NMFL01-03 - Volume One Box Set: Miss Match, Not Your Match, Mix 'N Match by Armstrong Lindzee

Author:Armstrong, Lindzee [Armstrong, Lindzee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, amazon
Publisher: Snowflake Press
Published: 2016-08-30T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Andi watched Ben as he chatted with one of Adam’s business colleagues. He held a beer in one hand, and the flickering firelight danced shadows across his face. His lips were curved up in a smile, but she could see his stress in the way he clenched the beer bottle, the stiff way he held his shoulders.

Rachel came over and handed Andi a plate with a piece of cobbler on it. “I saw you hadn’t got any,” she said. “I think this is Adam’s best yet.”

“Thanks,” Andi said, her voice flat. She stabbed at the cobbler with the fork.

Rachel’s brow furrowed. “Is everything okay? You seem tense.”

“What was that about?” Andi motioned her head toward the house.

“Oh, Whitney?” Rachel’s eyes sparkled. “Isn’t it great? I’m so happy for them.”

“Happy for them?” Andi let out a frustrated laugh. “Whitney ambushed Ben. And I’m guessing you helped her do it.”

Rachel folded her arms, her eyes narrowing. “I didn’t know until Whitney was already here. She’d lost my address so she called and asked me for it. She wanted to surprise Ben, and I thought it was a good idea.”

“That woman broke Ben’s heart.” She wanted to call Whitney something much worse than woman, but bit back the words. She shoved the cobbler in her mouth, desperate for something to keep the word vomit from exploding out.

The cobbler melted on her tongue, warm and gooey. Oh wow. That was good. It almost made her a believer in sweets.

“No relationship is entirely one person’s fault,” Rachel said. “I love my brother, but he’s not perfect. I’m sure he made mistakes too. But a relationship isn’t about keeping score, it’s about working things out.”

“I don’t think Ben wants to work it out.”

“Ben doesn’t know what he wants.”

Andi growled and took another bite of cobbler. “He’s a grown man. You have to let him make his own decisions.”

“You hadn’t talked to Ben until a few weeks ago for, what, five years? You know nothing about Ben and Whitney, or their relationship.”

Andi frowned, not liking the truth behind Rachel’s words. “Ben’s told me enough that I can guess it wasn’t healthy. For either of them.”

“Oh, don’t try to analyze the situation.” Rachel ran a hand through her hair, clearly agitated.

Andi and Rachel rarely fought—Rachel said it was unfair to have to go against a lawyer trained in arguing—but Andi was ready to go to battle for Ben. “You need to back off, Rach. This time you went too far.”

“Why do you care?” Rachel’s voice rose, and a few of the party guests conversing nearby glanced over at them. Rachel gave them a winning smile, then glared at Andi and lowered her voice. “This has nothing to do with you.”

“Ben is my friend, and I don’t appreciate what you’re doing to him.”

“I’m your friend too—your best friend. I thought you’d be on my side.”

Andi shifted, the heat of the fire suddenly too much. She would burn into ash if she had to stay here any longer. “I am on your side.

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