Total pages in book: 105
Estimated words: 102339 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 512(@200wpm)___ 409(@250wpm)___ 341(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 102339 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 512(@200wpm)___ 409(@250wpm)___ 341(@300wpm)
With a nod, I mumbled, “You do like her streusel.”
“Yes! And she knows I have this weakness called pregnancy. And my husband left me, and I’m emotional right now. I couldn’t make a good decision if my life depended on it!”
I nodded. “Wait, is that the streusel in the kitchen? It’s half gone!”
Mindy blushed. “Well, it was good. And Drake ate some.”
“Drake?”
“Yeah, he stopped by to see how I was doing. He barely missed Anson dropping off the streusel. Good thing, because Anson might have gotten punched again.”
I smiled. “Drake stopped by, huh?”
“Yeah. Why are you looking at me like that?”
“No reason. I think it’s interesting how my brother is so…worried about you.”
Mindy narrowed one eye at me. “What are you hinting at, Bristol.”
“Nothing! I’m just saying, you know he had a crush on you once upon a time.”
Her eyes widened in shock. “He did? When?”
“High school. But then you got together with Jim, and he got together with…bitch face.”
Mindy stared at me for the longest time. I sat up straighter as I figured out the look on my best friend’s face.
“Holy shit. You liked my brother in high school? Mindy! Why didn’t you ever say anything? Y’all could have ended up together! Had babies together! Instead, you both ended up with losers.”
“Thanks, I’m well aware of that. And yes, I liked him, but that was high school.”
“Why didn’t you ever tell me?”
She shrugged. “I don’t know. It was Drake. He was older and so handsome.”
“He still is handsome,” I countered.
The way her eyes lit up and her teeth dug into her lip told me she still liked Drake. A lot.
“How would that work?” I asked. “You’re pregnant with another guy’s baby.”
Her mouth dropped open. “I’m not even divorced. I just found out my husband was cheating on me, and you’re hooking me up with Drake already?”
“It was just a question. My gosh. Just cause you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you don’t have…desires.”
“I’m not talking to you about this.”
I nodded. “Fine. Let’s get back to you telling Ida about my dinner date tonight.”
“Girl, it is so hard because I’m so horny all the time now with the pregnancy, and then all these feelings just came flooding back with Drake.”
Okay, I guess we were still talking about Drake.
“When I see him now, it makes me want to do all kinds of things with him. His body drives me into…sexual overload.”
My lip snarled up, and I gagged as I covered my mouth. “You went too far. Eww, you totally crossed a line. I think I’m going to throw up.”
She glared at me. “You brought it up!”
“I was only talking about dating him. You’re fantasizing about him. Gross!”
“Shut up!”
“You shut up!” I said.
“You do know you’re arguing with a pregnant woman, right?”
I shot her a smirk. “A horny pregnant woman who likes my brother and wants to do dirty things with him. Or while thinking about him. I’m not really sure.”
“What are y’all talking about?”
Mindy’s eyes went wide. I was positive I mirrored her expression.
Drake walked up onto the back porch and looked between us. “What are you two shouting about?”
“Nothing!” we both shouted at the same time.
He frowned, then shook his head, almost as if he knew better to even question anything. He turned and looked at me.
“I heard Anson showed up at the restaurant where you were on a date.”
I tossed my hands up in the air. “Are you kidding me? How did you hear that?”
“Mike told me. He ran in to grab take-out, and the hostess told him.”
I rolled my eyes then looked at Mindy. “Someone set it up for him to show up.”
“Did he ruin your date?” Drake asked as he sat down. He picked up Mindy’s feet and started to massage them. My eyes jerked up to see her holding her breath. She blinked at me with a flustered expression, and I almost laughed. Drake was completely focused on massaging her feet. It was the sweetest gesture, and my heart nearly soared out of my chest. By the look on Mindy’s face...I would guess she was thinking Jim who?
“Anson didn’t ruin my date. The guy I was out with ruined our date by asking me to go back to his place and have sex.”
That caused my big brother to stop what he was doing and stare at me. Then he laughed.
“You’re shitting me, right?”
I shook my head. “I wish. He was not my type, and we quickly figured that out. Then he proposed we simply go screw.”
Drake was speechless. “I…I really don’t even know what to say to that. I get men can be pigs, but…”
“He took it to a whole new level,” Mindy said. “He’s probably friends with Jim.”
I thought about it for a moment and said, “You know, I think they are friends!”
The three of us laughed so hard at that.