Page 51 of Accidentally Falling for My Fake Wife

She rests her head on my shoulder, and my stomach flips. “Aw, you get nightmares?”

“Yeah, it’s pretty hilarious,” Steve smacks me on the back and I cringe.

Susie is still looking at me with a swirl of emotions that grip my gut and make my heart race. She looks at my lips, and my breath catches. When she brings her gaze back to mine, I’m pretty sure she wants me to kiss her.

I can’t think of anything better I’d like than to feel her lips under mine again.

“Kiss Cam! You and Susie are on the Kiss Cam,” Nicole shouts.

I don’t need any more encouragement than that. Sliding my hand behind her neck I gently bring her face toward me and lean in. She lifts herself up in her seat, bringing her body closer. Her hand rests on my wrist and I touch my lips to hers.

I feel her hand tighten and I weave my fingers through hair. Her lips are so soft and perfect, just like I remembered.

“Ava Norris!” Nicole yells in what feels like my ear. I groan against Susie’s lips and feel a grin slip across hers. How does such a small woman have such a big voice? “Is she with David James, shortstop for the Smokies?”

Susie turns her head to look up at the jumbotron and my head falls to my chest. “Didn’t she just have a bad break up with her fiance?” I let my hand slide out of Susie’s hair, and grab hold of the hand that’s on my wrist, entwining it with mine.

She looks at our hands and gives me a squeeze. Then to my surprise she leans over and gently presses her lips to mine for a quick peck.

I officially know what it’s like to be tortured. Note to self, talk to Susie about kissing. All. The. Time.

“Rumor has it Ava and Sean O’Connell got a little too cozy on the set—” Nicole continues, not noticing my disappointment.

“Of Web Of Love?!” Susie interrupts, shock evident. Nicole nods, her eyes wide. Steve and I find each other gazes over their heads and press our lips together. I can see his shoulders shaking from here, but the girls don’t even notice as they carry on with their conversation. “No. I can’t believe that. Sean seems like such a stand up guy.”

The announcer comes back on as the sound of skates hit the ice to begin the second period. Susie and Nicole’s conversation about Ava and Sean continues, moving on to Ava’s nasty breakup.

I tune them out and enjoy the feel of Susie’s hand in mine. Heat spreads through my chest remembering how, without hesitation, Susie knew it was Steve at the house.

Steve’s voice from years ago rings through my memory. “A woman who can tell the difference between us is the one.”

First there was Nicole, now there’s Susie.

The corners of my lips lift. Susie is the one.

“Your family doesn’t knowyou’re married?” Nicole sputters, and I watch Susie shrug with an embarrassed grin on her face.

I laugh drawing everyone’s attention to me. “Well there is this one small thing of her brother being Josh Owens.”

“Josh?” Steve asks. “What’s the thing?”

“You know how you and I are with Liv?” I see his head nod in the rearview mirror. “Josh is the same.”

“Gotcha. Wait,” Steve’s voice is filled with confusion. “You knew Josh would be mad and you stillaskedher to marry you?”

Susie and I glance at each other, and smirk at our shared secret.

“That’s actually a very interesting story.” Susie fills them in on how we met before we met and how we thought we were meeting ‘those’ people and not each other.

“This can’t be real!” Nicole shakes her head, poking me in the shoulder. Meanwhile Steve gave up listening five minutes ago. “Wait! You’re the girl Adam wouldn’t tell us about.”

I focus intently on the road in front of me but look down when I feel Susie’s hand resting on my arm. She gives me a gentle squeeze and my stomach quakes. I like her touching me for no reason other than because she wants to. “He talked about me?”

“Not exactly.” Nicole chuckles. “I would say it was more like Olivia trying to pull teeth. But we knew there wassomeone,and now it all makes sense.”

I feel heat on the side of my face, and without looking, I know it’s Susie.

“He gets a bit cagey when he meets someone that he likes. I can’t even remember the last time that he’s acted this way.” When she focuses back on Nicole I feel like the sun has been hidden behind a cloud. “The fact that this entire situation happened like it did could be the plot of a book.”

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