Page 46 of An Unexpected Home

She scrunched up her face. “That’s no fun.”

“Adulting is hard work,” he said.

“I’ll go tell everyone the plan.” She threw a tank top on and pulled on shorts. “You get ready.”

The thought of spending a night out with her friends and Brandon had her pumped. It had been too long since she had done anything like that.

Chapter 12

Inside Gayle’s, which was pretty packed for a Thursday, the five of them, Logan had insisted on coming, chose the bar over a table.

“First round's on me,” Logan said after they all ordered. Brandon noticed for the second time that night that Mel was giving dirty looks to his brother.

“Do you know what that’s about?” he asked Leah, indicating with his head to Mel.

“I do,” she said matter-of-factly. “But girl code prevents me from telling you.”

“I thought that boyfriend code outranked girl code?”

“Not in this case.” She shrugged and took a sip of the beer she had ordered.

“Just tell me this...did Logan do something stupid?” His brother, while successful in his career, seemed to lack normal social skills.

She touched his arm. “It’s cute that you are concerned. But as far as I know he hasn’t done anything.”

Not totally sure he believed her, he let it go. “Did I mention that you look hot?” And she did. She was wearing a pair of ripped jeans and a flowy shirt. And for the first time since he’d met her, she had on makeup. It wasn’t like she needed it but it made her look sexier than she already did.

“Oh, only half a dozen times.” She laughed and threw her head back.

“I wanna dance!” Carly shouted at her, pulling her to her feet. “Come with.”

Setting her beer down on the bar she leaned into him. “Come save me in a couple of minutes.”

Her warm breath lingered on his neck as he watched the three girls head to the dance floor.

“You’ve got it bad,” Logan said and moved to sit next to him.

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