Foreplay by sophie jordan

Author:sophie jordan [jordan, sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins

CHAPTER 14

IT WAS ALMOST ONE in the morning when the Campbells got home and paid me for the evening. Driving down that lone rural road, I couldn’t help thinking about Reece. Especially as I passed the spot where my car had choked and died on me. Where we first met.

My phone rang where it sat in my cup holder. A quick glance revealed it was Emerson. I answered it, keeping one hand carefully on the steering wheel. Immediately, the loud noise of music and blaring voices greeted me.

“Hello?” I greeted loudly.

“Are you done yet?” Her voice came back just as loudly in my ear, her tone exasperated. “You work too much, girl.”

This from the girl who never had to work. I rolled my eyes. “Yeah. I’m on my way home.”

“Meet us out! I’m with Suzanne.”

“Nah, that’s okay. I’m headed home.”

“Party poop! You-know-who is here.”

My chest squeezed at the singsong taunt. “It’s okay. I’m tired.”

“So lame! C’mon. Don’t you want to go another round with him? He looks really hot . . . and you should see this skank falling all over herself to get his attention right now. You need to get up here and claim your man!”

I didn’t bother explaining that he wasn’t my man. Clearly Em had tossed back a few too many tonight. I doubted she would even register the words. “Is Suzanne driving you?

“Yes, Mom. And she’s dry as a whistle. Got her ID confiscated last week by a bouncer at Freemont’s.” She started laughing at this. I heard Suzanne in the background call her a name.

“Be good,” I called. “I’m hanging up now.”

Emerson started making booing sounds. Smiling, I hung up. I was still smiling as I entered the city limits. The smile started to slip as Em’s words played over in my head. All I could see in my mind was Reece, serving drinks while girls fawned over him. Suddenly I wasn’t driving toward home anymore.

With no clear objective in mind, I was headed toward Mulvaney’s.

MULVANEY’S WAS CROWDED AS usual, but a lot of people were already leaving, spilling out the doors into the dark, cold night. I glanced at my phone, confirming that it was just thirty minutes until closing. They’d probably already announced last call. I knew it was kind of pointless arriving this late, but I was here. Out of place in my oversized university sweatshirt, jeans, and sneakers. A far cry from the girls freezing their asses off in their itty-bitty outfits.

I wore my hair back in a loose braid. My face was makeup free, but I didn’t care. I wasn’t here to get picked up or impress anyone. And yet I didn’t pretend I was here for Emerson, either. I loved the girl, but I wasn’t up for partying with her and Suzanne. I just wanted to see him. I didn’t need him to see me. Actually I didn’t want him to notice me at all. Seeing him was some kind of deep, compulsory desire that I had to feed.

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