Between Friends by Sandra Marie

Author:Sandra Marie [Marie, Sandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sandra Marie
Published: 2019-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

The broken bell at the tattoo shop clunked against the door, and Rae froze in the doorway, an amused grin taking over her face as she watched Tommy slam the lid to his laptop shut. His neck was beet red, and he furiously swiped at his tear-streaked cheeks.

“Good morning, sunshine.” She tucked her keys into her snug jean pocket and flipped on the lights. Tommy blinked against the buzz of electricity running overhead and tried to slide his laptop from view.

“Well, I hope that isn’t porn you’re crying at,” she teased, hanging up her coat. The wide neck on her t-shirt slipped off her shoulder, exposing the bright pink sports bra she’d chosen to wear this morning.

“It was really moving.” Tommy put a hand to his heart and closed his eyes. “All those pizzas left undelivered.”

Rae snorted and sidled up next to him. Her gaze flicked to his laptop briefly, but she kept her curiosity at bay. “Did we get all of our appointments rescheduled for tomorrow night?” Even though she would’ve liked the extra money, she was more excited about whatever Tommy had planned for them. He even promised he’d reschedule everyone, and that gesture just swooned her right over the moon. Damn him.

“All set.” He sniffed and pushed up on the counter. “Guess who got all your weekend appointments rescheduled?” He directed an obnoxious two thumbs at himself. “No need to thank me. Just remember how awesome I am when you’re down in Vegas… betraying me.”

She shoved his arrogant butt right off the counter. She didn’t need the reminder of how awesome he was; she knew it, and she loved it, and she hated that she couldn’t do anything about it.

After a few minutes, Rae’s first client came in and Tommy went outside to make a few phone calls—arranging things for the crapstorm of romance, apparently. The day flew by with how busy they were, and Tommy let Rae take off early, offering to close up himself and also set up things for Valentine’s Day. She wasn’t about to argue.

Rae spent the rest of the night at home, arguing with a very lazy cat to get out of her spot on the couch. For such a big guy, George was spry. Every time she moved him, he’d jump right back in there, risking death by human rear. In the end, Rae sat on the opposite side of the couch, the side with Tommy’s butt imprint, and squirmed around while flipping through Hulu.

Her phone sat in her room so she wouldn’t be tempted to open up any dating apps and mindlessly scroll through messages. There was a message from Gavin, which she managed to see half a sentence of before the notification disappeared. All she caught was Last night was fun. Thomas seems…

Yeah, there could be a lot of things that Tommy seemed. Possessive, grumpy, rude. But even though he was all those things, Rae couldn’t manage to stay mad at him. Frustrated, sure. But not mad. She could be all those things too, but that was more because she loved the big dope.

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