They finally made their way out of the coffee shop and back onto the sidewalk. Gracie was about to push the button on the light pole so they could cross the street safely when Sarah’s hand grabbed her forearm.
“Gracie, wait.”
Doing her best not to spill her drink, she turned toward her sister. “What?”
Sarah looked torn, like she wasn’t sure if she should say whatever it was she was thinking.
“Sarah?”
With a look of sincerity and love, her sister said, “I just want you to be happy. You get that, right?”
Gracie smiled. “Of course. I feel the same about you.”
“I know you do. And I thought you should know, Kole and I both agreed that, if you and Nate want to date or whatever, we won’t stand in your way.”
Laughing, Gracie hugged her sister. “Well, thanks for that, but trust me. Nate isn’t interested in being anything more than friends.”Unfortunately.
Sarah rolled her eyes. “If you say so.”
Still grinning wide, Gracie shook her head at her sister. “I say so. Now, come on. We’d better get back before he and your fiancé decide to run over here and rescue us from ourselves.” She pushed the button.
“Uh, oh.”
“What’s the matter?”
“We’re too late.”
Gracie followed Sarah’s line of sight across the street to their building’s entrance. Sure, enough, Nate and Kole had just come through the doors and they didnotlook happy.
Gracie couldn’t help but focus solely on Nate. He’d rolled the sleeves of his white button-up to the middle of his sinewy forearms and was standing with his hands on his hips, glaring at her.
She stared back, wondering how the hell the man could look pissed off and sexelicious, all at the same time.
“Just friends, my ass.”
Blinking, Gracie looked over at her sister. “What?”
“You can’t hide shit from me any better now than you could when we were younger. You’re totally into him.”
“Am not.” The bold-faced lie fell right off her tongue.
“And he’s just as into you.”
“No, he’s not.”
“Are you kidding me? Look at how mad he is right now. The man practically has lasers shooting out from his eyeballs.”
Gracie looked back over to where Nate was still waiting. “He’s upset, so that means he’s into me? That makes absolutely no sense, Sarah.”
“Sure, it does.”
“In what universe does that make sense?”
Her sister rolled her eyes again and sighed. “If he didn’t care, he wouldn’t be so worried. And because he’s worried, he’s pissed. Kole does the same thing with me.” A wicked grin formed on her face. “It’s a major turn-on when he gets like that.”
“You get turned on when your fiancé is mad at you, and you’re trying to give me advice about my dating life?” Gracie teased.
“I know.” Sarah laughed. “It’s totally twisted, but what can I say? It works for us.”
