Awkward in Print (Awkward Series Book 1) by Rachel Rhodes

Author:Rachel Rhodes [Rhodes, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-15T16:00:00+00:00

13

On Saturday, we take Noodle for a walk to the park. We’ve barely spoken since the kiss in the elevator, but that doesn’t stop me reliving it over and over in my head. I kissed him back. After everything he’s done, I threw myself at him. Every time I recall how I pressed myself against him, a deep blush shames my cheeks. I haven’t heard from Jude, and my heart is heavy with his absence. I keep reminding myself that the only way out is through, and that the sooner Ace gets what he wants, the sooner he’ll leave me alone. Maybe once all this is over, I can try to put the pieces of my life back together.

“Do you want a coffee?” Ace asks when I let Noodle off the lead. I nod, and he saunters off toward the mobile coffee cart. I take a seat on a dark green park bench and pick absent-mindedly at the peeling paint.

“Miss Hudson?” The man looming over me is dressed in blue jeans and a navy sweater. I don’t like the look on his face. I’ve seen it once before, on an obsessed fan, and it ended with a restraining order.

I risk a glance at the coffee cart. Ace is in line, his broad shoulders towering over the girl behind him. “Can I help you?” I ask politely.

“I was wondering if I could get your autograph?”

“Sure. Do you have a pen?”

He shrugs, but the movement is too practiced, too obvious to be sincere. “I don’t. Maybe we could go into that café over there and borrow one? I could buy you a coffee?”

I am not going anywhere with this man. “I’m sorry, I’m actually waiting for my boyfriend.” I wave a casual hand toward the cart. The man’s expression changes instantly.

“It’s just a coffee,” he says through gritted teeth.

“I’m really sorry, but I can’t.”

“Is this how you treat your fans?” he’s dropping the act so fast I can barely keep up. “What, you think you’re so high and mighty that you don’t have a minute to spare for someone like me?”

I get to my feet. “I really think you should leave.” Hearing the jangle of her lead, Noodle comes running.

“Is this your dog?” his eyes flicker. Before I can deny it, he’s scooped her up. Noodle growls.

“Please put her down.”

This time his smile is smug. “I will if you agree to that coffee.”

“I’m not going to do that. Please put her down, or I’ll call the cops.”

He gives me a withering look and starts to walk off.

“Dammit!” I follow, throwing a desperate look over my shoulder. I can’t see Ace anywhere. “Put her down!” I yell. I’m jogging now to keep up.

Realizing something is very, very wrong, Noodle starts to panic. I can see her tiny body squirming in his arms. Please, God, don’t drop her.

“Put the dog down.”

I’ve never been so relieved to see anyone in my life. Ace is standing a few yards away, blocking the path and cutting off the man’s escape.

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