Not Second Best. Christa Maurice
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Название: Not Second Best
Автор: Christa Maurice
Издательство: Ingram
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: Drawn To The Rhythm
isbn: 9781616505578
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“He’s probably meeting his one true love as we speak. I’ll be running background checks on her tomorrow. My mother is dating a guy from Cassie’s hometown. Connie’s even dating.”
“Who’s Connie?”
“My sister.”
“Everybody’s married but you.”
“I don’t want to be married,” she growled.
Brett held up his hands. “Hey, don’t look at me. I’m not looking for a wife here, either.” He eased into the water. “I love this place.”
“It’s nice. Very relaxing. What made you bring Suzi here?”
“I knew a shitload of people would be hunting for her, and she needed some time away. Nobody would look for her here.”
“This where she had her miscarriage?”
“Yeah.”
“That must have been rough.”
“I took care of her.” Brett shrugged. He’d stood outside the bathroom door, fretting about what to do. She hadn’t wanted him to call a doctor, but she’d been in so much pain. And then she’d cried all night. Holding her and not being able to do a damn thing to help her had sucked, but it had been better than standing outside a door.
“She’s one of those women who doesn’t have babies easily. Brian’s already got the two, so he doesn’t care,” Tessa said.
“Do we have to talk about Brian all the time?”
“I thought that’s why we were here. Because we both came in second.”
“Then maybe we should call Logan. He came in second, too.”
Tessa shrugged. “Go ahead if you want to, but I’m over my orgy phase. You two have fun. You can sit around and talk about how perfect Suzi is.”
“Suzi’s really nice.” Brett scowled. Suzi was nice. Really friendly and approachable. Every time she’d joined them on the road when his band was touring with her ex’s band, she’d found time to sit and talk, even though Logan had wanted her chained to his wrist whenever he was offstage. Tessa could be as bitchy as she wanted, but she’d better not start talking shit about Suzi.
“I know. She’s a great girl. Always has been. Did you know she tried to patch up Brian and Bonnie’s marriage? I could have told her it was a waste of time.”
Brett couldn’t decide which was worse. Talking about Brian or talking about Suzi. “I’m hungry. I’m going to order some dinner. You want anything?”
Tessa frowned at the desert. “Rum and Coke. Steak, well done. Baked potato, butter, no sour cream. Steamed summer squash. And chocolate frosting.”
“Frosting without the cake?”
She smiled at him. “It’s for later.”
Brett grinned back. At least if she was going to torture him by talking about Brian and Suzi, she would make up for it.
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