180 Days and Counting... Series Box Set books 1 - 3 by B.R. Paulson

Author:B.R. Paulson [Paulson, B.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Captiva Publishing, LLC
Published: 2018-01-06T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Cassie

Cassie had stopped listening to her friend complaining about the latest diaper fiasco with her kid. She nodded distractedly as she stopped Bobby’s stroller by the makeup counter. Lately, she was bored with everything. Her husband was never home and she’d taken to staying up late to have friends over the last few nights. She put her son to bed and left him in there while the party raged on in her living room.

She wasn’t getting very much sleep which she covered the effects of with more makeup than usual. Who cared, anyway? She wasn’t out to impress anyone. Karl was gone all the time with his job at the mine and she just didn’t care who saw her.

As if her boredom conjured him, a man studied her from the watch display. His dark swarthy coloring and angular features were set off by his dark coloring. Eyes as black as his hair pierced her and he didn’t look away.

Challenge accepted. She ignored him, careful to make sure her hair fell back behind her shoulders to show off her skin. She didn’t hang up the phone. Glancing back at the spot he was in, she was embarrassed to find he’d disappeared. After another minute, he reappeared, staring at her for more.

Cassie liked being entertainment. She always felt frumpy and undesirable since having the baby. She didn’t even acknowledge her child at that point. Someone watched her. She acted like she was mad and then glanced at the counter.

The popular fragrance name stared up at her on a fragrance card. Nothing happened in her podunk town. They certainly never got premier releases of any popular products.

“Hold on, Taylor.” She stared at the counter, glancing around, no longer caring if the man was there anymore or not. Was she on a TV show or something? She met the man’s gaze and then picked up the fragrance card, sniffing it carefully.

The aroma was familiar, but she couldn’t place it. Maybe it was like fresh grass or pine mixed with homemade cookies. She couldn’t pinpoint it. Most importantly, she wanted to keep sniffing it. The scent was addicting. She rubbed the card down her neck and across the smooth skin above her cleavage.

Bobby’s increased whimpering broke through her fog. She needed coffee. Why couldn’t she have a morning just to herself.

“Pick up your child.” An older woman clutched the strap of her purse and narrowed her blue-eye-shadowed eyes at Cassie. “Shameful.”

Cassie glared at the old woman until she averted her gaze and walked on. After another long gaze after the woman, and ignoring the other patrons as they walked around the stroller and the now-sobbing child, she rounded the front and unsnapped Bobby. Jerking him to her shoulder, she huffed impatiently.

Next time the doctors wanted to give him vaccines she was going to take a video and put it up on her blog. They hadn’t been gentle and they’d whisked the informational paperwork out of her hands before she could read them thoroughly. Maybe

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