Todos los capítulos de Falling For My Best friend’s Father: Capítulo 61 - Capítulo 70

~Kate~I stared at Yssa, and she stared back. Sitting across from her suddenly felt more intimidating than any exam I had ever taken, and I had written exams where I genuinely had no idea what the lecturer was asking. At least those exams didn't know my secrets. Yssa knew most of them, and tonight I was about to hide the biggest one from her."Sit," she repeated, so I crossed the room and lowered myself onto the couch like a woman walking to her own trial."Why are you looking at me like that?""Because I'm trying to decide whether to ask nicely or start shouting.""Please ask nicely."She nodded thoughtfully and leaned forward. "Why were you holding my father's hand?"There it was, straight to the point, with no warm-up and no mercy. I had spent the entire drive rehearsing answers, and every one of them vanished the moment she looked at me. I clasped my hands in my lap and reached for the only explanation that sounded even remotely believable."Because I was upset."Yssa blinked. "Up

~~Kate~~I lay in Yssa's guest room staring at the ceiling, completely unable to sleep. This was ridiculous. I had survived university exams, awkward family gatherings, my mother's endless questions about marriage, and even a blind date that had gone completely off the rails because Nathan decided to appear at the exact wrong moment. Yet somehow, lying to my best friend was what had finally broken me.I turned onto my side and stared at my phone. Nathan's message was still there, and I had already read it at least five times, maybe six, though I wasn't counting because that would make it worse. I locked the phone and placed it face down beside me, then picked it up again, stared at the message, locked it, and unlocked it once more. This was becoming embarrassing. I dropped the phone onto the bed and covered my face with both hands."What is wrong with me?"The worst part wasn't even that I had lied. It was that I had lied well, so well that I was almost impressed with myself. I had sa

~Nathan~I had faced business partners who thought they could outsmart me, men who mistook my patience for weakness, and situations that would have sent most people running for the nearest exit, yet nothing had prepared me for driving my daughter and the woman I couldn’t stop thinking about to breakfast while pretending there was absolutely nothing going on between us.Life had a wicked sense of humor, and apparently, I was its latest victim.Yssa had been talking for the past ten minutes about a woman she followed online who had gotten engaged after dating a man for only three months. According to my daughter, the man had either found the love of his life or was desperately trying to secure a wife before the woman discovered his true personality. I had no idea how we had arrived at that conclusion, but I had learned long ago that interrupting Yssa in the middle of a story was a waste of everybody’s time.“So, Dad, what do you think?” she asked suddenly.I glanced at her through the r

~Kate~I laughed before I could stop myself, and Nathan looked at me again.It was becoming a serious problem.Every time I laughed, I wanted to know whether he was watching. Every time he spoke, I wanted to hear what he would say next. And every time our eyes met, I remembered the café, his hand around mine, and the way he had looked at me when he told me he wasn’t going anywhere.I was beginning to understand that the most dangerous thing about Nathan wasn’t his ability to make me feel things I had spent months trying to ignore.It was how easily he made those feelings seem natural.As though wanting him wasn’t a terrible idea.As though I hadn’t spent the previous night lying awake beside my best friend, feeling guilty about every lie I had ever told her.“Kate?”I blinked. “Sorry?”Yssa leaned forward, studying me. “I asked if you were okay. You’ve been acting strange all morning.”My fingers tightened around the menu.“Have I?”“Yes. You’re quiet, you’re distracted, and you keep

~Kate~“I know I can’t keep pretending I don’t want you. I know I think about you far more than I should. I know that every time I tell myself to stay away from you, I end up looking for a reason to see you again.”My voice grew quieter.“And I know that I’m scared of what this means for Yssa, but I’m also scared that if I keep running away from what I feel, I’ll spend the rest of my life wondering what would have happened if I’d been brave enough to stop.”Nathan’s thumb brushed my cheek.“That’s a very different reason from wanting to get it over with.”I gave him a miserable look.“I was hoping you wouldn’t notice that part.”“Sweetheart, you looked as though you were preparing to negotiate a business merger when you told me you wanted to sleep with me.”I stared at him.Then, despite myself, I laughed.“You are so annoying.”“I’ve been told.”“By whom?”“My daughter, mostly.”“Well, she has excellent judgment.”His smile warmed, and for a moment, the tension eased enough for me to