Serendipitous Love 2: Didn't Mean to Love You by Christina C Jones

Author:Christina C Jones [Jones, Christina C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Romance, Women's Fiction
Amazon: B00OTYLXO0
Published: 2014-10-22T04:00:00+00:00

“Oh, so that motherfucker has game.”

Eddie shook his head, giving me a sympathetic smile before he took another sip from his margarita.

“He’s not playing me. He wouldn’t do that. I don’t think he would do that.”

I hope he wouldn’t do that.

Eddie and Simone exchanged glances, but neither said anything in response to my assessment that there was no way Carter would purposely toy with me. “He’s not that kind of guy,” I said, pushing another bowl of tortilla chips to Simone from across my kitchen counter.

“The kind of single guy that would gladly accept pussy thrown at him from his pretty little neighbor? Girl, please. Every guy is that kind of guy.”

I rolled my eyes at Eddie and turned to Simone, hoping for a voice of reason. She and Carter were good friends, and I didn’t doubt for a second that he’d talked to her about me.

“What?” Simone asked, nearly choking on a mouthful of chips and salsa.

“Tell him that Carter isn’t like that. That he wouldn’t lead me on.”

Simone averted her gaze, reaching to take a long sip from her coke. “Not… intentionally.”

My eyes went wide, and I felt like someone had splashed cold water on me. “What the hell does that mean, “not intentionally”. What do you know?”

“Based on my personal opinion of Carter, I do not believe he would intentionally play with your feelings.”

“She’s using that word again,” Eddie sang, turning his head to pretend he wasn’t engaged in the conversation.

I crossed my arms over my stomach. “So… you think he would play with my feelings, just not on purpose.”

“I didn’t say that.” Simone wiped her hands, then sat back in her barstool. “Why are you sweating this anyway, I thought you said it wasn’t serious?”

“It wasn’t. At least, I didn’t think it was until I came back from France, and—”

“ — didn’t even call anybody to say you were back?”

I sucked my teeth at Eddie’s interruption. “Anyway, when I got back, it’s like things were different. If you had seen the way he looked at me when he saw me at his door, or the emotion when he told me he missed me…. Eddie is saying that it’s just game, but I think Carter is serious about me. And if he is, that means I can be open about the fact that really… I am too.”

Simone lifted an eyebrow. “Open?”

“Yes, open,” I nodded. “I don’t want to have any doubts, not after my… history. I want us to have a conversation about this, I want to hear him say “Vivienne, I want to be with you.”, if that’s the case. I want to tell him how I feel.”

“That’s a terrible idea,” Eddie and Simone said in unison, heads cocked to the side, eyes wide in alarm. Simone took another sip from her drink before she spoke again. “Look… I’m going to say this to you because I love you like a sister. Carter is not going to respond well to anything that looks like you pushing him toward a commitment.

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