Love Is...? by K. J. Wrights

Author:K. J. Wrights [Wrights, K. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B0CTHPG4KP
Goodreads: 209148564
Published: 2024-03-07T23:00:00+00:00

The next four days, including the weekend, consisted mainly of work, face-to-face meetings, and online interviews, which blurred together so cohesively that the highlights couldn’t manage to be attention-seeking disco balls. Jayde had decided quite late on Saturday night to head into the CBD to have a drink at QueerBeers simply for something to do. She needed to clear her head, and apparently the claustrophobic space created by dozens and dozens of people in a small pub was just the place to gain clarity.

Jayde had sat at the bar, drunk a beer, and stared at gorgeous women. All things she could have done by staying home, flicking through Netflix and drinking the beer in her fridge.

Which was exactly what she was doing now, early Tuesday evening, along with blinking vacantly at the wall. She closed her eyes and touched her lips, reliving the kiss, the push and pull, the tongues, the heat. Reliving how hot their connection was; a connection that continued to be fuelled by daily texts, sometimes half a dozen times or more. Inconsequential or not chat. Random emojis. A couple of memes. The odd FaceTime where they would talk for a few minutes but express surprise at how an hour had gone by.

Like the hour on Sunday.

“It’s pouring. Why are you outside in this weather?” Jayde watched Tessa’s face bob about on the screen. She grabbed a pillow, hugged it close, then continued. “Tell me it’s something interesting.”

Tessa giggled. “It is something interesting, but I’m not outside, thank goodness. A friend of mine makes bespoke suspenders, ties, accessories, that sort of thing.” Tessa’s hand flapped back and forth to elaborate, and Jayde grinned. “Anyway, I mentioned him to Sam, who immediately decided that she’d like to wear something like that for the wedding, so I’m on the hunt.”

“On a Sunday?” Jayde rolled onto her back as the echoes of people’s shoes in a covered area sounded through the phone.

“I told Sam I’d check with Hugo to see what he’s up to. I think he’ll let me take photos,” Tessa said, her tone unsure. “Maybe. Anyway, I said I’d find out.”

“I would have come with you,” Jayde said quietly.

The sound of rain filled the air as Tessa nodded, a slow smile lifting her lips. “You should have. Those purple suspenders are imprinted on my mind.”

Jayde laughed. “Excellent. I was aiming for imprinting.”

“So, my willing student, how goes the homework?” Tessa said, her head cocked to the side, then she righted her head and poked the AirPod back into place.

Jayde stared at Tessa’s image. The vibrant smile, the eyes to drown in. Her fingers itched to touch Tessa’s hair, to smooth her fingers across Tessa’s lips. She blinked.

“Homework. Right. The homework where I have to sit through an entire rom-com without uttering one single negative comment, scoff, or even raise an eyebrow?”

Tessa’s laughter, high pitched and delightful, produced wonderful goosebumps. Raising her phone slightly so Tessa wouldn’t see, Jayde crept her hand under her t-shirt and rubbed the skin on her stomach.

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