Never Have I Ever by Blakely Lauren

Author:Blakely, Lauren
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little Dog Press
Published: 2019-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

17

Zach

When the party makes its way out of the restaurant en route to the club, I say my goodbyes on the sidewalk, telling Charlie I’ll see him on the course bright and early, ready to destroy him.

“I’m prepared to be crushed.”

“I’d crush all of you if I liked your brand of golf,” Piper adds as she unzips her purse and slides on some lip gloss.

“What’s your brand of golf?” Graham asks her curiously.

She mimes swinging a club. “Mini golf. I rule when it comes to obstacle courses with clowns, dinosaurs, and windmills. I played it in high school and college, and I won a ton of tournaments.”

His eyebrows shoot into his hairline. “I had no idea that was a thing. How cool. I’d love to hear more about it.”

Is he for real? He wants to hear about mini golf? I mean, the game is fun, but could that be any more of a line?

She smiles at him, and I wish I could tell if it was a professional smile as a wedding planner or a friendly smile as the maid of honor or a flirty smile as a woman. “Consider yourself warned. I can talk mini golf all night long,” she answers, and I grit my teeth, seething inside because I can’t tell what kind of smile she’s flashing his way. And I don’t want her doing anything with him all night long, no matter what the nature of the challenge.

Graham steps closer to her. “Challenge received and accepted. We can chat at the club.”

“Good luck talking over the music,” I mutter, like the third wheel I’ve become.

“Good point,” Graham says, smacking my shoulder, then turning his focus back to her. “Piper, I’ll have to take you on a tour of London where it’s not so noisy. See the little side streets. The shops only the locals know.”

Great. Just great. I’ve unwittingly set them up. Why don’t I just suggest he take her to a bookshop and seduce her senseless? Here’s the key to winning her, courtesy of the jackass who’s heading home alone.

She gestures down the block. “But for now, why don’t we just go to the club? I need to be there for Jessica.”

“The club it is,” Graham says, sweeping out his arm as if he’s a gallant Sir Walter Raleigh.

Briefly I consider jettisoning my rules about clubs. Protecting my turf. Tossing her over my shoulder and claiming mine.

But she’s not mine.

I’m not hers.

And I have kids asleep back in Kensington. I have a nanny to pay gobs of pounds to.

That’s my element. That’s where I belong. I don’t have my feet in this clubbing, partying, no-kids world. Hell, perhaps it’s fitting that Charlie’s going to be living here half the time. I’m the interloper in his world—mine is back in a hotel suite.

I wave goodbye, march up the block, and catch a cab once I’m away from all of them. As I buckle in, a text flashes at me from Louise, telling me the kids are sound asleep and have been for a few hours.

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