The Match by Sarah Adams

Author:Sarah Adams [Adams, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

The introductions are complete, and I have been given a moment to catch my breath by the pool. Jake and his dad are over by the grill, tossing hot dogs and hamburgers on, and Sam and a few of her cousins are all swimming in the pool.

Turns out, Jake has the sweetest family on the face of the earth, and I had nothing to worry about. Who knew that there were people out there with families who actually love each other without secret agendas?

I pull my towel out of my tote bag and drape it over a pool chair. I find myself smiling at all the sounds of splashing and laughter. Growing up as an only child with two very pompous and career-driven parents meant the only sounds that usually filled our house were that of Daddy typing on a laptop while Mama gossiped with her other elitist minions on the phone. Exciting stuff.

“Soooo,” says Jake’s sister June as she plops down, stomach first, onto the pool chair beside me. “You’re the hottie with the body that my big brother keeps talking about.” I feel my eyes widen to the size of oranges.

Jake appears out of nowhere, standing beside my chair and towering over me. “I never called her that!” he says to his sister before looking down at me. “I never called you that.”

June huffs an offended sound. “So, you’re saying she doesn’t have a hot body? How rude, Jake.”

He gives June a look, and now I’m stuck between two siblings in a game of monkey in the middle. “Cut it out, June.”

“You’re not helping your case here, big brother. Evie is going to leave today, completely dejected, thinking you hate her body.”

I’m struggling so hard to keep a laugh from bursting out of me.

“She’s not going to think that.” I like the way Jake’s face is turning the tiniest bit pink, and I wonder if I can push it over the top to red.

I give him a pouty look and decide Jake needs to be the one in the middle now. “I don’t know. I might think that.”

He’s glaring at me but clearly trying not to grin. “Fine, I’ll give. Evie…you…you’ve got a hot body.” BINGO. Jacob Broaden is capable of turning bright red, folks!

I laugh, enjoying the feeling of victory far too much. Jake just rolls his eyes and goes back to the grill with his daddy.

“He’s too easy to mess with,” June says, shaking her head with a smile while watching her brother walk away. I like her. She’s spunky and a little crazy in the best kind of way. And she has a really cute watercolor flower tattoo capping her shoulder that makes me wonder if I would look as cute as her with one? Probably not. And I really don’t like needles, so I dismiss the thought instantly.

“So, are you guys dating?”

My eyes shoot to June, and I must look like a deer in the headlights, because she laughs. “You don’t have to answer that.

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