Total pages in book: 32
Estimated words: 29658 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 148(@200wpm)___ 119(@250wpm)___ 99(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 29658 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 148(@200wpm)___ 119(@250wpm)___ 99(@300wpm)
I will not fuck this up. I don’t care how slow I have to go as long as she’s mine in the end.
6
Willow
“Pucker your lips for me,” Amethyst tells me, holding the lip stain in her hands. I do as she says, putting on the finishing touches of my makeup. I still can’t believe I’m doing this. Going on a date tonight feels wrong after the night Lennon and I shared. We walked along the beach for over an hour. I don’t think either one of us wanted to call it a night.
I invited him up for some coffee, but he said he needed to get going. His mood had changed some when we were making our way back to my place. He might have been tired. Glory is super grumpy if she doesn't get sleep.
Amethyst puts the lid back on the lip stain. “I think you’re good.” I turn to look at myself in the mirror.
“Am I glowing?”
“Yep. It’s a shimmer highlight I put on your cheekbones.”
“I look so much more…”
“Sexy.” Amethyst fills in for me. I’m not overdone or anything. The makeup is subtle, but my eyes look bigger and so do my lips.
“Thanks for helping a girl out. I know your man can get grumpy when you’re gone too long.”
“Trust me. It’s a win-win. I finally got to doll you up and my Big will be all over me when I get home.” Big and Amethyst are night and day. Most people mistake her as some supermodel. She has the classic Marilyn Monroe thing going on. Unlike me, she doesn’t have to work on being sexy; she exudes it.
Her man Big is the dark to her light. He’s covered in tattoos and could Hulk smash anyone if he wanted to. It’s really cute seeing them together. He turns to mush for her. He looks at her with so much love.
“Can I ask you something?”
“You can ask me anything.”
“If a girl invites a man up to her place after they’ve been hanging out and he turns her down, does that mean he’s not interested?”
“I think that’s a pretty safe bet.”
My heart drops. I had a feeling. Lennon doesn't have a job he had to be up early for. So, it’s not as though that was holding him back. I thought we had fun walking on the beach and talking. We played a hundred questions to try to get to know each other. I might have read the situation wrong. That could be why he was irritated. I kept dragging out the walk and maybe he just wanted to get home.
“Are you thinking about inviting this guy back to your place tonight?”
“No!” Amethyst laughs. “It was just a question is all.”
She stares at me for a long moment. “Wait. Does this have anything to do with Lennon Carver?” My face heats, giving me away. “Glory said you were going to help him out with the benefit for kids he’s having. Are you crushing on him?”
“I think I am, but I’m not so sure he’s into me.” I give her a quick rundown of what’s happened between us so far.
“That’s a tough one. Has he texted you today?” I shake my head no. “He might actually have something going on today. You never know. Lennon isn't the kind of man that will lead you on.”
“How do you know that?”
“We’ve met. His parents and mine run in the same circles.”
“Uber rich?”
“Pretty much. My mom tried to set us up once.” Oh no. I do not like where this is going. “I wasn't into it, but before I could even tell Lennon that, he told me his heart belonged to someone else.” I’m not sure that bit of information makes me feel any better.
“He said he’s never been in love.” The thought of him lying to me makes my stomach uneasy. He doesn’t seem the type to be a liar. It’s not as if he were trying to get in my pants or anything. I mean, I had invited him into my place, and he hadn’t accepted. So, why would he lie about loving someone before.
“For all I know he said it because he didn't want to go on the date either. The Carver men have women throwing themselves at them. He likely thought I was another gold digger like all the rest.” She shrugs. I mean, if he turned down a date with Amethyst then I don’t stand a damn chance.
Women throw themselves at him? He must have his pick of women. I don’t think he’s in the market for a cute girl who has a few quirks. The man is accomplished. I make cupcakes.
“Thanks.” I walk over to my bed, sitting down to put on my silver flats.
“I’m not saying he’s not into you, Willow. I mean, the man showed up here to taste food with you. That’s something.”