Butter My Biscuit: A best friends to lovers small town romance (Valentine Texas Book 3) by Lyra Parish
Author:Lyra Parish [Parish, Lyra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-05T18:30:00+00:00
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GRACE
As I clean the baseboards in our living room, Remi stands behind me. âDidnât you work on those last week?â
âNo, I cleaned the windowsills,â I tell her with a toothbrush in my pink-gloved hand.
âLook, you need to stop whatever this is.â She moves her hand around. âYou need to get out there, go have fun, make out with a random person, get a few phone numbers. Youâre making your single-girl era seem ⦠depressing. You went out last weekend with that dude and havenât tried again.â
âI think Iâm broken,â I explain, but keeping the details to myself because each time Iâve tried to articulate what Iâm going through, it sounds ridiculous. And stupid.
Remi laughs as she dunks a tea bag into a mug and slices a lemon. âIâd agree with that.â
âHow do you do it? How are you okay with being alone?â I stand and stretch, and every vertebra in my back pops.
She shrugs. âWhen you grow up in a family like mine, you learn to love quiet time. Our house was always so loud. Something was always going on. I was never alone as a kid. So, Iâm making up for that now. About the partner part ⦠I donât fuck around because as soon as I do, I tend to find out. Being independent has its perks. I know that I donât need a man ⦠a man needs me.â
âI need that attitude.â
âIâve been single so long that if I spot one red flag, Iâm out. You eat all the food in my fridge? Buh-bye. You have a crazy ex? Bye. You argue about something trivial? See ya. Donât shower often? Outta here. No time for any of that.â She blows on the top of her cup and takes a sip. âI spoke with Haley earlier. She was going to the bar tonight.â
âShe asked me to join her,â I admit.
âAnd? Are you going to spend another Friday night crying on the couch? I love ya, but if I have to watch Youâve Got Mail or 13 Going on 30 one more time, I might move out.â She tries to hold back her laughter but fails.
âOkay, thatâs fair.â
She walks farther into the living room, and thatâs when I notice sheâs already in her pajamas.
âI take it youâre not going anywhere tonight?â
âNah, Iâm good.â
âWhy? âCause you might see Cash out?â
She glares at me. âOut of everyone in my life, I thought youâd be the last person to pull that secret crush stuff on me.â
âDoesnât everyone know? When he was eighteen and you were nine, I remember how youâd follow him and Beckett around like you were their shadow.â
She sips her tea. âThis is one of those times where I wish you werenât always around to witness all the embarrassing childhood shit that most people donât remember. It has nothing to do with him. Unlike you, whoâs avoiding every public place because you might run into your bestie â¦â
âThe difference is, I can admit it. I donât want to see Harrison and Stephanie together.
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