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She was the only girl I liked spending endless amounts of time with. She’d been my best friend for as long as I could remember. Our birthdays were just a few days apart, our moms were best friends, and we’d always just been close. Literally, since birth. She was my person.
Reese was the most beautiful woman in the world, as far as I was concerned.
And this year with her being gone… it had shown me just how much I needed her.
My chest squeezed because the thought of her hurting, and me not being there, didn’t sit well with me. She’d always been my ride or die. There wasn’t anything I wouldn’t do for her.
“You needed me,” I said, kissing the top of her head. “We made a deal years ago. I wasn’t about to break it now.” She tipped her head back to look at me. “You call. I come. And vice versa.”
I stroked her hair. Damn, it was good to see her. Reese was my girl in every sense of the word—minus the sex. She was the one I shared everything with and who I trusted with my deepest secrets. My best friend and my favorite person.
She smelled like violet and amber. It had always been my favorite scent. Reese Murphy had always smelled like home.
“Never. You’ve always been my girl. A little fake dating isn’t going to change that. I’m a professional actor, for God’s sake. Carl’s going to lose his shit when he sees me with my woman. You’re mine now,”
That her ex had behaved like a selfish prick, and he didn’t deserve her. I knew it. They knew it. My best friend wasn’t there yet. But I was going to help her get there.
“What can I say? My girl does it for me.” He smiled so wide that I couldn’t help but smile back. Because Finn Reynolds really was my favorite person on the planet.
“He can try all he wants, but I know it, and he knows it. Christy Rae Lovell doesn’t hold a candle to you.” “She’s pretty; you can’t deny it.” “I honestly didn’t notice, Miney. Because my eyes were on you.”
For a moment, I wondered what it would be like if she didn’t go back to Carl. And she stayed here with me. Forever.
Cage was right. The thought of claiming Reese in a way I never imagined possible didn’t have me running scared. I wanted her as more than my fake girlfriend. As more than just a best friend. I wanted to make Reese Murphy feel good in a way her boyfriend never would.
Because for the first time in my life, I realized I wanted a woman who didn’t want me back.
I don’t fucking leave, Miney. I’m not the one trying to make you into someone you’re not. I’ve always known who you are.”
I wasn’t sure how I’d gotten so lucky to call Finn Reynolds my best friend. But there’d never been a day that I hadn’t known how lucky I was. Because even when I felt lost… he always felt like home.
And we made it to the water… just before the sunset.
I wanted Reese. But it would have to happen on her terms. I sure as fuck wouldn’t push her, only to have her end up hating me.
This man....
“We’re anxious to get home and take the horses for a ride,” I said, reaching for my teacup and taking a sip. “That’s not the only thing you’re going to ride,” Finn said against my ear, and I spewed tea all over the table.
FINN!!!
Damn, I loved this girl in a way I couldn’t wrap my head around. More than a friend. More than a lover. Reese Murphy was… everything. And she was going to be mine in every way.
Reese Murphy had always owned my heart in a way I’d never realized. And now she owned my body, too. Because I would never get enough of this girl.
He was right. I did look at Finn that way. Because Finn Reynolds was the center of my universe.
This is the guy you went to for advice, Finny? He doesn’t have a clue how to handle a woman. Cage I’m on this thread, you know that, right? Brinkley I do. I just don’t care.
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