The Next Best Fling by Gabriella Gamez EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Gabriella Gamez
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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A little black box sits in his outstretched hand.
The shape is so recognizable, my breath catches. It could be earrings, I
think wildly. His smile is shy, hazel eyes shining with hope at the unspoken
question between us. Adrenaline surges in my veins, keeping me at
attention. My heart thumps so hard my ears fill with the sound of rushing
blood until it’s all I can hear. Thump. Thump. Thump. When he opens the
box, I let out a gasp.
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Definitely not earrings.
The ring nestled inside is modest and delicate, the diamond elegantly set
in a gold band surrounded by a cluster of smaller stones. My mouth opens
as if to speak, but all that comes out is a muted noise from the back of my
throat. The ring is stunning, but that’s hardly the most important aspect of
this moment. His eyes stay trained on my face, analyzing for any clue he
can. I hold out my hand for a closer look, and he deposits the box into it.
Dread settles in my stomach as I realize what this means, but I try not to
show my emotions on my face. I’ve learned to become good at that when it
comes to Ben Young.
“Well?” he asks, no longer able to contain himself. Then, the question
that threatens to undo me completely—
“Do you think she’ll like it?”
The chatter of the restaurant dulls to a low register. We’re surrounded on
all sides by the early lunch crowd, but I can’t hear a single sound. He means
Alice Cho, his girlfriend of eight years and future recipient of this
engagement ring. I don’t care how long they’ve been dating or what anyone
else has to say about it, but twenty-seven is far too young to be thinking
about marriage.
But then again, anyone else would argue that I’m just bitter
the man I’m pining over is legally binding himself to someone else until
death do they part. And maybe I am, despite how close our friendship still is
after all these years. I want him to be happy regardless of my feelings. Not
that anyone aside from Angela, my other best friend, knows about these
feelings.
I haven’t been close with Alice in years so I can’t say if the ring is to her
taste, but the style is hardly what matters. It’s the love between them that
does, and for all my years of pining, I’ve never been able to question that. I
glance across the table at Ben, meeting his hopeful eyes. My mouth turns up
into a smile I don’t feel, but it fools him anyway. Hiding your true feelings
is easy when the person you’re hiding from has never really seen you to
begin with.
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