Hometown Hottie by Weston Parker

Author:Weston Parker [Parker, Weston]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Star Key Press
Published: 2024-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

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NOVA

After breakfast and a ton of cleaning up, the girls and I were finally alone again, lounging around the pool. Jessie had her phone in her lap where she lay with only her legs in the sun, another cocktail on the table next to her as she texted with Vance.

Harriet was on her stomach in the full shade of a patio umbrella, scrolling through emails and pretending that she didn’t notice the eye rolls we were all giving her whenever she looked up. I loved my friend, but she really needed to learn how to disconnect.

Amber was on the other side of the pool, her whole body in the sun as she tried to soak up as many rays as she could before we left tomorrow night. As I looked around, I realized how lucky I was to have had this weekend with them. It’d been great catching up and shutting out the world.

Not so great was how I currently felt about hooking up with Carson. Last night, with the sun setting over the lake and the pleasant buzz of alcohol in my system, it had felt impossible to resist the attraction.

I didn’t regret what we’d done, but I was conflicted. Cassidy sat next to me with a book in her lap, but when I let out yet another heavy sigh, she finally glanced at me. “Okay. Out with it. What’s bugging you?”

“Carson,” I said, keeping my voice down but also knowing that the others were so wrapped up in their own worlds right now that they probably weren’t listening. Even if they were, it would be okay. These were my friends.

It was just that I’d really prefer to confide in only one of them at a time, and Cassidy was closest to me these days. She was also the only one who’d seen Carson and me together consistently since he’d come home, so I figured she had a bit more insight into our situation at the moment.

She pursed her lips at me. “Why is he bugging you?” Her eyes suddenly went wide. “Was it not good last night? Did he do something wrong? Does he have a bent carrot? I keep seeing commercials about that.”

“No,” I said quickly. “Nooooo. It’s not that.”

The tension that had been tightening her features melted and she smirked at me. “So it’s bugging you because it was good?”

“It was great.” Still an understatement. “It’s just, uh, it didn’t feel like a hookup.”

She frowned. “If it didn’t feel like a hookup, then he definitely did something wrong.”

A blush burst out across my cheeks, racing down my neck and making even the tips of my ears feel hot. “Not like that. Let’s just say it exceeded my expectations. By a lot, but it didn’t feel like a hookup because it felt like more, which is why I’m conflicted today.”

Her eyes narrowed and confusion set in. “Were you expecting it to feel like only a hookup when it’s been years in the making? Just yesterday, you told me that you like him, so obviously, it was going to feel like more.

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