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I told a judge I was engaged to my best friend.
Now weāre faking it.
How hard can it be?
My life has room for exactly two women: my daughter Rusty and my best friend Charlotteāknown to everyone as Charlie. One is a feisty, tomboyish firecracker. The other is my seven-year-old. I canāt imagine life without either.
So when my ex springs a custody hearing on me, I find myself telling the judge that Iām engaged to Charlie.
The only problem? Iām not. Time to fake an engagement.
Pretending weāre a couple will be no big deal. Weāve been friends for years. We used to sneak cigarettes behind the bleachers. We turned cans of hairspray into flamethrowers. We got drunk on stolen malt liquor.
Sheās beautiful, vivacious, spontaneous, and she loves my daughter to death. Itās the perfect answer: we fake it for a few months, then go back to our lives.
Until we touch, and sparks fly. Until I canāt take my eyes off her. Until I canāt stop thinking about what sheās got on under her coveralls.
It takes one kiss. One touch. One shared secret and suddenly, Iām not pretending anymore. I want her, I need her in ways I didnāt know I could.
But thereās a lifetime of friendship between us, and falling in love with Charlie could mean risking everything.
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