Chapter 14 Killian
KILLIAN
For the first time in years, I was excited about a holiday. Granted, I didn’t hate Thanksgiving and always enjoyed going to the Magnolia Inn for the feast.
But this year, Josie was cooking, and I wasn’t about to miss that.
Plus, she didn’t look at me with pure hatred anymore. In fact, I swore I saw a glimmer of something more. Something that I was determined to pull out of her.
Every moment I got, I was close to her. I pressed my leg against hers at the table, and when she didn’t pull away, I knew I was right.
Josie Summers didn’t hold only hatred for me anymore. Whether she knew it or would even admit it, she felt something for me.
Just thinking about that had me wanting to open up in a way I never had before. I desperately needed her to see what I saw. To feel what I felt. Josie Summers was it for me, and I hoped like hell that someday, I could be it for her.
The first step was getting her to agree to be my fake girlfriend for the work holiday party.
Tiffany was still on my ass as it was. She did not believe that Josie and I were together, and she would not stop asking to come over.
On the surface, she’d be doing me a solid favor. But underneath, I admittedly had ulterior motives.
The hint of her letting down her guard around me had me desperate for more. I just couldn’t handle seeing how warm she was to everyone else while holding that icy exterior just for me anymore.
I wanted to get more of this warmth. I needed to get more.
Plus, there was also the fact that Brian, the guy she had a crush on back in school, knew she would be there.
He couldn’t stop asking me questions about her, making it obvious that he had intentions to ask her out.
I wasn’t about to let him get that chance, especially knowing that he was a playboy asshole who would only break her heart.
Whether Josie ever gave me the chance or not, I wasn’t about to let someone like Brian swoop in. Fake date or not.