Honey Do by Tawna Fenske

Author:Tawna Fenske [Fenske, Tawna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Josh

At one point, I worried the drive home from Lush Lake would be awkward. We’d ticked two biggies off the list—the twins and the boat—with tons of potential for weird feelings.

Or maybe that’s just me.

The guys ribbed me hard the next night. We met up for beers while Nina got a massage at the rustic spa. She booked it on her own dime, glowing when she learned her boss covered all charges.

Meanwhile, Cade sat next to me at the bar. Brax claimed a barstool on my other side, nursing a frothy porter.

“There’s no fucking way you don’t love that girl.” Cade took a pull off his beer. “From the moment we got here, it’s been Nina this, Nina that. You’re hooked, man.”

“We’re best friends.” I sipped my IPA and did my best to act normal. “The twin thing was the biggest one on her list. It took some planning to pull it off.” If it’s true I’ve talked up Nina more than normal, that’s gotta be the reason.

“Nope.” Brax wasn’t buying it. “I know love, and you’re in it, my friend.”

“Fuck you.” God, I’m such a dude.

He wouldn’t let it go. “I know your dad’s a piece of shit, but come on.” Brax gave me a hard look. “Enough already with the self-imposed love ban.”

Okay, wow. “Where is this coming from?”

Cade shook his head, almost sadly. “Nothing wrong with falling for a girl. Where things get fucked up is if you can’t admit it.”

“Can’t or won’t?” Brax lifted one brow. “You’ve got some shit to deal with, my friend.”

I gritted my teeth and drained the last of my drink. “I need another beer.”

So that’s how that went down. I’m fine. Nina’s fine. We’re happy and normal and our friendship’s never been better.

As we head back to Portland, we’ve got my iPod blasting Nina’s summer playlist. Shaggy pines swish past as she belts out the chorus of some Taylor Swift tune. I join in on the last few lines. What? It’s catchy.

As the song fades, Nina props her feet on the dash. “I spy with my little eye… something blue.”

Thank God. Everything’s normal. We’re both good, and the tension I felt that night was just imagined.

“Something blue, huh?” I peer through the windshield and play along. “The rest stop sign.”

“Nope!”

“The Tennessee license plate on that white truck.”

“Nuh-uh!” She sways her feet to the beat of Beyonce, looking tanned and relaxed and so sexy I nearly swerve off the road.

Behind her sunglasses, green eyes drop to my lap. I glance down and snort. “My underwear?”

“Bingo!” She laughs and tugs the waistband of my boxer briefs, which barely poke from the top of my shorts. “Your turn.”

See what I mean? Nothing to worry about. It’s just like old times, which can only mean one thing.

She didn’t hear my convo with Brax and Cade that night. She doesn’t know the dumbass thing I said about not loving her.

And why would that be an issue? She knows I don’t do love. I’ve made it clear, and she knows not to expect more.

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