The Right Guy: A romantic comedy by Kate O'Keeffe

Author:Kate O'Keeffe [O'Keeffe, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Lime Books
Published: 2019-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

Jake

“And this is me and Tim after we ate the churros.” Ash thrusts her camera in my face. “See. I’ve got powdered sugar on my lips.”

“Mm-hmm,” I reply, about as interested in seeing powdered sugar on my sister’s lips as I am seeing Tim on them.

“Oh, and look! This is with Chloe and Lacey and me. Don’t we look cute?”

I lift my hand and press the phone away. “Ash, it’s awesome you had such a great night, but I just want to chill for a bit, ’kay?”

“Oh, I get it. Too much to drink last night again. Geez, brother, two nights in a row? I never knew you drank that much.”

My mind darts to Taylor’s drunken kiss and how hard I’d had to fight not to give in and tell her what she means to me—an almost insurmountable task. “Yeah. Something like that,” I mutter.

I adjust my position on the pool recliner, feeling the sun’s heat on my bare chest. It’s only eight thirty in the morning, but I’ve already done a workout in the hotel gym, showered, gotten into my trunks, and eaten my breakfast.

I deserve some time to relax.

I’m not usually much of a morning person. You can’t be when you work in the restaurant business. It’s late nights most nights of the week. Mornings are for catching up on sleep and getting ready to face it all again. Truth is, I couldn’t sleep last night. I tossed and turned all night, unable to switch my mind off.

No points for guessing why.

“Drink coffee. Lots of it. That’s my advice.” Ash stretches out on the lounge chair next to me, holding a magazine.

“You got a hangover, Harrison?”

I open my eyes to see Tim standing at the end of my lounge chair, blocking the sun. He’s holding a couple of tall glasses of ice water in his hands.

“He’s not admitting it, but I bet he does. I saw him downing those shots with Chloe last night,” Ash says.

“Doing shots with Chloe, huh?” Tim says suggestively.

I don’t react.

He puts one of the drinks on the plastic table between Ash and me.

Ash bolts upright in her chair. “Tell me you didn’t. You know my friends are off limits, and that includes Chloe.”

“Relax. I didn’t.” I close my eyes.

“Morning,” a feminine voice says.

I open my eyes again and look up, my heart sinking when I see it’s not Taylor.

Dude, get a grip!

Everyone greets Phoebe, and she drops her beach bag on a recliner next to Tim. I concentrate on trying to relax, soaking up the sun. The girls are chatting, and Tim seems happy to chill as he listens to some music. And I need not to think.

A drip of sweat rolls down my chest. It’s hot for this early. We’re in for a stifling one. I push myself up onto my elbows and squint out at the sparkling blue pool to my right. Cooling off would work right about now.

Without a word, I get up and take a walk past the group over to the pool.

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