Page 67 of Chance of Romance
Lexi grabbed her phone from the coffee table and scrolled over to Sabrina’s embarrassing text in all capital letters.YOU GUYS! LOGAN AND I GOT MARRIED!
“You sounded so happy,” Lexi said. “I think it’s fun. Besides, you’ve been getting to know each other for more than six months now. I’d say you’re past the early stage.”
“Tomorrow I’m moving into his house,” she blurted.
Lexi smacked Sabrina’s arm. “What!”
“Ow!” Sabrina scowled, rubbing her arm.
“I thought you said it was fake.”
She filled her in on the reporter and her embarrassing mother. “He’s just being nice, helping me out.” She leaned in, finally voicing her real concern. “Lex, I’m a little worried. I think I’m in love with him.”
Lexi gave her a sympathetic look. “Oh, sweetie, I know you are. You’ve been in love with him practically since you met. He’s a good guy. There’s nothing to worry about.”
“There is!” All of her worries came out in a rush. “I’m new at relationships, he just broke up with a woman he was about to move cross-country to be with, there’s a ton of pressure on us from the media attention, not to mention the pressure of suddenly living together after just one weekend of hot sex. He says not to worry, you say not to worry, but I worry, Lex! I know from my work how hard it is for couples to commit and stay committed.” She rubbed her temple, the beginnings of a headache throbbing there. “I think I did this all the wrong way, and there’s no way to go back and do it right.”
Lexi patted Sabrina’s arm. “Okay, I hear ya loud and clear.”
“What do you mean?”
“I totally get being insecure about a relationship. Story of my life. That’s why I’m done with them.”
“I’m not insecure.” Was she? She knew how much she felt for Logan, she was sure of that. And, yes, he was a good guy, but that didn’t mean he felt as strongly for her as she felt for him. Oh, shit. Lexi was right. Everything else—all those other worries—were secondary. She was scared and feeling insecure because she was in deep.
She loved him.
Her heart pounded hard at the realization. Damn, Lexi would’ve made a good counselor too. “Maybe you’re right,” she said.
Lexi elbowed her. “Course I am. You’ll settle down when you’re more sure of him. And let me just point out, most guys wouldn’t let a woman move in with them so easily. It says big-time relationship commitment.”
She waved that away. “It’s just until the whole mess blows over.”
“If you say so.”
“I think he just wants me for my cooking and my body,” she said lightly, half-joking, half-worried. “He’s like orgasmic every time I cook him a meal.”
Lexi cracked up. “And for your body too!”
“Seriously, it’s like I can’t even talk to him without his hands on me, and it’s anembarrassinglyshort time later before we’re screwing again.”
Lexi shook her head. “I can’t believe I have to explain this to you, Miss Relationship Expert, but this is not a problem. Go nuts! Be happy!”
Sabrina sighed. “I am happy. I’m just…well, we’ll see, I guess.”
“How’s the sex?” Lexi asked.
“Uh…” She hesitated to share the intimate details. It felt private what went on between her and Logan.
“Okay, okay, scale of one to ten,” Lexi said. “One being ho-hum, ten being Fierce trilogy hot.” That was the erotic romance series they all loved from book club.
“Gazillion times better than the Fierce trilogy,” she admitted, heat creeping up her cheeks.
Lexi high-fived her. “Go, Logan.”
“How do you know it’s him? Maybe I’m the one making it great.”
“Sure, okay.” She smirked. “It’s probably both of you.”
Itwasmostly Logan taking charge in the bedroom, but still. Did her friends see her as an untouchable porcelain doll too? She should explain why she’d needed a quiet stable life, but she just wasn’t up to it right now. The tumultuous weekend and travelling were catching up to her. “Okay, on that note, I’m going to bed.” She stood and headed for the door.
“Last night as a single woman.”
She stopped to look over her shoulder at Lexi. Her friend winked.
Sabrina shook her head, smiling, and headed out the door, hoping some of Lexi’s confidence in Sabrina’s new relationship would turn out to be right.
