Page 57 of Love Undiscovered
Chapter 16
Remi
I spend the day at work running trials and don’t get home until dusk. I open the door to an empty house. I should really get a dog or a cat or something. But I can’t handle having something rely on me so completely for something as simple as nourishment and life. I wash my face, change into yoga pants and a cami, and head to the kitchen. Trying to decide between a frozen meal or ice cream for dinner. Pretty much everything I eat comes from the Crazy Burro, a take-out menu, or the freezer.
Which is part of why last night’s dinner was so freaking good. I haven’t had food like that in a really long time. Probably not since Kat, Lexie, and I spent Kat’s first honeymoon in Europe. I gained eight pounds on that trip, it was totally worth it. I decide on ice cream, vanilla bean, then I pour some Bailey’s Irish Cream over it. It’s like dessert and a cocktail at the same time.
I sit on the couch and channel surf the TV trying to find something to sink myself into. I hear my phone chirp signaling a text message. I grab it, seeing the message is from Kat.
Kat: I’ve been patient all day waiting for you to reach out to me. You disappoint me, woman. How was the date? Did you like the guy?
I so don’t want to get into this. Kat is going to laugh her ass off when she finds out my date was Chance Bauer. I’ve hated him forever. And I gave her a really hard time when she thought she had a crush on him for a short time before she and Brad got back together.
Me: The date was… nice.
Kat: Nice? Like in the guy was nice? The restaurant was nice? What???
Me: It was all nice.
Kat: What was he like? Did you like him? What does he look like? Is he hot?
Me: He is good-looking, yes.
Kat: Sigh.
Kat: What else?
Kat: Wait - before you get into details, let’s switch to the group text. Lexie will be devastated if she misses out on this first-hand.
We add Lexie into the text and continue.
Kat: Okay, Rem, now tell us.
Lexie: I’m so excited to hear about it!
Me: It was good.
Lexie: Good?
Me: Yeah.
Lexie: Good, like, good? Or good, like, bad?
Me: Good, like, good.
Kat: Was there chemistry? Did he kiss you? How was the food? Isn’t The Chesterfield great?
Me: Maybe. No. Great. Yes.
Lexie: Kat, do you get the impression that maybe Rem doesn’t want to talk about it?
Kat: I do Lex. But too fucking bad for her. SPILL IT REMI!
Me: Don’t laugh.
Kat: LOL!
Me: I mean it.
