Yours Actually by Levine Nina

Author:Levine, Nina [Levine, Nina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780994585882
Amazon: B0BGWSF3T5
Goodreads: 62850105
Publisher: Nina Levine
Published: 2023-03-16T07:00:00+00:00

14

OLIVIA

Charlene is a beautiful bride. And Joe only has eyes for her. I swooned my way through the wedding ceremony, constantly leaning in close to Callan to give him a running commentary on all my thoughts. He dropped his head to the side every time to listen to every word and offered his thoughts too.

This isn’t new for us, and yet all of it is new.

Callan has barely taken his eyes off me since we left our suite. We’re currently mingling under the tents that have been set up on the lawn for us to enjoy cocktails before dinner. Normally, I’d be admiring the soft cascading drapery and the flowers decorating the space, but all I can focus on today is the man who keeps putting his hands on me.

He steps toward me to allow a couple to walk past us, placing his hand on my hip as he does this. After the couple glides past, he keeps his hand on me and says, “Joe told me this morning that they’ll have karaoke at the after-party tonight.”

He’s telling me this because I’m the karaoke queen. Anytime there’s karaoke, you can count on me to get up on the stage and belt out a song. I’d happily stay on the stage and sing all the songs, but no one ever seems to want to let me. And the other thing I do whenever I indulge my love of karaoke? I make Callan sing with me. He hates karaoke but never lets me down. So, right now, he’s watching me expectantly, knowing that this news will excite me.

It would if I wasn’t already excited by his attention. By that hand of his that’s still resting on my hip.

Neither of us have brought up what’s happening between us. I’ve gone to a few times but then the moment passed thanks to the wedding providing distractions everywhere. Callan knows a lot of the wedding guests, which means that while I have most of his attention, I haven’t had much time alone with him.

For the first time in our lives, I have no idea what he’s thinking. We’re definitely flirting. I’m acknowledging that now. But I desperately want to know his thoughts about it. Everything happening is both thrilling and a little terrifying because I can’t help but wonder what will happen if we take things further. I can’t help wondering how Callan would deal with sleeping with his best friend.

“Ace.” He draws my attention back to him and I find him watching me closely. “What are you thinking? You’re a million miles away.”

As I stare into his blue eyes, I think about a lifetime of having him watch me like he is now. Like the only thing in the world that’s important to him is my answer to his question. It’s intoxicating. And special. And it makes me think I should not be terrified of all the feelings swirling between us.

I take a deep breath.

It’s time for me to be as confident in my ability to handle whatever happens with Callan as I am in every other area of my life.

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