If We Pretend: A Fake Dating Scottish Sports Romance (Interconnected Standalone) by Chrissy Hopewell
Author:Chrissy Hopewell [Hopewell, Chrissy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fox Hollow Publishing LLC
Published: 2023-10-09T16:00:00+00:00
I canna stop thinking about you.
âShit.â I donât mean to say it out loud, and Brittâs eyes open wider. My acting abilities suck. I slam the screen face down on the table, feeling sick to my stomach.
âI didnât mean to pry, Ree. But . . . when I asked him if he had kids on the first day, he said no.â
I canât stop myself from flinching.
âHe lied, which is so weird. Why would he want to keep his son a secret?â Britt continues talking. âIâm sorry if Iâm getting too involved. But Iâm worried. I just want us to be a happy, blended family. You, me, Adrian, Chelsea, and Jackson.â She pauses, her hand twitching on her mug, as if she wants to reach out to me. âWe both know how hard the tween and teenage years are on kids. His son is around ten. Remember ten? Right before all hell broke loose with puberty and social drama?â Britt crinkles her eyes. âAnd if Oliverâs not worried about that, if heâs lying about being a dad, then . . .â
So much for her being so happy for me. Or is she only looking out for me, like a true friend should?
I think of Oliver saying heâs only a soccer player, and thatâs all heâll ever be. That he escaped to Ireland, then came back to deal with family issues. How he was so desperate for me to come to the family party with him. Is his son going to be at this party? Oh, shit. I bet he is. When the hell was he going to tell me?
It all has new meaning now. I lean back, keeping my hands a safe distance from Brittâs. I think about his stories about his cold parents, his lonely childhood, the rejection heâs faced as an adult. A stab of sympathy for him flares inside me, melting away one small sharp edge of the hurt at being lied to.
No. He left out something huge. Too huge. What else might he be hiding?
I look at my phone. âOh, wow. I have a call in fifteen minutes. Better get back to my flat.â My voice is high-pitched as I push back the chair, its legs making a loud stuttering sound against the wood floor.
âWhat are you two going to do once Chelseaâs camp is over and we all go back to New Jersey?â She leans in and tugs at her braid.
âWe havenât gotten that far. I guess weâll break up. Iâll be fine. I always am.â Fine seems to be the word of the day. I abandon Britt and whatâs left of my vanilla latte, striding out through the glass front door, away from her. The rain falling from the gray Scottish sky brings me back to reality.
The whole point in fake dating Oliver was to protect me from the prying eyes and ears of Adrian and Britt. But all itâs done is make Britt feel bad for me. Worry about me.
The exact opposite of what I was going for.
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