Plump & Pretty by Mary E Thompson

Author:Mary E Thompson [Thompson, Mary E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Mary E Thompson
Published: 2016-03-04T05:00:00+00:00

Sixteen

“Your grandson? Connor’s your grandson?”

She grinned and patted my cheek, then walked away, leaving me staring after her. A noise behind me had me spinning to see Connor running a large hand through his dark hair, looking sheepish.

“She’s your grandma? You brought me to meet your grandma?”

“Yeah,” he said slowly. “I didn’t mean for you to find out though. She doesn’t usually tell people how we know each other, choosing to let me reveal that.”

The pain and disappointment that ran through me were harsher than I’d expected. Of course I knew he dated other women, hell I’d witnessed it for years in high school. The utter joy I’d felt when I realized he took me to his grandma’s house was swamped by the blow I felt when he admitted I wasn’t special to him, and I certainly wasn’t the first woman he’d taken to meet her.

“Oh,” I said, forcing aside my defeat and turning back to the shelves, choosing to lose myself in being someone else for a little while since being me was too painful at the moment.

Connor stood behind me while I looked, quietly watching me. I could feel his eyes on my back as tears blurred my vision. I bit down hard on my lip to stop the flow of tears, but one slid down my cheek anyway. I brushed it away quickly, but Connor sucked in a breath behind me.

“What did I say?” he asked softly, his voice barely audible.

“Nothing,” I answered, a quick shake of my head to affirm my word. I knew he wasn’t going to buy it because he asked to start with. How he realized he said something that upset me, I didn’t know. If he didn’t really care he’d just let it go, but if he wanted to know the truth he’d push. I wasn’t sure which I’d prefer at the moment.

“Riley,” Connor said quietly. “Please talk to me. Tell me what I said.”

I shook my head, not willing to let him know how silly my emotions were. I felt foolish standing in his grandmother’s basement, surrounded by books, upset that the guy I’d been on two dates with had a past. That he’d gone out with other women and introduced them to his grandmother.

It was ridiculous. In the eleven years since I’d seen him he could have gotten married, had kids, or had any number of serious girlfriends. I had no right to him in the last eleven years, or even at that moment. Two dates didn’t constitute a relationship. All it did was remind me that I barely knew Connor.

“Riley,” he tried again, turning me so he could look at me. He cupped my chin in his firm grip, not rough, just not letting me get away. When he gently forced my eyes up to his I knew he would see the wetness I was trying to hide. “Honey, talk to me. I know I said something. Tell me what it was.”

“It’s silly,” I admitted.

“Nothing is silly if it upsets you.

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