Page 48 of Suddenly Dating
Yes, he did jump that quickly. It was a lot easier to have sex on a routine basis if the object of his desire was routinely in bed with him. “All right, six months.”
She smiled, clearly pleased with her powers of negotiation. “Where did we meet?”
“The city.”
“In a bar? In the park? In the produce section?”
“Tinder,” he said. Lola instantly shot him a look, and Harry laughed. “Kidding.”
“No, wait... I like it,” she said, nodding. “Tinder.That way, when we break up, no one will be surprised.”
“Good point. So it’s a go? I want to hear you say it.”
Lola puffed out her cheeks. “Fine. All right. We’re doing it.”
He smiled at her.
“We need meat,” she said, and strode away again.
After a prolonged battle over frozen taquitos, which Harry won, and a discussion about the best salsa, they took their cart to the register.
When Harry had loaded a cooler in the truck bed with the groceries, he pulled onto the main road that would take them back to East Beach.
“Wait!” Lola said, startling him.
“What?
“We have to go into Black Springs.”
“Why?”
“Because there is a dress shop there—”
“No,”Harry said instantly, before she could say what he knew she was going to say.
“Yes,”she said, and put her hand on his forearm, squeezing a little. “I have to go, Harry. I have nothing to wear tonight and I am not showing up at the Cantrells’ in a sundress.”
“What about the yellow one?” he argued. “You were pretty damn hot in that dress.”
Her eyes widened with surprise, and Harry realized that what he’d been thinking actually had come out of his mouth. “I’m just saying, if it was good enough for a sex party, it’s good enough for cocktails.”
She was smiling now, her eyes sparkling. “Whythankyou, Temporary Boyfriend. But I can’t wear that dress again. What if some of the same people who were at the sex party are at the Cantrells’ tonight?”
“Oh yeah, that would be a disaster,” he mockingly agreed.
“Turn right. I won’t be long.”
He sighed. “Do you promise?”
“I promise,” she said sweetly.
Harry turned right.
On the main street of Black Springs, a village slightly larger than East Beach thanks to the presence of a train station, Harry followed Lola’s instructions and pulled up in front of MelAnn’s Boutique.There were three mannequins in the window displaying dresses like the sort he’d seen Lola wear.
Lola hopped out and walked around the front of the truck, stepping onto the curb. She paused there and looked back at Harry. He waved. She gestured for him to roll down the window.
He punched the window button. “What?”
