Baseball and Other Lessons (Devil's Ranch Book 2) by Aubrey Gross Read Free Book Online Page B

herself blushing anyway. “Sorry, guys. Didn’t mean to embarrass you. So. Um. Yay. How ‘bout them Cowboys?”
    How 'bout them Cowboys? Jesus, Jenn, could you be any weirder?
    Jo laughed. “It’s okay. We’re just…um……yeah.”
    Chase choked back a laugh and Jo elbowed him in the ribs. “Ow! What was that for?”
    “For laughing at me. Isn’t this awkward for you, too?”
    He shrugged. “Maybe. A little. But not really. I mean, we’re all adults here.”
    Jo turned and faced him. “It doesn’t make you feel awkward that we got caught making out like a couple of high school kids, or that the person who caught us happens to be our mutual best friend who mistakenly assumed we’re in love with each other?”
    Jenn could barely keep the grin off her face as she watched the two of them.
    “Well, when you put it that way…” he paused, as if thinking about it. “No, not really. Why do you feel awkward?”
    “Because, ah…” she stammered, “we…um……we don’t…ah…know what we’re doing here?”
    Chase wiggled his eyebrows. “Oh, I think we know what we’re doing, Jo.”
    “As fascinating as this is, I think we might be venturing into TMI territory here,” Jenn said, beginning to feel slightly uncomfortable. She really didn’t want to think about Chase naked. That would just be weird.
    “Sorry, Jenn.” Chase grinned and didn’t look sorry at all.
    Jenn’s blush had finally faded, at least. “No problem. Normally I would ask Jo for all of the down and dirty details anyway.”
    Chase raised an eyebrow.
    “But I don’t think I’ll ask her this time. It would be like asking my brother about his sex life. Eww.”
    “Not that I would tell you anyway. Because, yeah. Awkward. And stuff.” Jo said.
    The back door opened again, and Owen stepped through this time. “Nobody told me the party had moved in here.”
    “We were just about to go outside,” Jo said.
    “After they finished making out,” Jenn couldn’t resist adding.
    Owen wiggled his eyebrows and raised his hand for a high five, which Chase did not return. “Too soon?”
    Chase shook his head, Jo snorted, and Jenn grabbed a couple of beers from the fridge. At least things were going well for someone today.
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    Matt barely glanced up from his phone as the patio door opened and Jenn and Owen stepped outside.
    Just because he barely glanced up, though, didn’t mean he wasn’t completely aware of her.
    Dammit.
    And then Chase was pulling Jo outside. She looked slightly panicked.
    This could get interesting.
    His parents stood up and greeted Jo like a long lost daughter. Granted, they’d always treated her like a daughter anyway, so their joy at seeing her really wasn’t a huge surprise.
    They’ve always treated Jenn like a daughter, too.
    One of the many reasons why he never wanted his parents to find out what had happened between him and Jenn all those years ago.
    Both of his parents hugged Jo and murmured things he couldn’t hear to her. The faint sheen of tears glistened in her eyes, but she held it together. Something told him that wasn’t the first time she’d held her shit together.
    Water softly splashed behind him. He darted a quick glance towards the pool and barely stifled a groan. Jenn in a bathing suit with all that glorious skin on display? Kill him now.
    “Penny for your thoughts,” he heard Chase whisper to Jo.
    “This is one hell of a view, Chase Roberts.”
    “It is, isn’t it?”
    Jesus, his brother was kind of corny.
    “You two really need to get a room,” Matt muttered under his breath, never once looking up from his iPhone.
    Chase kicked him in the leg, causing Matt to look up and glare before rolling his eyes and turning his attention back to his phone. He’d barely managed to get the words of Darrin’s text message into focus when Sarah reached out and took the phone from Matt’s hands.
    “Mom!”
    “Matthew Tyler Roberts, you’re putting this damned phone away right now and speaking to