Carter has a great life. He excels at his job, he’s close to his sister, and he has an amazing best friend. There’s just one teeny-tiny problem: he’s in love with his best friend, who just happens to be his roommate. It doesn’t help that Greg has a habit of sticking as close to Carter as possible.
But Carter has a plan to fix everything. He signed up for a speed-dating event where he’ll talk to a dozen men in one night. If he can meet someone, he can stop worrying about blurting out his feelings to Greg and possibly losing his best friend. It’s a solid plan. Twelve men. He just has to convince his heart.
Chapter 1My sister had a tendency to talk loud, which is why I never put her on speaker phone. Which is how I ended up juggling my laptop bag, my mail, two boxes of pizza, and a tote bag full of binders from work, all while balancing the phone between my ear and shoulder and attempting to slide my key into the lock. It was not going well. On my third attempt, the door swung open, and I pitched forward. Thankfully my roommate caught my arm, helping me catch my balance, and rescuing the pizza just in time. “Becky,” I mouthed, which was all I had to say for Greg to understand. When my sister called, it was hard to get a word in edgewise and he’d been her unwilling audience of one enough times over the years to know my pain. He grinned at me and rolled his eyes as he took the tote and laptop