Under Pressure (Lessons Learned Book 1) by Smartypants Romance & Allie Winters

Author:Smartypants Romance & Allie Winters [Romance, Smartypants]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Smartypants Romance
Published: 2021-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Tyler

“Your group is doing really well,” Mia comments, leaning in close beside me to take a better look at the spreadsheet I have up on the screen. “The difference between them and the control group should be statistically significant.”

I shut my eyes briefly, breathing in deeply of that wonderful Mia essence. How does she always smell so sweet? Does she douse herself in vanilla extract or something?

“Also, I really like your tattoo.” She smiles, motioning to the blue unicorn on my forearm, glitter still stuck to it. I rolled up my sleeves unthinkingly after our last participant left.

I’m glad she didn’t try to pick up where we left off before Jada showed up. I don’t know what I was thinking trying to start anything then, when we could have been caught at any moment. Did I subconsciously want that? Or was I simply not capable of any thought at all once I’d had my hands on her, her delicious scent in my nose?

I shake my head, trying to remember what she just said. God, she’s scrambling my wits even now. She saw my tattoo. “You’ll probably like this one even better.” I lift my sleeve so my bicep is exposed, showing her the purple mermaid.

She covers her mouth with her hand, eyes sparkling as brightly as the glitter clinging to my arm. “I love it.”

I pull my shirt back down, explaining, “My sister did them.”

“That’s sweet of you to let her do that. How old is she?”

“Eight.”

“Wow, that’s a big age gap. What…” She does some mental math. “Thirteen years?”

“Between her and my oldest brother it’s eighteen.”

“Good lord. I can’t imagine going to my child’s high school graduation with my newborn too.”

“Yeah.” That’s actually exactly what happened.

My phone vibrates then on the desk between us. To my horror, it’s Mom. The words Did you invite Mia to my birthday party? flash on the screen, in full view of said girl. Stupid phone displays, showing every message that comes in right there for anyone to see.

I scramble to pick it up, holding it to my chest. When I glance over, her eyes are wide.

She points to it, her mouth gaping like a fish for a second before she asks, “Was that my name on your phone?”

“No,” I deny, way too quickly for her to actually believe me.

“It was,” she insists. “Did it say something about a birthday party?”

I try to turn the tables back on her. “Why are you snooping in my phone?”

“Snooping?” she laughs. “It was right there on the desk. I’d have to be blind not to see it. Who was it?”

“My mom,” I mutter.

“Your mom?” She looks gleeful, a wide smile on her face.

I roll my eyes. “She said I should invite you to this dumb family get-together they’re having for her birthday this weekend. I told her you obviously don’t want—”

“I’d love to come,” she interrupts.

“You would?”

“Yeah, of course.”

I stare at her, slack-jawed. “Why?” It sounds like the seventh circle of hell to go to someone’s

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