The Last Place You Look by Aurora Rey

Author:Aurora Rey [Rey, Aurora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635555332
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2020-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

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“You had sex last night.”

Julia looked down at her clothes, like maybe she’d somehow given herself away with her outfit. “What?”

“You. Had. Sex.”

“How do you know?” The question was pretty much an admission, but she couldn’t take it back now.

“I’m your big sister. I know you.”

She laughed because it was true, even now. “Okay. Yes. I had sex.”

“It was with Taylor, wasn’t it?”

Julia closed her eyes for a second. “Yes.”

“I knew it.” She set down the clipboard she’d been marking inventory on. “I know I said you should be single for a while, but if you aren’t going to listen to me, I don’t think you can do better than Taylor.”

Caroline’s voice held no judgment. Maybe she really had mellowed, or maybe Julia had imagined more than was there in the first place. “I think you’re right.”

“You’re not going to break her heart, are you?”

Julia frowned. Why would Caroline ask that? “I’m not really the heartbreaker type.”

Caroline pointed at her. “I wouldn’t be so sure of that.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Caroline came around behind the bar and put her hands on Julia’s shoulders. Julia braced herself for whatever lecture she was about to get. “Erica did a number on you. I get it. But you are smart and beautiful and a total catch. Taylor is sweet and probably half in love with you already.”

What bizarro universe had she wandered into? “I think you might be overstating my feminine powers a tad.”

Caroline started to respond, but a group of women walked in and headed right for the bar. She gave Julia a we’re not done here look and headed back to the office. Julia switched into hostess mode and delivered her standard greeting and introduction.

The tasting room remained busy most of the afternoon. Not Saturday busy, but busy enough she managed to avoid Caroline and her weird new role as Julia’s biggest fan. She did catch Caroline giving her pointed looks every time she emerged from the office, but Julia got away with a half-smile and a shrug. Work, after all, came first.

Fortunately, Julia could do her job half asleep. She did a little daydreaming about Taylor and the prospect of spending the night with her again. Taylor made her feel—what was the word?—craved. It made her feel like a goddess. She’d never felt like a goddess before.

And then there was this whole photography thing. Thinking about it as photography and not simply taking pictures was weird in the first place. But if she was going to take people’s money for it, she should probably get used to it. One of Amanda’s friends had called her that morning to request an appointment, making a comment about getting in before Julia’s schedule booked up. It was all she could do not to laugh.

Was it too soon to think about business cards? Or a website? She was big on not getting ahead of herself, especially given her track record in that department. But she didn’t want to come off as unprofessional. Nothing worse than being asked for a card and not even having one.

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