Page 37 of The Spy Who Ghosted Me

“How about horseback riding?” I tossed out, trying to help Sabrina.

“Yes. Yes,” Sabrina agreed. “Lexi loves to ride. Do you?” Sabrina asked Izan.

“Lexi loves what?” Lexi’s voice carried down the hall.

We all turned to see her prancing toward Izan.

“I said you love to ride horses,” Sabrina informed her, “because we were just wondering if you and Soren would like to go on a double date with us. Maybe horseback riding with s’mores by a campfire.”

Lexi sidled up to Izan, snuggling right into him. He put a protective arm around her, eyeing us as if we were the enemy here.

Lexi grinned at us. “I knew you two would get back together, but I still need the underwear for proof you completed the dare.”

“Why? Do want to frame them?” Sabrina deadpanned.

“Uh, no.” Lexi sounded offended.

“So do you want to go horseback riding with us?” Sabrina was trying not to sound impatient.

“Why do you want to go on a date with us?” Lexi sounded suspicious. “You’ve never wanted to do anything like that with me before.”

The way Izan’s jaw twitched made me nervous. Was he onto us?

“Well, last night you got me thinking that maybe I’m not as fun as I should be, and I’m realizing we aren’t as close as I would like us to be. I love you, Lexi,” Sabrina said with meaning. She was pure genius.

Izan seemed to relax.

Lexi went doe eyed and ran to her big sister, throwing her arms around her. “I love you too. Oh my gosh, yes, we would love to go on a double date with you. Should we do it tonight?”

“Tonight would be great.” Sabrina held her sister extra tight.

That left Izan and me to stare uncomfortably at each other and execute the bro-nod thing.

“Mi amor,” Izan’s Spanish accent bled through his words. “We are going to be late picking up your ring.”

“Don’t you just love the way he says mi amor?” Lexi gushed. “Soren is so well traveled. And guess what?”

“What?” Sabrina faked her anticipation well.

“We had to get my ring resized, and as a surprise, Soren had a special diamond cut just for me to replace the one I originally picked out. It’s huuuge,” she exaggerated.

“Really?” Sabrina pressed her lips together. “I can’t wait to see it.”

“I can’t wait to show you.” Lexi kissed Sabrina’s cheek. “We’ll see you later. I’ll call the stables to set everything up.”

“Perfect. I look forward to it,” Sabrina said.

Together, Sabrina and I watched them go.

As soon as they rounded the corner, Sabrina wrapped her arms around my neck, surprising me. She was really getting into playing my girlfriend—I liked it. I leaned in to kiss her, but she turned her cheek and whispered in my ear, “Nice try.”

That’s what I thought.

“I just don’t want anyone to hear me.” Her warm breath tickled my ear, driving me mad.

It was a pipe dream, but I hoped she would nip my earlobe like she used to before she would trail butterfly kisses down my neck.

“Do you think the diamond he used for Lexi’s ring is from, you know?”

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