Tempting (Red Lips & White Lies, #1)

by Bella Matthews

Kenzie’s shoe gets caught in the sidewalk, and she jerks forward again and grasps the front of my shirt to stop her fall. “Still a klutz, Mac? That’s twice.” She looks down instead of meeting my eyes. “Still calling me Mac, Nix?” “Pretty sure I’ve never called you anything else.” I haven’t. Not since the first time my sisters brought her home. “Whatever,” she mumbles, then shoves me back. “I wasn’t thinking about walking home when I picked out my shoes earlier.” I stop and turn around, giving her my back, and squat down. “Hop on.” “What?” she laughs. “Hop on. I’ll carry you.” I look over my shoulder and catch her chewing that bottom lip again. “Come on, Mac. You can’t walk home barefoot, and you’ve almost kissed the ground twice since you left the bar. It’s not like it’s your first piggyback ride.” Jesus. She brings out the inner thirteen-year-old in me. “I’m wearing a dress, Nix.” Her protest is weak at best, and I can tell she’s thinking about it. “Come on, Mac. Hitch up your damn dress and hop on. I bench press four times your weight. We’ll be home in five minutes, and you won’t break your ankle between now and then.” She looks up at the twinkly-light-lined trees before huffing and placing the skinny strap of her purse across her chest. “Fine. But if you tell anyone I did this, I’ll kill you. I’m a doctor, Nixon. Don’t think I can’t do it. I can, and I can make it look like an accident.” That threat should probably scare me, but instead, I laugh. This woman used to capt...