21 Days by Bethany Lopez

Author:Bethany Lopez [Lopez, Bethany]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction
ISBN: 9781497561564
Amazon: B00KOVV2WK
Barnesnoble: B00KOVV2WK
Goodreads: 20530291
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2014-05-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16 – Sasha

I was emotionally drained from dinner with my father and all I wanted to do was get out of my clothes, slide in to be with TJ, and forget about everything except the way he made my body feel ... I mean, damn, we’d barely scratched the surface of our sexual relationship and the guy had me turned out. But when I opened the door to see TJ sitting in the darkened living room with a glass of amber liquid in his hand, I forgot about my miserable evening.

I shut the door quietly, set my things on the small table by the door, and walked over to kneel in front of him. I placed my hands on his knees, and my heart lurched when I looked into his eyes.

“TJ,” I prompted softly.

His eyes flickered to mine, then shifted back to the glass, which he brought to his lips.

“How was your night?” he asked dully.

“Miserable,” I replied. “How was yours?”

He shrugged and curled his lip, as if he were attempting to smile, but just couldn’t bring himself to do it. TJ leaned forward, bringing his face close to mine, and asked softly, “Did you know that Cal was opening his own business, with you and Scott as backers?”

I suddenly felt defensive, even though I wasn’t completely sure why. “Shelly mentioned something to me the other day about Cal wanting to open his own shop, and I said that I’d like to help. She said he was going to talk to you and Scott about it, but that’s the last I heard. Why?”

“Why? That’s a good question … Why? Why would my best friend be opening his own business and I’m the last one to hear about it? Why does he consult with Brock and Scott about opening a body shop, but leaves me out of it? Am I that fucking stupid? That fucking useless, that none of my friends thought to include me? And then … When the place has been picked out, and you and Scott have offered up your money, then Cal says that he wants me to be his partner?”

“TJ, of course he wants you to be his partner. You aren’t stupid or useless, and there’s no way that Cal thinks you are. You guys have been working together for years, he wouldn’t leave you out of something like this,” I said, trying to ease the pain and anger that was pouring out of him.

“But that’s exactly what he did, Sasha,” TJ responded sadly. “What do I have to offer anyway, right? I don’t have the money, the support system, or the fucking stones to open a business. It doesn’t matter …”

I took the glass out of his hands and placed it on the table, then I scooted in and took his face in my hands. I wanted to slap the shit out of him, because his defeatist attitude was really pissing me off, but I knew TJ had a lot of insecurities due to

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