Too Distracting (The Lewis Cousins 3)

“Not really,” Chloe agreed.

“Oh, come on, you guys, really?” I looked at Chloe, whose hand was caressing her belly and asked, “Not even with Reardon?”

“With Reardon I was more freaked out that it was even happening. I didn’t have time for the gushy young love stuff,” Chloe replied, causing me to stick out my lower lip and pout at her.

I turned my pout to Serena.

“You either?”

I had a hard time believing Serena, possibly the most gorgeous woman I’d ever seen in person, had never felt the stirrings of puppy love before. Were all the men in the world blind, or just totally freaking chicken?

Rena shook her head and said, “Nope. I mean, I’ve had hot sex, and boyfriends that I really liked, but no one that swept me up, not in the way you’re talking about.”

“But,” I muttered, still pouting, “That’s so sad.”

Serena chuckled and agreed, “Yeah, it is. But, we’re not talking about me, are we, we’re talking about you. And, what you’ve failed to say is, who is the lucky bastard who’s giving you all these feels?”

I slammed my mouth shut, wishing I’d done that from the get go, but when Serena and Chloe had walked in, I’d been thinking about seeing Dillon that night, and it had just popped out.

Chloe rolled her eyes and said, “I’ll give you one guess.”

“Dillon,” Serena answered immediately, shocking the hell out of me.

“What? How?” I stuttered.

“Puhlease,” Serena said, plucking a sunflower out of its container and walking toward me. “You’ve been in love wi

th Dillon for-ever. I’m just happy you guys are finally figuring it out.”

“You knew?” I asked, incredulously.

She nodded.

“Why didn’t you ever say anything?”

Serena held the sunflower to her nose and brought her mocha eyes to mine.

“Because it was obvious you were always trying to hide it, and he was trying to deny it, and Jazzy would foam at the mouth anytime one of her friends showed any interest in her twin.” Serena shrugged. “I figured it would all work out in the end.”

At the mention of my best friend, my new love glow dimmed.

“Jasmine’s going to hate this, isn’t she?” I asked her cousin, knowing in my heart it was true.

“You know Jazzy always thinks with her heart first, then her head catches up. Even if she is upset at first, she’ll come to see how great this is,” Serena assured me.

“I don’t know…”

“Look, Jazzy is gone for a little while longer,” Chloe began. “Why don’t you wait and see how things go with Dillon. I mean, first it was just a weekend thing, and now you don’t know what it is. How about the two of you figure that out first, then worry about Jasmine. ‘Cause if things don’t work out, then there’s no reason for her to get upset.”

“You think so? I feel bad keeping something this big from her,” I told them.

“Yeah, Chloe’s right,” Serena said. “If you and Dillon haven’t even talked about what you’re doing yet, you need to do that. Focus on what you want, then make him give it to you, and then sit down and talk to Jasmine. One on one. You guys are besties, and once she hears from you how you feel, she’s going to be happy for you.”

I thought about what they both said and I really did want to find out what was going on, before I risked getting Jazzy spun up for nothing.

Although, I really, really hoped, there would be something to tell her. Because after our weekend together, and the easy way we’d been together today, I wanted this to be real. I wanted to feel giddy and excited over a guy who treated me like what I wanted mattered, like I matter. And I especially wanted that man to be Dillon.

“Okay, you’re right,” I said. “I do need to see where things are going with Dillon before I freak out and make a big deal out of nothing.”