Crazy Love by Jane Harvey-Berrick

Author:Jane Harvey-Berrick [Harvey-Berrick, Jane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: crazy love
Publisher: Harvey Berrick Publishing
Published: 2017-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

It had been a perfect weekend.

Almost perfect. Why the heck hadn’t Cody kissed me yet? I wanted to kiss him, but because he hadn’t tried, it made me think he just wanted to be friends, and that held me back from leaping on him. Gah! He was so confusing.

But now it was Monday, and I had to go find a job.

I was lucky to get called for interview by one of the small coffee shops where I’d left my résumé; happy to be offered work, but less happy because they could only give me two shifts a week: Mondays and Tuesdays, starting immediately.

There was one piece of good news: Wallman’s agreed to mail me a severance check. That meant I wasn’t completely destitute, although I seriously needed to think about moving out of my expensive apartment and finding somewhere cheaper. Just what I didn’t need; another upheaval in my life.

I didn’t hear from Cody all day, but every time my wrist rubbed against my apron, my new tattoo reminded me of him. I really hoped this wasn’t going to be something I’d end up regretting.

Toward the end of my shift, I was feeling rather sorry for myself. I hadn’t gone through four, long, boring years of college to become an accountant, only to be back waiting tables again. I was tired, and my whole body ached from the soles of my feet upward.

I was pulled from my gloomy wallowing when my phone buzzed in my pocket. I looked around surreptitiously to see if my manager was watching me before I checked the message.

It was Cody, and he was asking to meet up.

A dizzy happiness bloomed inside me, and I sent him the coffee shop’s address, saying I’d be off in half an hour. Then I hurried to the bathroom to survey the damage wreaked by a nine-hour shift.

Hmm, not too bad considering. Nothing a comb, lipgloss and quick squirt of perfume couldn’t fix. That would have to do. Besides, Cody had seen me in an unflattering wetsuit the day before—it didn’t get much worse than that.

I served a couple more customers before clocking out and collecting my purse from the tiny break room. When I came back, two of my new coworkers, college students Shelly and Rachel, were staring across the café and giggling behind the coffee maker; ogling Cody, who was scanning the room, looking for me.

“That boy is fine!”

“Oh, definitely hot. I’m going to talk to him.”

“Bitch, you are not! I saw him first.”

“Sorry, ladies,” I said with a smile, as I sailed past, “he’s taken.”

Disappointment twisted their faces, and they both shot me angry looks.

They were right, though: he did look fine, and I wondered if he’d dressed up for me.

He was wearing dark wash jeans that hung off his hips, and a white button down shirt. The contrast against his tan skin and black hair was stunning. He was so beautiful he could have made a fortune as a model. I wanted to capture the way he looked there and then, and keep it forever.

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