Banana Cream Baron by Rosie Chase
Author:Rosie Chase [Chase, Rosie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Under Hill Press
Published: 2020-02-02T16:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seven
Take the day off.
Thatâs what the brief says. I stand there, in my t-shirt and underwear, my hair a fluffy black halo around my head, and read it again.
Take the day off.
âTake the day off?â I ask the piece of paper out loud. As if it can explain things to me. I shake my head, unnerved by this sudden shift in events. Finally, I shrug into a dress and boots and head down to Adrienneâs room.
It turns out that she is very sick. She looks horrible.
âYou look horrible,â I tell her.
âThank you.â
I tell her thereâs no brief and give her the remote control and, while Iâm spritzing my hands with sanitizer spray, she tells me to have a good day.
I think, suddenly, that this sounds like an excellent idea. I tell her that maybe I could have a date but itâs clear she senses that Iâm nervous.
âWith all the romance you read?â she asks.
âReading is one thing.â
For all the happy endings Iâve read, all the insta-loves and slow burns, all the grumpy-guses paired with sunshine sweethearts, all the damsels paired with reformed rakes and rogues, all the bad boy biker billionaires and the myriad women who love them⦠none of it has really prepared me for a date.
Sex? Yes. Dinner and a movie? No.
âMaya,â she scratches out, âjust be your wonderful self. Be honest.â
I nod in spite of the fact that I am absolutely certain this is terrible advice. Still, Adrienne is a woman of the world. A normal woman. A woman who understands herself and society and her place in things and⦠she likes me.
I take a deep breath and head down to breakfast where I text Cole.
Maya: Mr. Godwin gave us the day off.
Cole: Thatâs great.
I type âI thought we could hang out.â But then delete it. I try again and type âMaybe we could have a date.â Then delete that, too.
âHey, gorgeous!â I turn to see Rei Silva eating bacon straight out of the buffet platter even as she puts a biscuit onto her plate.
âOh, hello!â I say.
âWhatâs going on? You sexting?â she asks, sitting down in front of me. My table is next to the window. The day looks beautiful. Sunny and warm. But I sigh and put my phone down.
âWe have the day off,â I say, as if this explains everything.
Iâm surprised when Rei nods as if it really does.
âAnd you wanna bone. But you donât have the hookup.â
âNo, I have the⦠hookup,â I manage.
I watch her smoosh some bacon on to half a biscuit and swipe it through a blob of grape jelly.
âOkay. So what's the problem, hot stuff? Is it that hunky Samoan dude you were tongue banging in here the other night?â
I nod.
âShit. You ainât tapped that yet?â
âI⦠well, not really.â
âWell, we have a whole day, Maya. But donât sit here the whole time trying to figure out the perfect phrase for âwanna boneâ. Iâd bone you and you wouldnât even have to ask.â
âThanks,â I say and I mean it. I would bone Rei, too.
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