Bossy Beard (Mail Order Mountain Book 3) by Cassie Mint

Author:Cassie Mint [Mint, Cassie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Cherry Publishing
Published: 2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

Nina

I toss an open suitcase on top of the navy bedspread, muttering under my breath. It’s too late to catch a bus out of Cloudy Lake tonight, but I’m packing anyway. Going to get the hell out of here at dawn.

Merrick. The thought of my boss seizes the air in my lungs. I force myself to breathe through the radiating waves of pain and heartbreak, the anger and embarrassment. The fear.

Will he care that I’m gone? Or will he be relieved?

And what will I do now?

Guess I’ll go back to the city. Find another job with another bossy jerk to perform miracles for. Or hey, maybe I could sign up for Soulmate Express and take another potshot at love.

Ha. Such bullshit. I toss an armful of clothes into my suitcase, not bothering to fold anything.

I’m surer than ever: love is the biggest con on earth. See, you can fall into it so sweetly, with nothing but good intentions. You can put yourself out there, risk your whole heart and soul on the line just like all the stories say you should, but what do you get in return?

A Merrick Bates-sized boot print, right on your heart. I sniffle, tossing a brush and hairdryer into the suitcase.

I can’t even be that mad at him. That’s the worst part. Merrick’s right to be pissed off about the Soulmate Express messages; he’s right to send me away. But I can’t help thinking… how did we come to this? Two years, I’ve loved this man, and now I’m not sure he’ll even write me a decent reference.

Ugh.

Rounding the bed to grab a stack of books off the dresser, I catch sight of myself in the mirror and take in my outfit with slow, anguished blinks. My penguin holiday sweater and green yoga pants? Hiking socks and sandals? I look like a kindergartner allowed to dress herself for the first time.

This is the outfit I wore to get rejected by the love of my life?

“Perfect.” I drop the stack of books from chest height, glaring at the jumble in my suitcase. I hate everyone and everything. “Freaking perfect.”

It doesn’t take long to pack. These lodgings are comfortable but small, and I’m moving with furious efficiency. Tossing everything I brought here into the case with reckless abandon, grinding my teeth together the whole time.

Can’t believe I did that.

Can’t believe he wouldn’t listen.

Can’t believe any of this.

At first light, I’ll drag this stupid case down to the bus station and get on the first bus that shows up. Don’t care where it’s going—I just need to get out of here, far, far away from Merrick Bates, and once I’m in another town, I’ll be able to think clearly again. Plan a route out of the mountains and restart my life. All that stuff.

The thought of Grace nudges at me, and I swallow around a lump in my throat. She’ll understand, right? It’s too late to go and find her tonight to say goodbye, but she’ll get why I had to leave in a hurry.

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