Breaking Stone: Bad Boy Romance Novel by Raleigh Blake & Alexa Wilder

Author:Raleigh Blake & Alexa Wilder [Blake, Raleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-03T18:30:00+00:00

14

Katrina

“I might be a little late on Sunday.” I’d started stretching the time between my calls to Mom from daily to twice-weekly. Of course she complained, but I explained that I was busy working. That brought with it the expected tirade about my lack of compassion, but for some reason, working with Stone was giving me a new confidence.

I’d never sought my mother’s approval so much as I wanted her, for once, to be happy for me to a degree that would allow me to live my own life without her interfering. I learned early on that she got her hooks into approval seeking and played me like a sports fisherman. Still, it was difficult not to fall into her trap.

“Clarissa has to travel four hours, and she won’t be late. You’ve always had this way of making things difficult. I think you enjoy the drama. And, you still haven’t told me the name of the author you’re working for.”

“Because legally, that’s not possible.”

“Don’t use that tone, Katrina. I’m your mother. How can I look out for you if you’re hiding things from me?”

A dull pain set up at the back of my head. It would worsen if I stayed on the phone too long. If she knew I was going with Stone to Rhode Island, my life would be miserable. “I’m not hiding things, Mom. I’m simply working within the rules of the contract. There’s nothing to worry about.”

“You may think that, but this lack of consideration on your part is what I have to bear.”

A litany of my shortcomings was due, but I chose for once to end the call before she got started. “I have to go, Mom. Give my love to Dad, and I’ll see you Sunday.”

I don’t know what she was saying when I ended the call. I’d deal with that on Sunday. Mostly, I hoped I’d miss lunch altogether. Clarissa would be held up as the paragon of the ideal daughter, while Mom chipped away at any achievement I might feel I’d made.

I tried to remember all the things Carrie had taught me about not letting Mom get me down. Right now, she’d be working, so I sent her a text about not coming back to the apartment this weekend and asked for bikini advice.

The bikini thing was worrying. Could I get a beach body in a couple of days? Even thinking like that was nuts. I didn’t know what Stone expected, but he had a good enough idea of the shape of me. Removing a layer of clothes wasn’t going to reveal a supermodel underneath. I’d be less stressed if I had some idea of what was going to happen in Rhode Island.

I wished I could find the list again. In reading, I’d stumbled at the ‘Kiss a famous person’ and the betrayal I’d felt. And, true to his word, Stone had never mentioned the kiss again.

Of course, I was disappointed. Every single night in bed, I was disappointed that during the day,

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