The Sweetest Love (Love Conquers All Book 5) by Victoria Wells Page B

times when she really could use a best girlfriend. She really had needed someone to process all the emotions rushing through her. She had contemplated calling one of her work buddies, but decided against it.
    She had gone so far as to dial Adam’s number, but just couldn’t bring herself to hit the send button. She told herself that she had already unloaded on him enough. Besides, they had just reconnected and she didn’t want to run him away with her family drama.
    As her fingers continued to move at lightning speed, Roxy let out a deep breath. I probably should just cancel our date. All this new information had her emotions all over the place. She reasoned she wouldn’t be in a good frame of mind by the time Wednesday rolled around for their date.

    Adam’s biceps and triceps quivered as he finished his last rep of bench pressing one-hundred-fifty pounds. Sitting up on the bench, he grabbed his water bottle. Twisting off the cap, he drained the bottle in less than three gulps, before returning to his rigorous workout.
    The ringing phone disrupted him just as he was fifteen minutes into his forty-five minute cardio workout on the treadmill. Deciding to ignore the call, he increased the speed on the exercise equipment. He let out a groan when his mother’s voice filled his home gym.
    “Hi baby, I guess you must be out this morning. I was just calling to remind you of your lunch date with Lisa. She’s Sister Wilma’s great-niece from church. I’m sure you’re going to like her. Call me and let me know how the date goes.”
    “Woman! Get off that phone and leave that boy alone!”
    Adam chuckled at hearing his father’s voice in the background. He knew his mother meant well, but he wished she would stop trying to play matchmaker. This was the sixth date she’d set him up with in the last three months. She was on a mission to get him married and get her some grandbabies.
    He grew tired of counting all the times he told his mother he wasn’t ready to settle down just yet. At first he balked at his mother’s meddling. The more he balked the more she meddled. To appease her, he would agree to a lunch date and before the hour was over he’d made it clear with his date that he wasn’t interested in an affair of any kind.
    Jumping into the shower, the thought ran across his mind to cancel his date with Linda… Leslie… Leah… whatever her name was. What he should do is call Roxy to see if she was available for lunch. If he didn’t think he would hear his momma fussing his ears off about hurting Sister Wilma’s kin folk’s feelings, that’s just what he would do.
    Roxy had been on his mind all weekend long. Each time he started for the phone on Saturday, he remembered that she was spending the day with her mom. By the time Sunday rolled around he was too annoyed to talk to anyone after his momma had sprung another blind date on him.
    But today was a new day. Gone was his surly mood. He told himself the sooner he got this date over and done with, the sooner he could get back to getting to know Roxy. And he would definitely tell his mother to stop with the matchmaking!
    With a pep in his step, Adam headed out the door.

    Don’t you dare cry. The sight of Adam having lunch with some woman at the trendy eatery was tearing her up on the inside. Well, not so much that they were sharing a meal together. It was the heifer giggling all up in his face and sliding her hand up and down his forearm that got her right in the pit of her gut.
    “And is he smiling at her?” She incredulously gritted out to herself under her breath. She could not believe this!
    Roxy glanced over at the table one last time before she picked up her takeout order.
    Yep, he was smiling at her.
    Roxy felt like a fool. Just three days ago he was all up in her place kissing her like nobody’s business. And when he finally left, he had a nerve to make a date with her. She should have known something was up when he didn’t call all weekend after