Good Girl: A Secret Pregnancy, Student Teacher Reverse Harem Romance (The Forbidden Reverse Harem Collection) by Lisa Cullen

Author:Lisa Cullen [Cullen, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-09-10T16:00:00+00:00

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CHARLOTTE

“Are you sure I can’t get you anything else?” Jonathan fixed me with an expectant stare as if I were about to blurt out my desire to buy everything in sight in the entire cafe. The look made my skin crawl, and I clutched my wrapped sandwich a little tighter.

“This is fine. Just hurry up.” As much as I didn’t want to be here, I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to make him pay for my lunch.

The clerk behind the counter studied us both with a tired look that didn’t match the fake smile plastered on her lips. We’d been standing here for twenty minutes as Jonathan battered her with questions about sandwiches and ingredients. I could only offer her a sympathetic smile each time she made eye contact with me.

Jonathan lifted a brow in disbelief, and just like that, I was jerked back to my teenage years. Every time he invited me out somewhere, it was met with judgment, and I could never relax and have a good time. The silver lining of that reminder was the realization that Derek and the others had never once made me feel judged.

I couldn’t wait to get back to the city.

Jonathan grumbled under his breath and finally settled on a simple sandwich. The clerk couldn’t hide her sigh of relief that it was finally over, and I felt that in my own soul. While it wasn’t fair to compare people, everything about Jonathan just seemed worse now that I had someone to line him up against. As he paid, I slipped what money I had from my pockets into the tip jar as a way of apology for his behavior, then I led the way out of the shop and turned up the street to head back to the inn.

“Charlotte, wait.” Jonathan caught my elbow, and I immediately jerked my arm away.

“What?”

“Don’t you want to sit and eat?” Behind me, he swept an arm and indicated the outdoor sitting area. While it would be nice to sit and eat, I couldn’t do that with him.

“I prefer to walk,” I replied.

“Ahh.” Jonathan nodded knowingly. “Burn more calories that way. Good thinking.”

Heat and irritation flushed down my spine, and I abruptly turned away from him and started walking. There was no point countering what he said. I’d had that argument with him too many times. It was hard to believe I had ever thought I was in love with this guy. Maturing was realizing that I was just attention-starved and that he was with me because he thought I was easy.

“Why are you here, Jonathan?” I asked as we started to walk up the hill. “Why are you really here?”

“What do you mean? I’m getting lunch?” His wiry brows pulled together, and I bit back an annoyed groan.

“We broke up. I was pretty clear that I didn’t want to see you or spend time with you, and moving to the city was supposed to prevent that. It’s been what, two years? And

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