Her Imaginary Husband (Contemporary Romance) by Lia London

Author:Lia London
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Adult, English Teacher, Campus Cop, Married, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, College, Plan, Imaginary, Football Coach, Friends, Husband, Pretends
ISBN: 9781505357363
Publisher: London Books
Published: 2015-01-14T05:00:00+00:00

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Nikki had mixed emotions. Between what Katie had said and how Will had acted at the picnic, she was starting to doubt Gayle’s assessment of the man. Maybe he had been a player, but was changing?

She thunked her forehead onto the desk. Or am I just being some dumb damsel in distress?

“Hey, Ms. F. You okay? You dizzy from your concussion?”

“My what, Sammi? Do you know something I don’t?”

“From the car accident,” said Robert. “Sometimes the symptoms can be delayed.”

“You know about the car accident?”

The students, now totally distracted, peppered her with questions. “You were in a car accident?”

“Did a truck hit you?”

“Was there a lot of blood?”

“Did you have to go to the hospital?”

“Can we see the stitches?”

“Is it true Coach Carlin swept you up in his arms and carried you home?”

Nikki’s eyes and mouth both popped wide open.

“Oooooh! It’s true! She’s blushing!”

The class went wild with speculation.

Nikki pressed fingers to her eyelids, massaging gently. “I am not dating Coach.”

“Bummer,” said Sammi. “You’d make a cute couple.”

“Nah, he’s too old for her,” said Robert.

Nikki feigned pulling out her hair. “Gaaaah!”

The room rippled with laughter, and someone in the back wondered aloud, “What brought that on?”

Sammi clutched her hands at her bosom and fluttered her eyelashes. “Love is a many splendored thing.”

“Get back to your tests!”

Everyone fell silent, but continued to exchange animated facial expressions. Sammi came over to Nikki’s desk to use the electric pencil sharpener. “Coach dated my aunt once. She said he was a smokin’ hot kisser.”

“I don’t need to know that,” said Nikki.

“Just sayin’.”

“Sammi!”

Trotting back to her seat with a mischievous grin, Sammi said, “Yes, ma’am. I’ll return to the important task of measuring myself against all the other freshmen girls in America who ever wielded a #2 pencil.”

Nikki tossed the closest thing she could find at Sammi’s head, making contact to much applause. Fortunately, it had only been a small, pink rubber eraser.

“Yeah, you’re right. They must be dating now,” whispered one of the kids next to Sammi.

“Sh,” she warned. “She’ll throw the stapler next.”

Nikki put her head back down and shook with silent laughter, grateful for the silliness and how it brightened her mood. Composing herself, she pulled a stack of papers to grade from her inbox and opened a green pen. She gauged she’d be able to get through them at a rate of about five an hour. She had never imagined that grading took so long. She snorted at herself. Oh, what would I do with free time, anyway? Her eyes fell on her left hand. Janna had found her a brassy ring with a bajillion carat cubic zirconium in it. The monstrosity had already been the ruin of three pairs of panty hose and one silk scarf. She had also scratched herself repeatedly with it. When I get married, I want a plain, flat band. She frowned at the ring, imagining the future. How am I going to get married for real if I’m already married for fake? I’ve got to get out of this.

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