A Modern Love Story by Palliata Jolyn

Author:Palliata, Jolyn [Palliata, Jolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-01-28T16:00:00+00:00

Robbie cringed as she stood outside Hooligan’s door, rummaging around in her purse for the key. She couldn’t wait to get her heels off. Although she was a master at walking in them, she rarely did. They only proved to make her feel clumsy. Besides, heels were for high-powered business women, not for girls who would rather play in the mud than wear button-down dresses and pumps.

“Finally,” she muttered, pulling out her key and shoving it in the lock. One more minute in that wind and she was sure her updo would’ve come undone. Already she could feel little tendrils whisping around and tickling her neck.

“Hey there,” Luc said, checking the stock behind the bar. “Don’t forget—”

“To lock the door. Yeah, yeah.”

“I get one night of peace in this place. Don’t think some damn idiot wouldn’t walk right in ‘cause he can’t read a closed sign.” He turned back to his inventory sheet.

“It’s locked, Stretch.” Robbie shrugged out of her black thigh-length trench coat and threw it on the coat rack.

The door rattled behind her.

“See? It never stops them.” Luc gestured towards the door with his pen as he glanced over. He froze, staring hard enough to make her want to squirm.

“What?” She smoothed her hands over her navy dress, suddenly paranoid that a button had come undone, or the v-neck shifted enough to reveal what was supposed to be concealed. Damn. She knew she shouldn’t have tried to pull it off. Girls like her should not wear dresses like that.

“You look beautiful, Rob.” He blinked, hard, and turned away as his ears flushed.

She felt the warmth of his compliment spread through her body as she stepped to the bar and slid on a stool. But for Luc, it seemed he was embarrassed by his own reaction. In fact, it was like a switch had been thrown somewhere inside him the moment the words left his lips. Not only had he turned away from her, but his movements as he checked through his inventory were stiff. He even had to clear his throat before he spoke again, and when he did, his voice was harder, more detached-sounding. What was going on with that guy?

“How did the interview go?”

She shrugged, noticing how he pointedly averted eye contact. “It went okay, but I don’t think I’ll get it. They seem very insistent that the candidate have field experience.”

He made a noise that sounded somewhat like a snort. “They don’t deserve to have you then. No one does who wouldn’t jump at the chance of hiring you. Shit, do they think they’re going to find someone more qualified just because they stood in a hole and pulled out some old bones?”

That was exactly what they thought, and she knew it. But instead of responding to him, she watched as he slammed bottles around and made angry little tick marks on his list. Something was eating at him, and it started the moment she took off her coat. Putting two and two together, she was pretty sure she knew what it was.

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