Charmed at First Sight by Sharla Lovelace

Author:Sharla Lovelace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-04-03T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

It was a little better in the dorm room with all my own stuff there. Granted there was nowhere near enough space for all of it, and so I was kind of living out of one of the suitcases like I was in a hotel on vacation, but at least everything was mine.

Including the scratches on my face and neck and boob, and the purple shiner on my left cheekbone. I scoped it out in the bathroom, feeling really up to par for sitting across from strange men and having them judge me.

I must really like Gabi. This girl I’d just met days before and already felt like we’d been doing crazy shit together for years.

The bathroom door opened behind me and I jumped.

“Sorry,” Leo said, starting to back out. “You didn’t lock the door.”

“Maybe we just leave it open when no one is in here,” I said, peering at him through the mirror. “So, when it’s closed, there’s no question.”

He stepped in behind me, and the generous bathroom got decidedly smaller. And warmer. He was so tall, the top of his head cut off in the mirror, and the rest of him filled the space around me.

“Or you could just lock the door,” he said, his eyes narrowing as he studied my face. One finger came up to gingerly run down my bruised cheek. “Wow.”

Fuck.

Wow didn’t begin to cover it.

No, it didn’t hurt that much, but Son. Of. A. Bitch. The electricity and chemistry that rocked and rolled through my body at that one simple touch nearly had me reacting in a very inappropriate way. Like backing up into him and—

“Yeah, I’m looking hot,” I said, my voice all croaky and weird all of a sudden. “They’ll all be wanting my number tonight. Aren’t you supposed to be at work?”

“Leaving now,” he said, eyebrows raised. “If I can have the bathroom for a second.”

“All yours,” I said, moving too quickly and actually backing into him. Then jolting forward and waiting for him to step back out so that I could slide past him.

Jesus.

“Are you okay?” he asked.

Don’t look up.

I looked up. At genuine concern mixed with a little Did your brain get rattled today? questioning. I huffed out a breath and nodded.

“It’s just been a day,” I said. Which seemed to pretty much describe the last three. I needed to get my shit together or come up with a new tagline.

“Does that hurt?” he asked.

“Only when I smile,” I said, smiling.

* * * *

I was accosted by something called Cajun honey-drizzled bacon outside of Rojo’s, and if one has to be force-fed something, it wasn’t a bad way to go. I thanked some gray-haired lady who smiled at another gray-haired lady, the second of whom was sitting on the giant tricycle I’d seen before.

“Just remember that one, sweetheart,” the first lady said, handing me another one on a napkin. “When it comes time to vote, remember the Feed Store.”

“She can make anything,” the second lady said as she started to pedal away.

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