Conventional Wisdom by Cheri Crystal

Author:Cheri Crystal [Crystal, Cheri]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2013-10-17T16:00:00+00:00

The next day’s schedule was chock full of long lectures rehashing psychological modalities, clinical trials, studies, and findings, but even with the lack of sleep, I was amazingly bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Infatuation, longing, and Chaz’s incredible smile, like natural caffeine, fueled my energy levels and obliterated my usual appetite. A classmate I hadn’t seen in five years told me I looked vibrant. That was just the ego boost I needed.

I spotted Chaz chatting up some attendees during the Continental breakfast and headed in her direction. I stopped when a short, curvaceous brunette in a designer suit with a Julia Roberts smile leaned in to whisper something in my roommate’s ear. Chaz’s coffee mug wobbled when she laughed at some joke. Fortunately, the brunette moved on to her next prey, but not before she slipped her card in Chaz’s pocket. I swiped a napkin off a nearby table and rescued the chocolate covered croissant Chaz was holding in her other hand, now a chocolaty mess. I would have enjoyed licking her fingers clean, had I not been annoyed at the nerve of that woman for getting so close.

“That looks rich,” I said, as I offered her the napkin and held her cup while she cleaned up.

“Thanks.” She licked chocolate off her fingers and then wiped her hands on the napkin. “I don’t usually eat like this for breakfast, but I worked up quite an appetite yesterday.” Her fingers brushed mine when she retrieved her coffee.

A shudder ran through me as I wondered about her true meaning. I pulled my cardigan tight around the sleeveless travel dress I had on beneath. I decided then that she was much more delicious looking than the pastry, and more importantly, if anyone was going to have her, it was going to be me. Only I realized I was going to have to beat the others off. She was easily the most captivating woman there. Word of her presence spread like wildfire, courtesy of the brunette, and suddenly made it impossible to remain by her side without getting trampled. Women showed up out of nowhere and surrounded Chaz, shooting off questions like they were freaking paparazzi. When I found her baby blues trained on me despite the commotion she’d created, I was reassured, but my pulse rate still soared.

“Ladies, please save your questions for my panel discussion. I’ll do my best to delve deeper into each of your concerns.”

I shivered at her turn of phrase.

She finally managed to extricate herself from the crowd and swept me away from the tumult. Unable to stop myself from staring, I said, “You’re popular.”

She blushed. “Not really. They just want to cash in on my findings or find fault.”

I indicated to a bit of chocolate on the side of her mouth.

“I wish you had pointed that out before I had an audience.”

Mesmerized by the way her tongue cleaned her lips before she took a final swig of coffee, I longed to take a taste, too. “They were too busy grilling you to notice.

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