouldn’t be a big deal to keep pretending for seven more days.

He shook his head. This had to stop. Which shouldn’t be hard because it wasn’t even real. She was his pretend girlfriend, and the jig was supposed to be up. Although, he did like hanging out with her. Maybe they could remain friends. He slipped a glance at her in the car. How would she feel about that? How would his family?

Damn, this had gotten way too complicated. And besides, Lola… He turned to her as he pulled up at a red light. That’s when he realized something. Lola had been insanely quiet on the ride back. Eerily and completely silent.

He reached over and squeezed her hand. “Tired?” he asked.

She shook her head.

“Do you feel okay?” They’d all had a ton of food. His stomach was sure to start hurting at some point.

“I’m fine.”

Uh-oh. A woman saying she was fine never boded well in his opinion, although he was glad she wasn’t sick. He didn’t know what to ask next. But he wanted to know what was wrong. He needed to know. Finally, Lola broke the silence.

“Don’t you feel bad?”

“About what?”

“For deceiving your family. Your mom and sisters are so nice and you’re…really lucky. You know, lucky to have them.”

A pit formed in the center of his stomach as her words sunk in. Not only the words, but the meaning behind them.

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