Any Boy but You (North Pole, Minnesota) by Julie Hammerle

Author:Julie Hammerle [Hammerle, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled, Teen, Crush, category, Julie Hammerle, Rival families, enemies to lovers, Mistaken identity
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC (Entangled Crush)
Published: 2017-02-13T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

When all was said and done, the Stash Grab Dash at Chestnut’s had brought in more money in one night than they’d seen in a while, though Elena could hardly enjoy her success.

She couldn’t remember a time when the store was that full or the cash register was that busy. After the actual Stash Grabbing portion of the night had ended, everyone swarmed back into Chestnut’s to eat, dance, and shop. She gave the basketball tickets to Dinesh, who had managed to earn the highest number of Stash points in an hour, and then she spent the rest of the night ringing people up. Everyone in attendance used their Stash Grab discount, and the biggest markdown she had to give was to Craig at 48 percent.

Elena had to admit the event also provided a good distraction from Oliver Prince, Stashiuk4Prez, and the cheese-less pizza.

After he’d left, she’d stood frozen in the middle of the floor, the garlicky odor from the Pie-lent Night bags filling her nostrils. Oliver Prince had come into her store that evening with the intention of breaking some bad news, he’d used the phrase “shoot the messenger,” and he’d grabbed a slice of cheese-less pizza. Each detail on its own meant nothing, but together they added up to one logical and horrific conclusion: Oliver Prince was Stashiuk4Prez.

To test her theory, Elena messaged Stashiuk4Prez. “Are you having a good night?”

He wrote her back right away, telling her about his mortal enemy (a girl), and how he’d done the right thing, and how this chick was the “evilest witch in all the land.”

When she saw that last message, Elena shut off her phone and tossed it aside, fuming. Evil? That guy hadn’t seen evil yet.

She kept busy after that, arranging the food, making sure the chairs were set up properly. She plastered on a happy face for the customers and did a jig of joy when she counted the receipts at the end of the night, but lurking underneath the success-related happiness were pure anger and humiliation.

Elena had planned on heading home to her empty house after the event and hopping on the treadmill for an hour or so to run off her rage and confusion, but she found Harper waiting around on Main Street for her to close the store.

“What did you say to Oliver?” she asked as Elena locked the door.

“Were you waiting out here for me?” Elena shivered from the cold this time and not because of the incessant little aftershocks from the news that Oliver Prince and Stashiuk4Prez were one in the same. “It’s freezing.”

“I’ve only been out here for a minute,” said Harper, falling in step with her. “I went to Oliver’s house after the party to talk to him, but he was in no mood. Then I came back here and saw you sweeping. I obviously wanted nothing to do with that, so I went to Santabucks and got a hot cocoa instead.” She raised her cup. “So, what did you say

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