Believe It or Not by Tawna Fenske

Author:Tawna Fenske
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2012-01-03T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Drew marched Violet into Moonbeam’s shop and shut the door, making a conscious effort not to slam it behind him. Truth be told, he was angry enough to put his fist through it, but that wasn’t going to do him any good.

Because mad as he was, he wanted to kiss Violet a whole lot more than he wanted to hit something. He wanted to tangle his fingers in her hair and feel her moan in his arms as she pressed her body against his. He wanted to bury his face against her neck and inhale the lavender-vanilla scent of her.

He also wanted to scream.

Maybe that’s why you’re so pissed off. You don’t know what the hell you want.

“What is your problem, Drew?” Violet demanded, shaking her arm out of his grip and turning to face him.

He stared at her, wanting to hate her but just… well, wanting her.

That was enough to piss him off.

“Did you have a nice date?” He tried to sound cool and aloof, but just sounded like a jealous jerk.

God, you’re bad at this.

Violet folded her arms over her chest and stared at him. “Is that what this is about?”

“No.”

Yes, muttered a voice in the back of his head.

Great, now he was hearing voices. He was as bad as Moonbeam and Violet.

Okay, fine, he’d come a little unglued when he glanced outside to check the line at the front door and spotted Violet sucking face with the damn doctor in his damn Mercedes. Sure, it had irked him a little more than it should have. Was there something about her and the front seat of a sedan?

Why do you care?

He didn’t. He didn’t care.

And besides, that wasn’t why he was angry.

“Jamie quit,” Drew said.

Violet’s eyes flew wide. “He what?”

“He quit. Just waltzed into my office after your little psychic reading and gave his notice. Said he needed to chase his dreams, to take risks.”

Violet stared at him, unblinking. “I thought his dream was to be a better stripper.”

“His dream is to build schools in Afghanistan. Or at least it is now, thanks to you.”

“What? I never told him to go to a dangerous war zone and—” Violet stopped, struck midsentence by some thought she wasn’t about to give voice to.

“Thought of something, did you?” Drew asked.

Violet narrowed her eyes. “I told him to take risks and follow his dreams. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s nothing you wouldn’t hear in any motivational speech or inspirational eighties glam-rock tune or in a goddamn fortune cookie.”

“Well at least we agree on how to rank the validity of your psychic readings.”

“What do you want from me, Drew?” she demanded, eyes flashing.

Drew lost his train of thought for a second. Damn Violet and her ridiculous eye color.

Actually, it wasn’t so much the color as the—

Focus, man, focus.

Drew cleared his throat, wishing like hell he could snap his fingers to clear the anger before backing her up against her desk and…

“Jamie is a kind, compassionate, fragile guy,” he said, fighting to keep his voice steady.

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