The Forever Girl by Jill Shalvis

Author:Jill Shalvis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Published: 2020-10-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Caitlin’s to-do list:

—Make it through the week without becoming an alcoholic.

Caitlin was late. Not to a meeting, because please. She’d never been late to anything in her whole life. Nope, this was a different kind of late altogether. Like nine months of getting a big belly late. It had her both excited and terrified as she went through the motions at the coed wedding shower luncheon with Dillon’s coworkers. The whole thing was a stuffy, overdone waste of time and her face still hurt from fake smiling. She’d been asked at least ten times by ten different people what she did for a living, and when she said she managed a deli and prepped all the food, inevitably the follow-up question was what were her career goals.

Implying, of course, that she was surely working on bigger and better things.

And she was, in her own way. She loved to cook and would continue to do that in whatever capacity worked for her, and she wanted to build a family. Every time the question came up, her first instinct was to glance at Dillon, thinking he’d maybe deflect for her. She hoped he’d say, “Whatever she wants to do.” But in each instance, Dillon had turned to her as expectantly as his friends.

So she started taking a shot every time she was asked, and then she added a new game: making up answers. Her favorite had made Dillon flush with anger, but she still thought “teaching exotic dancing” was pretty damn funny. And okay, maybe she went overboard because Sara called her no fewer than three times to ask questions that she’d have no need to ask if she’d only read the notes Caitlin had left.

In any case, by the time they got back to the cabin, she was pretty sure she and Dillon were no longer speaking, but he surprised her when they all gathered in the kitchen for snacks because the food at the shower had sucked.

With both Roly and Poly following him like he was the Pied Piper, he took out the plate of burgers she’d had in the fridge for dinner. “I’ll light the grill.”

Walker looked at Caitlin in surprise. “You’re going to trust him to cook those?”

Dillon frowned. “Excuse me?”

“No offense,” Walker said with a laugh, “but she never trusts anyone to cook anything.”

Caitlin narrowed her eyes at Walker. “If you think you know everything, why don’t you go help him?”

Walker pointed at her, but he started out the door, because at least one of her people knew better than to argue with the bride.

“Wait,” she said. “If you’re ruler of the universe today, shouldn’t Maze have to do it for you?”

Walker’s eyebrows went up. “You want Maze to barbecue your burgers?”

“You’re right. What was I thinking?”

“Hey, standing right here,” Maze said, tossing up her hands.

Dillon was staring at them like they’d all lost their minds. “What’s wrong with Maze’s cooking? Is she going to burn another house down or something?”

Everyone sucked in a shocked breath.

“Babe, I told you that in confidence,” Cat finally said, horrified.

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