Rushed (Adventures in Love #1) by Aurora Rose Reynolds

Author:Aurora Rose Reynolds [Reynolds, Aurora Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542034548
Google: Rq1czgEACAAJ
Amazon: B08ZMWMSHP
Goodreads: 57571206
Publisher: Montlake
Published: 2021-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

CYBIL

Standing in the kitchen with a cup of coffee in hand and still half-asleep, even after my shower, I watch in a daze as a shirtless Tanner does burpees on the back patio. As his muscles bunch and move under his tan skin, all I can think is it really should be illegal for a man as hot as him to work out half-naked, especially when he has a sexually frustrated woman staying in his house.

Hearing my cell phone that’s plugged in on the counter ring, I force my eyes off the man who’s captured my attention and pick it up, frowning when I see that Galvin is calling me. Part of me wants to let the call go to voice mail, but curiosity has me sliding my thumb across the screen and putting it on speaker, since I can’t hold my phone and coffee at the same time.

“Yes?”

“Cybil,” he says, sounding unsure, like he’s forgotten the sound of my voice.

“Yes?” I repeat as my eyes drift out the window to Tanner, who’s now hanging upside down from a bar, doing sit-ups.

“Umm . . . how are you?”

“I’m fantastic.” I wait for him to say more, because honestly I have no desire to ask him how he is, or any other niceties. Not after finding out that he lied to me.

“Jade said you’re in Montana and that you met someone there.”

“I am, and I did,” I agree, dropping my eyes to my feet as annoyance with my best friend makes my hand tighten around my coffee cup.

“Fuck, Cybil, I know you’re pissed about everything that happened between you and me, but do you really think that’s smart?”

“The only thing me being here has to do with you is that I booked this trip because you wanted us to go on a couples retreat to work on our relationship. When, in reality, there was nothing I could do to make you happy, because I don’t have a penis. Besides that, you do not factor into me staying in Montana with Tanner.”

“I didn’t think you’d actually book that trip,” he groans. “You’ve always hated anything to do with the outdoors, and when I brought it up, you laughed.”

“I thought you were joking, and you’re wrong. I actually love the outdoors.” Okay, love might be the wrong word, but still. “I’ve had the best time.”

“Cybil, we’re all worried about you. You’re staying with a man you don’t even know, and—”

“Ha!” I snort, cutting him off. “That’s really funny, coming from you.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“I was with you for years, Galvin. You were one of my best friends, and I obviously had no idea who you were.”

“That’s not true. You knew me. You still know me.”

“You didn’t tell me that you were actually in love with someone else, or that you might also like men. I’m pretty sure I didn’t know you at all.”

“Things with Chris were complicated, and I was scared that—”

“You lied. You dragged me into your lie without giving me a choice in the matter.

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