More Than Friends (Kendrick Place) by Jody Holford

Author:Jody Holford [Holford, Jody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: friends to lovers, best friends to lovers, best friends, Kendrick Place, contemporary romance, Jody Holford, Bliss, entangled
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-12-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Maybe you two ought to consider another building,” Beth suggested, as they all climbed into the rental Owen had arranged through Brady. His truck sat five if three people squeezed into the back seat. Brady owned his own auto shop and had connections, which made the outing with everyone a lot easier. Really didn’t think some of these things through. He’d been so focused on his lie and getting Gabby to agree, he hadn’t thought ahead about some of the logistics.

“Are you considering it now?” Beth asked from the backseat as Owen pulled onto the street. Gabby laughed from the passenger seat beside him.

“Mom, it’s a great building. Gabby and I both love it there. This is some anomaly that’s been blown out of proportion,” Owen said.

His mom lowered her voice, which was completely pointless. “You can’t keep an eye on her all the time, Owen. I mean, she’s still keeping her own apartment.”

Now everyone else joined in on the laughter. Owen’s thoughts stuttered. “We, uh, like the space. But it’s temporary.” Please don’t ask which part. He didn’t like lying to his family—he didn’t want to. Gabby shot him a side-glance, like she was inside his brain. He thought of just telling his family the truth now; this minute. But he didn’t know what the truth was. He’d started this, obviously not thinking the finer details through and now, his heart and his mind were like tilt-a-whirls.

Was there any chance he and Gabby could be the real thing? He didn’t want to freak her out by asking while his family was there. This morning, when he’d awoken beside her, a sense of rightness had filled his entire body. It wasn’t just the sexual awareness—though that was an eye-opener too—he’d never be able to go back to seeing her as just Gabby now that he realized how much sensuality she exuded without even trying. No, it was more. He’d wanted to pull her tight against him this morning and kiss her awake. He’d settled for putting his hand on her hip, a torture in itself. Then he’d left the bed, trying to shake off the thoughts in the shower. Turned out thinking about Gabby in his shower was not the best plan for getting her out of his head.

“Owen,” Gabby hissed.

He was completely freaking himself out. “Sorry. Mom. Everything is fine. It’s good. Mall first and then skating?”

“Are we eating lunch at the mall?” Ophelia asked. Owen could see her in the rearview mirror, sitting next to Aunt Patty. She smiled at him. Gabby turned and looked at his sister.

“See, that’s what we should be thinking about, not the building,” Gabby said playfully.

“I love a girl who can eat,” Leo said.

Owen couldn’t disagree, though he hadn’t given it much thought before now. “Mall, it is,” he said, flipping the signal and changing lanes.

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