The Dating Pact: A Sweet Friends to Lovers Romance (Knitting Club Gals Book 1) by Ginger Li

Author:Ginger Li [Li, Ginger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

12

Everly

“I’m so sorry.” Quinn’s shoulders sagged as she paused in her knitting. “I didn’t realize Nelson was such a jerk. He was always so cordial with me.”

“That’s because you ran in the same circles,” Indie scoffed. “Of course he was a lickspittle with you. He wanted all his rich friends to like him. But he sure revealed his true colors to Everly.”

“Lickspittle?” I stared at my friend in surprise. Was she speaking English? The word felt foreign on my tongue.

“Nelson was a suck-up to Quinn and her friends, then acted all lordly and haughty around you.” Indie unraveled a few of her stitches before her needles continued their rhythmic movement. “That man makes me so furious that I’m missing stitches here.”

Joy threw back her head and laughed, her shoulders shaking the entire time.

“What?” Indie scowled. “You think I won’t call out a pillock when I see one?”

Now I let out a hearty laugh too. My date with Nelson had been dreadful, but somehow, Indie’s indignation made the entire situation seem hilarious.

Joy hiccuped as she wiped her face. “This is why I love you guys. I gotta keep those words in mind next time I talk about my ex.”

A corner of Indie’s mouth twitched up. “If you liked those insults, I have a whole bunch more I can toss out.”

It was Thursday, our usual knitting club night. Quinn was finishing up a pair of striped socks, Indie was hate-knitting a puke-green hat for her annoying co-worker, Drew, and Joy was knitting mittens for her boys. Tonight, our meeting was at Joy’s house instead of mine because Jasper and Leo were sleeping over at Joy’s sister’s place, which meant that while the mice were away, the cats could play.

And these particular cats were enjoying music that focused heavily on girl power and heartbreak while filling our bellies with treats normally kept hidden from prying eyes. Treats such as lemon drop martinis and all the chocolate a girl could want, which today included fancy chocolates, courtesy of Quinn, chocolate ice cream, chosen by Indie and me, and better-than-a-boyfriend brownies, baked by Joy.

I bit into a decadent dark chocolate and walnut brownie and moaned. So good. True to their name, these were better than any man I’d ever dated. Then again, I’d been out of the game for so long that the only time I could recall where I’d felt something for a guy was when Wyatt and I role-played a few days ago.

Oh caramel apples, just the thought of how he’d looked at me, that intoxicating mixture of love and desire, had my blood boiling to a dangerous temperature. Wyatt was such an impressive actor that I’d almost believed he was about to kiss me. Caught up in the moment, I’d wanted it too.

What was I doing? I wasn’t supposed to be falling for him. No way could I keep entertaining those thoughts, especially when he’d only acted like that because he cared about someone else. I took another bite of brownie and chewed slowly to savor the flavor, but somehow, it didn’t satisfy me like before.

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