Law #1: Never Bet on Love by Agnes Canestri

Author:Agnes Canestri [Canestri, Agnes]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

(Nathan)

I pace up and down in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of my living room. I must look like a caged tiger waiting to be fed—cranky and inpatient.

Not that anyone is watching me.

Eva is standing by the black marble counter in the kitchen, blabbering with my aunt like they’re best friends. If it goes on like this, I won’t have time to show Eva my surprise in my climbing room. Why did Marjorie decide to pay a surprise visit today of all days? She already dropped by once this week. Is my aunt so worried about my bet that she has decided to monitor me? It’s enough that Murphy checks in with me twice daily. I certainly don’t need another family member tracking my actions with Eva. And even less so on a date—the first one labelled as such by Eva too.

I sigh and throw a glance at the two women who are smiling widely at each other.

It’s almost bothering to see how well the two of them get along. Eva was way more reserved with me during our first encounter. And on the second. And the third. It took me almost four tries to break through her heavy, protective shell. How had my aunt succeeded in ten minutes?

Great, now I feel envious of my aunt because Eva is nice to her. Can I get any dumber?

I love my aunt, and I’m so happy she’s feeling better after her debilitating sickness and is able to drop by unannounced, but how am I supposed to get cozier with Eva with Marjorie around? Especially when all my aunt has done since arriving is reveal goofy past events about me to the woman I wish would see me as a desirable and sexy adult.

Eva arches her brows at my aunt. “I can’t believe this. So not like him.”

“It’s hard to fathom, I know.” Marjorie chuckles. “He’s all grown up and serious now. You’d think he’s never pulled a prank in his life. But I assure you that inside our Nathan, perhaps buried somewhere, there’s still a careless young boy wanting to get out.”

My neck tenses at my aunt’s words.

What’s she trying to do? Sabotage my efforts with Eva?

Eva giggles.

Her jingling laugh fills my chest, and my glance flicks to her lips. I like seeing Eva happy. I don’t exactly know why, but I just do. Even if her good mood is triggered by an embarrassing story about my younger self.

Eva turns to me, her voice still throaty from laughing. “Did you really do that, Nathan?” Her glance glistens with warmth and a curious depth that makes me hope that Marjorie’s reminiscence hasn’t cancelled out all my charm.

“Guilty.” I nod. “Now you see why I couldn’t scold Juan. I know that kids do stupid things to get attention from adults. With time it becomes much harder to impress those around you, and sometimes extreme measures are needed.”

Marjorie frowns at me, but I ignore her glare. She must have understood my not-so-subtle reference to Mother and clearly disapproves.

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