It Takes a Woman: A Modern Marriage of Convenience (Scorned Women Society Book 4) by Piper Sheldon

Author:Piper Sheldon [Sheldon, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smartypants Romance
Published: 2022-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Vincent

“Look who was right about the pies after all?” Gretchen took a bite of apple pie. Her full lips sucking the fork clean.

“Mm-hmm,” I said around another forkful of banana cream pie, taking my time. Gretchen watched me. I didn’t have to look at her to know. I could picture the exact smug smile on her face.

“You’re awfully quiet. Had a lot to say about all my pies earlier,” she said.

“I would never complain about your delicious pie, Gretchen LaRoe.”

One of the ladies to my left snorted. The desserts were spread out between the ten of us. Turned out there had been plenty of food, even though the main dishes were a lost cause. Plus, we had booze and pie and honestly, that’s all anybody really needed.

“I’m so full of sugar, I could sneeze cotton candy,” Suzie said pushing her plate and leaning back.

“Thank God for pie,” Kim said.

“And water chestnuts wrapped in bacon,” Suzie said.

“And charcuterie boards,” Roxy added.

“And basically nothing that I made,” Kim said. She looked around the room. “It’s okay. I’m ready to be made fun of.”

“I mean it was a disaster.” Gretchen laughed.

“How’d you burned mashed potatoes?” Roxy asked.

“I lied. I’m not ready.” Kim stood up. The others smiled at their laps but relented. “Let’s play a game. Charades?”

“Can I be judge?” Devlin asked dryly.

“No. Everybody plays.” Kim smiled sweetly at him in contradiction to the harsh demand.

“You can learn a lot about someone based on how they lose,” Roxy said looking at me.

Message received. “I wouldn’t know,” I said looking back at her. “I don’t lose.”

She narrowed her eyes to hide a smile, which for her was as good as the real thing. “Oh, it’s on now.”

We moved to the living room, carrying our drinks and arranging ourselves on the massive wraparound couch that sat before an equally massive fireplace.

“No couples on the same team,” Gretchen said. She was already passing around paper and pens to write clues on. We worked in silence for a while. Kim giggled madly before throwing her clues in the basket. She snorted at Devlin. He shot her a dubious look.

The first team was Jack, Kim, Gretchen, Ford, and Roxy. Sanders, Skip, Suzie, Devlin, and I made up the second team.

“Vinny first,” Suzie called out happily.

“Vincent,” Gretchen corrected but nobody acknowledged her.

“I should have known I’d be first,” I grumbled good-naturedly. I grabbed a piece of paper from the basket and went to the front of the living room. I frowned at the clue. It rang a bell but I wasn’t sure.

“I don’t know what this is,” I said.

“No talking,” Roxy said louder than necessary.

I blinked at her. Sanders looked between us, smiling. If he had a tail it would be wagging.

“Let me see,” Gretchen stood and came to me.

“Hey, no helping the enemy,” Jack said.

Gretchen grabbed the paper, sticking out her tongue at him, before reading it. A devious smile grew on her face.

“Oh, who did this? This’ll be fun.” She looked around the room and chuckled. Everyone just looked confused, except Kim who looked like she was about to explode with giggles.

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