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“I need a boyfriend,” Lottie whispered seductively as she threw a long leg over the bench beside the picnic table and sat down close to Knox. “Are you game?”
What was wrong with this woman? She had appeared to be kind of sweet at his brother’s wedding when she introduced herself as Charlotte Johnston.
Maybe he heard her wrong.
“Would you repeat that, please?” he asked.
“Do you need to get your hearing tested?” Her voice went from silky smooth to as rough as 40 grit sandpaper.
“I hear just fine—most of the time,” he answered and then realized what day it was. “April Fools.”
“I’m serious as a…” she started.
He held up a palm and butted in before she could finish. “You are a pretty good actor, but I’m not falling for her joke.”
His thoughts went back to Spanish Fort where Aunt Bernie, the matchmaking queen of north Texas, was already hard at work attempting to set him up with blind dates every weekend. The Universe [DD1] might have just plopped a good situation down into his lap, but then again, this was most likely the workings of Bernie. She could be very manipulative, and she and Lottie had spent time together at his brother Tripp’s [DD2] wedding.
Lottie flipped her straw-colored braids over her shoulders and nudged him on the shoulder and crossed her heart with her finger. “This is no one’s idea but mine, and it’s not an April Fool’s joke, I promise.”
“Yeah, right,” Knox said.
“No one put me up to it.”
Knox shook his head. “Not happening, and I still don’t believe this is anything but another attempt to fool me.”
“I just need a boyfriend for six weeks, and then we’ll go our separate ways.”
“Are you talking about a fake boyfriend?” Knox asked.
“Of course. What did you think I meant?”
“You need to be clear when you sit down beside a man and whisper sweet nothings in his ear that sound desperate and more than a little bit scary.”
She threw up her palms. “You should have known what I was asking without me having to say it. It’s a simple yes or no answer. Bernie told me that you weren’t seeing anyone, so I figured you would be a good guy to ask.”
So, Bernie was at the core of the whole thing after all.
Excerpt from Until It Gets Real by Carolyn Brown
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