The Wedding Boyfriend by Benjamin Christina

Author:Benjamin, Christina
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crown Atlantic Publishing
Published: 2018-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

21

Nick

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Nick’s sides hurt from laughing as Sara relived her tragically awful date with Spencer. “Oh, God,” he said between tears. “I can’t believe you actually rapped. I would’ve paid good money to see that.”

“Hey, when in Rome . . .” Sara smirked. “Though, I was surprised.”

“By what?”

“Dr. Dre is sort of a poet.”

Nick snorted. Only Sara could find poetry in Dre’s lyrics. “I haven’t laughed this hard since you got that eraser stuck up your nose.”

Sara scowled. “I was five!”

Nick howled with laughter as the memory popped into his mind. “It was still funny.” He stuck his finger in his nose and crossed his eyes mimicking what Sara had looked like, trying to see the stubborn eraser that had dared to stick itself where it didn’t belong.

Sara playfully kicked him and Austen jumped to his defense. “Traitor,” she murmured.

They were sitting on his boat, drifting in the calm water of sunset, polishing off a bag of donuts and reminiscing about failed dates and fun memories. It’d been a full day since Nick pulled off yet another dating disaster. Two down, one to go.

Julian Clarke was the last one left. Nick was convinced Julian would be an easy target. The kid was a total nerd. Nick didn’t know much about him before he started doing some research. It made sense that Julian wasn’t on Nick’s radar, the kid had only transferred to Harbor Prep last year. He was from England and from what Nick found out, Julian spent as much time in the library as Sara. It was odd the two of them hadn’t formed some sort of book club already. The thought jarred Nick. Should he be worried about Julian? He and Sara seemed to have a strange amount in common.

No, things with Logan and Spencer had fallen into place perfectly. Setting Julian up would be just as easy. Nick hated deceiving his best friend, but he told himself he was only doing it to protect her. Plus, it would all be worth it in the end if things went the way Nick hoped they would.

He decided to push his worries aside and focus on the fun he was having with Sara. Floating on the boat with her and Austen, joking around and eating donuts—it was just like old times. Nick couldn’t help the smile that plastered itself on his face.

“What?” Sara asked catching his grin.

“I still can’t believe you didn’t get a video of you rapping. I would’ve killed to see that.”

She snorted. “I bet.” But then her smile faded. “What if tomorrow’s date is a disaster, too?”

Nick put an arm around Sara’s shoulder and pulled her in close. “I have a good feeling about this one.”

She looked up at him through long lashes. “You really think so?”

The fading sunlight caught in her eyes, turning them bronze. She looked so beautiful Nick found it difficult to breathe. “I know that if it is, I’ll be waiting with donuts to make it all better.”

Sara smiled and leaned into Nick.

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