Suspicious Minds (Fate #3) by Elizabeth Reyes Page A

heavenly.
    “ Mmm ,” she said, taking in a long whiff. “That smells so
good.”
    “It’s Vincent’s favorite.” Rose smiled big. “ Chile verde con
carne . I haven’t made it for him in a while. So I figured I’d make a big
batch so he can have some when he gets home this evening and ”—she
giggled—“I can show off my skills for you.”
    The baby was down for a nap, so they sat down to eat. While the
food was delicious, the conversation topic Rose chose had Olivia’s stomach
instantly tightening. They’d just finished laughing about the food orgasm
Olivia was having over the chile verde when Rose got right to it.
    “Not to put you on the spot or anything,” she started with a
silly smile, “but what do you think of my brother-in-law, Enzo?”
    God no!
    Olivia stared at her, pretending her mouth was too full to answer,
but she could feel her face heating already. Had he told her about their night?
Did Rose now know that the best sex Olivia had told her she’d ever experienced,
even though she and Jay had been sexually active for years, was with her
brother-in-law? Had slightly intoxicated Rose told him that, that first
night he showed up to watch the game with Vince?
    She wiped her mouth casually as her appetite slowly vanished. “Um,
think of him?”
    “Yeah, like looks wise. I think he’s hot”—she laughed—“but then I’m
biased because he looks so much like my husband. He’s also a really nice guy
and single. And you two are the same age.” Rose bounced her brows then appeared
instantly remorseful as she reached across the table and touched Olivia’s arm. “I’m
sorry! I didn’t mean to embarrass you.”
    Olivia shook her head, sure her face was flaming red because it
felt like it. “No, I’m just . . .” She laughed nervously. “You just caught me
by surprise.”
    “I was just thinking about it the other day. You two kind of have
something big in common.”
    Staring at her cautiously, Olivia took a sip of the lemonade. She
still wasn’t sure if Rose knew anything. “Oh?”
    “Yeah, well sort of.”
    Rose began to tell her about Lorenzo’s ex. He had been
engaged, but unlike in her case when she’d finally ended things with Jay, Lorenzo
was still in love with his ex at the time of their breakup.
    “I haven’t asked him a thing about her since they first broke up
almost what? Nine months ago?” Rose said, shaking her head, clutching her
heart. “She cheated on him!”
    Olivia felt her mouth fall open. “But he’s so hot.”
    Rose laughed. “Isn’t he though? And he’d asked her to marry him even
with her having a kid and all.” Rose rolled her eyes disgustedly. “She ended up
sleeping with her baby daddy while she was still with Enzo even though Enzo
previously told us about what a deadbeat the guy was. Here she had this total
package with Enzo being so handsome, a pilot in the Air Force Reserves, and he owns his own business. Not to mention he’s one of the sweetest and most
loyal guys you could ever meet. He was so good to her and her little
girl, and she did him so wrong.”
    Instantly Olivia’s heart ached for Lorenzo. But she also had a
million questions in her head too. The most clamorous of all was, is he still
in love with this girl? But there were others as well. Was that the reason why,
even though she’d felt something so insanely profound that night and she’d been
certain he had too, he still bolted out of her house so abruptly? Was that why
he’d laid the indifference on so heavily each time she’d run into him since?
Because he was still hurting and in no way ready for anything more than what
they’d done that night?
    I won’t even need your number .
    Olivia remembered how insulting that had felt at first but then
reminded herself it was what she’d gone out for herself that night.
    At first she’d regretted blurting out how hot she thought Lorenzo
was. She’d planned on being a little more reserved when she finally got around
to answering