Flagger by Laramie Briscoe

Author:Laramie Briscoe [Briscoe, Laramie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Love, Romance
Publisher: Laramie Briscoe
Published: 2015-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

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Chapter Thirteen

The next day, Harper stood in front of the community bulletin board at school, looking for a room to rent. To say she had little money was the biggest understatement in the world, and she hadn’t kidded herself into thinking she’d have enough for a whole apartment. There weren’t many options, but desperate times called for desperate measures.

“Hey.”

His deep voice caused awareness to travel up and down her spine. Her body responded to him, even before she turned around to look—she was in such deep shit.

“Hey,” she answered back, worry gripping her heart as she got a good look at Cash. “What happened?”

“Rough night.” He ran a hand along the back of his neck, trying to massage some of the tension out.

“I know what you mean,” she mumbled.

“Why are you looking at the rooms for rent?” he asked, his eyebrows scrunching together.

“Why do you think? Why are you over here?”

He didn’t know; he’d seen her across the commons area of their school and had been drawn to her. He needed to be around her, even if it was for only a few minutes. He found her presence grounding, and if there was something he needed right now, it was to feel normal.

“I saw you and wanted to come say hi.” He shrugged.

She grabbed two slips of paper off the board and checked her phone. “I have about forty-five minutes until my next class. Do you wanna grab some coffee and commiserate about our awful nights?”

Normally, he wasn’t one to be talky-talky about anything, but he wanted to be around her. He needed to talk to someone. “Yes. It turned into a really fucking shitty night, especially after how great our afternoon went.” He reached over and cupped her jaw with the palm of his hand.

She closed her eyes, and it took her back to the previous afternoon in his bed. She was spoiled for any other man for the rest of her life. Offering him a small smile, they broke apart and walked over to the commons area, ordered their coffee, and then had a seat at a small corner table.

Harper tried not to notice the stares that were thrown their way, tried not to wonder what people were thinking of her. In reality, she knew she shouldn’t care, but she couldn’t help it. Cash had a reputation, and it appeared now, she would be another notch on his bedpost—at least in the eyes of these people.

“So what happened?” he asked as he blew a breath on the steaming cup in front of him.

“The too-long/didn’t-read version? My aunt is moving someone into our apartment whom I don’t feel safe with, and she pretty much told me either I could deal with it or find another place to live. Or at least that’s how I took it. So, I’m finding another place to live.” She sighed. “The only problem is, I have very limited funds, so it looks like it’s going to be renting a room and that’s it.”

He shook his head, surprised by how similar their situations were.

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