through the lobby as if she wore wings on her feet. Passing Bentley, she noticed his smile then the shocked expression. She didn't stop.
"Rob," she called out, wrapping her arms around the man's neck and giving him a giant hug followed by a romantic kiss on his lips. She leaned away from him, studying the man she'd fallen in love with a few months back.
He didn't look in love with her. He was slowly trying to disentangle her arms from around his neck. She suddenly felt mortified.
"Lilly, we have to talk," Rob said as he backed away and stared at her with a grim expression on his handsome and a little bit boyish face. There is nothing boyish about Bentley's face. Good God, where did that thought come from?
A petite blond girl stepped up to Rob and placed her hand in his. The predatory look on her face read, he is mine don't touch.
All right then, I won't touch . Lilly felt heat pool to her cheeks. Placing her frozen hands on the sides of her face, she shuddered, understanding how foolish she must look to the world. Confusion swept through her and escalated to a shaking body.
"Bentley, I want you to meet someone." Oh my god, had she just summoned Bentley to her side? This chick is crazy.
"W-what?" he seemed to stutter, cocking his head to one side in seeming puzzlement, then smiling.
Brazen this out girlfriend. You have to got to cover your tracks and that ridiculous kiss. "Rob, this is my good friend Bentley. Bentley, Rob." You have got to make it look as if you want to rock it with him.
Rob grinned from ear to ear. "And this is my fiancée, Tanya."
A trophy wife, so why did she feel so unnerved. She had always known she didn't fit that particular stereotype nor had she ever wanted that adjective applied to her. But it still hurt. Why was she always attracted to players? Was that what all men wanted, someone to show off? Someone to hang on their arm and their every word as if they spouted magic prose?
"Nice to meet you."
"Like wise." Bentley nonchalantly draped his arm around her in what seemed at the moment to be a protective gesture. She hadn't thought he had one protective instinct in his entire body.
She shuddered and her stomach clenched. This was unbelievable, but she'd done it. She was stranded in limbo and she would have a whole lot of unraveling to do before this day was finished. She didn't like Bentley, but she never wanted to purposely hurt him. Fool, a man with no heart can't feel pain. But Bentley--maybe he did have a heart. After all, he didn't have to go along with this ploy. He could denounce her as a fraud and walk away.
"Would you join us for dinner?" Bentley asked, his voice smooth as well as holding a tone that could only be defined as smug.
What? No.
"Of course," Rob said, pulling his fiancée Tanya closer. "We would love to get to know you better. Any recommendations?" Rob planted a quick kiss on Tanya's forehead before smiling down on her.
Bentley and Rob strode ahead, talking and gesturing. Lilly walked beside the woman who Rob had fallen in love with. Tanya was chatting on and on and all of it went through one ear and out the other. Every once in a while Lilly would nod and say, "Hmm or ok or that's nice."
Eternity could not be this long. The men finally stopped at a little outdoor café. The girls ordered wine and the men beer. Lilly sipped slowly and made small talk, but most of the time she went over in her head what she would tell Bentley and prayed the evening would end sooner than later. She had never thought she would find herself apologizing to this man. She had no taste for the Dover cod she ordered and pushed the food around on her plate.
Oh, Bentley, by the way I'm a user just like you.
~ * ~
It had taken Jacob a lot of soul searching to finally garner the courage to confront Lilly with his engagement. There had been times he thought that maybe he could have a relationship with his best
"Rob," she called out, wrapping her arms around the man's neck and giving him a giant hug followed by a romantic kiss on his lips. She leaned away from him, studying the man she'd fallen in love with a few months back.
He didn't look in love with her. He was slowly trying to disentangle her arms from around his neck. She suddenly felt mortified.
"Lilly, we have to talk," Rob said as he backed away and stared at her with a grim expression on his handsome and a little bit boyish face. There is nothing boyish about Bentley's face. Good God, where did that thought come from?
A petite blond girl stepped up to Rob and placed her hand in his. The predatory look on her face read, he is mine don't touch.
All right then, I won't touch . Lilly felt heat pool to her cheeks. Placing her frozen hands on the sides of her face, she shuddered, understanding how foolish she must look to the world. Confusion swept through her and escalated to a shaking body.
"Bentley, I want you to meet someone." Oh my god, had she just summoned Bentley to her side? This chick is crazy.
"W-what?" he seemed to stutter, cocking his head to one side in seeming puzzlement, then smiling.
Brazen this out girlfriend. You have to got to cover your tracks and that ridiculous kiss. "Rob, this is my good friend Bentley. Bentley, Rob." You have got to make it look as if you want to rock it with him.
Rob grinned from ear to ear. "And this is my fiancée, Tanya."
A trophy wife, so why did she feel so unnerved. She had always known she didn't fit that particular stereotype nor had she ever wanted that adjective applied to her. But it still hurt. Why was she always attracted to players? Was that what all men wanted, someone to show off? Someone to hang on their arm and their every word as if they spouted magic prose?
"Nice to meet you."
"Like wise." Bentley nonchalantly draped his arm around her in what seemed at the moment to be a protective gesture. She hadn't thought he had one protective instinct in his entire body.
She shuddered and her stomach clenched. This was unbelievable, but she'd done it. She was stranded in limbo and she would have a whole lot of unraveling to do before this day was finished. She didn't like Bentley, but she never wanted to purposely hurt him. Fool, a man with no heart can't feel pain. But Bentley--maybe he did have a heart. After all, he didn't have to go along with this ploy. He could denounce her as a fraud and walk away.
"Would you join us for dinner?" Bentley asked, his voice smooth as well as holding a tone that could only be defined as smug.
What? No.
"Of course," Rob said, pulling his fiancée Tanya closer. "We would love to get to know you better. Any recommendations?" Rob planted a quick kiss on Tanya's forehead before smiling down on her.
Bentley and Rob strode ahead, talking and gesturing. Lilly walked beside the woman who Rob had fallen in love with. Tanya was chatting on and on and all of it went through one ear and out the other. Every once in a while Lilly would nod and say, "Hmm or ok or that's nice."
Eternity could not be this long. The men finally stopped at a little outdoor café. The girls ordered wine and the men beer. Lilly sipped slowly and made small talk, but most of the time she went over in her head what she would tell Bentley and prayed the evening would end sooner than later. She had never thought she would find herself apologizing to this man. She had no taste for the Dover cod she ordered and pushed the food around on her plate.
Oh, Bentley, by the way I'm a user just like you.
~ * ~
It had taken Jacob a lot of soul searching to finally garner the courage to confront Lilly with his engagement. There had been times he thought that maybe he could have a relationship with his best
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