Pretend You're Mine (Inked Hearts 3)

I press my lips into a smile. A calm this is a great idea smile, not a lovesick anything to be close to you one. “I’ll go to Penny’s wedding. I’ll pretend I’m your girlfriend.”

Ryan’s eyes fix on me.

It’s not a good look.

It’s not a yes.

It’s not even a that’s a ridiculous idea, but points for trying.

More like a not in a million years.

But it’s not over until it’s over.

Chapter 4

Ryan

No.

Fuck no.

A million times no.

Leighton is better than this bullshit.

I need to be better than this bullshit.

I stare into my best friend’s blue-green eyes, but I can’t find her intentions.

Hawaii is gorgeous. I get that. Penny used to mock me for wanting to go someplace so “basic” for our honeymoon. The insult never made sense.

Basic is good.

Simple is good.

Easy is good.

Fuck knows I need easy.

Like me and Leighton.

Our friendship is easy.

So what the hell is with her intense stare?

Nobody wants to see the Aloha State that badly.

I shake my head. “I don’t want shit to get weird.”

My brother looks from me to her. He tries out that shit-stirring smile of his, but it doesn’t land.

He’s worried about her.

This is a stupid idea.

It must be the worst idea in the history of the planet if Dean’s concerned. The only thing he’s serious about is work. Even then, he pretends like everything he does is effortless.

“Yeah. Right. Of course.” She twirls a short, purple strand around her finger. “But what if it didn’t make things weird?”