Furever Mated (BBW Paranormal Shifter Romance) Read Free Page B

was absolutely beautiful, and Scarlett had always wished for once she could look as good as Blair did. Next to Blair, Scarlett was always seen as just the girl next door. Blair and Scarlett had become friends back in high school. Up until she had become friends with Blair, Scarlett had been extremely shy. Blair was a whirlwind that stormed into her life, and Scarlett was forever thankful for it. Blair had pulled Scarlett out of her shell.
    “I’m sorry,” Scarlett said. “I must have fallen asleep on the couch and didn’t hear my phone.”
    Scarlett could feel Blair’s eyes on her as she shuffled back towards her couch and wrapped herself up in a cozy blanket. Scarlett knew she looked like a pitiful mess, but she couldn’t truly bring herself to care.
    “OK, Scars,” Blair said. “Intervention time. You need to get up and get out of the house. We are meeting the rest of the girls for brunch.” Blair walked over to the couch and started to pull Scarlett back up and shooed her into the bedroom.
    Scarlett broke free of Blair’s grasp and rushed back to the couch and pulled up the blanket over her face. Blair let out an exasperated sigh, and Scarlett heard her heels click towards the kitchen. The last thing Scarlett wanted to do was to get out of her PJs, but the temptation of a good brunch was not something she ever turned away. The sound of the coffee maker and the delicious smell of freshly brewed coffee brought a smile to Scarlett’s face. Blair always seemed to know exactly what Scarlett needed before she asked. Scarlett reluctantly pushed herself off the couch, grabbed her hot cup of coffee, and followed Blair into the bedroom.

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    T he sweet smell of French toast wafted into Scarlett’s nose, and she couldn’t be happier that Blair had dragged her out of the house. Blair had taken Scarlett to their favorite brunch spot a few blocks away from her Charlestown apartment in Boston. Sitting around the table with them were her three best friends, Maggie, Amanda, and Rebecca.
    “So Adam was a douchebag yet again?” Maggie asked. Maggie had been the first girl Blair and Scarlett met when they went to college in Boston. She had long, stick-straight blonde hair and flowing curves that she was always able to make look great in anything she wore. She had a spitfire personality, which was what made Blair and Scarlett quickly become friends with her.
    Blair shot her a stare across the table. It was sweet of B to try and be protective of Scarlett, but she was fine talking about him. Scarlett gently touched Blair’s hand to let her know it was all right.
    “Things with Adam are finished,” Scarlett said. “He stood me up for dinner, and when I called him he was obviously at a club with friends.”
    Maggie scoffed.
    “I am happy things with you and Adam are finished,” Rebecca said. “He was a tool, anyway.” Rebecca had been Maggie’s roommate in college. She had brown curly hair and light brown eyes. Where Maggie went, Rebecca came along, which was fine with Scarlett because she was the sweetest girl Scarlett had ever met.
    “Yeah he was,” Amanda agreed between bites of her pancakes. Amanda and Scarlett worked together at the banking firm. They had instantly bonded over work stress, and Scarlett quickly brought her into their friend group. Amanda had shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes.
    Scarlett smiled at her friends. It helped that they all lived so close to one another. Without them, Scarlett didn’t think she would have had the guts to move away from home in the first place.
    “So we had an idea,” Blair quickly cleared her throat.
    “What kind of idea?” Scarlett asked. Blair looked at the other girls and they smiled and nodded at her to continue.
    “Well, we thought that since things are finished with Adam, that now would be a great time for all of us to go on a vacation together,” Blaire said.
    A vacation? Scarlett closed her eyes and thought about the spring break trip that they all