Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat by Daisy Prescott

Author:Daisy Prescott [Prescott, Daisy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Confessions of a Reformed Tom Cat ~ Modern Love Stories
Amazon: B00TVTP7OU
Barnesnoble: B00TVTP7OU
Goodreads: 24327646
Publisher: Daisy Prescott
Published: 2015-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

THE DAY AFTER the funeral, I cornered Hailey in the break room. She stood at the coffee pot, pouring sugar into her mug.

“That’s a lot of sugar for someone so sweet.” Tom Cat’s signature smile followed my over the top cheesy words. I needed to clarify something with her and wanted her on my side before I started talking.

“That’s a lot of cheese you’re spreading.” She poured coffee into her cup of sugar and stirred before adding cream and stirring some more. “Can I help you?” Her words hung between us like icicles.

I scratched my scruffy cheek. “Yeah. I mean, no. You can’t help me, but I wanted to clear something up from yesterday.”

She leaned a hip against the counter and rolled her hand for me to continue. Today’s outfit included a button down top and I could see the outline of her small breasts. Her nipples pushed against the fabric and I wondered if she was wearing a bra. Her throat clearing drew my eyes up to her face.

“Right, sorry.” I gave her a sheepish grin. “I think you might have interpreted something wrong yesterday, and it’s important you don’t think what you think you saw is what you saw. Because it’s not.”

The skin between her brows creased in confusion.

“I mean, you weren’t imagining things, but sometimes things look different than the thing they really are.”

“Spit it out.” Her arms crossed over her chest.

“Nothing happened with Ashley in the bathroom.”

“So you weren’t in the upstairs bathroom together?”

“No. I mean, yes, we were, but only because I was exiting when she was arriving, and we chatted for a minute.”

“With her shirt open?”

“I swear everything remained buttoned and no clothes came off during our very, very brief talk.”

She nodded. “It seemed like a lot more than a chat.”

“I think that’s exactly what Ashley wanted.”

“What is she to you?” She sipped her sugar-coffee.

“Nothing. I mean, she’s a friend, but she’s not like a girlfriend. You know me, I don’t really do the dating and girlfriend thing.”

She paused with her mug near her mouth, then set it on the counter. “Right. Thanks for the reminder.” Her lips lifted in an effort to smile, but her eyes remained blank.

“Nothing happened yesterday.”

“Yes, you said so already.” She exhaled long and slow. “Honestly, it’s none of my business what you do or who you see. This,” she gestured between us, “has been fun.”

I nodded in agreement. “More than fun. You’ve been a great friend this past week.”

“Friend. Right.” She nodded and did her weird smile thing again.

“So we’re good?”

“Great. We’re great.” She picked up her mug along with her files. “Merry Christmas, Tom. I know it’ll be tough for your family, but you have them, and your friends to get you through it.”

Feeling much better about things between us now that I’d cleared up yesterday, I bumped her shoulder with my fist. “Thanks. You too. Enjoy the time off from this place.”

I walked out of the break room smiling. It had been a really shitty week, but at least Hailey was cool.

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