Lost in Geeklandia by E.J. Russell

Author:E.J. Russell
Language: eng, eng
Format: epub
Tags: Entangled;Select, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, geek, nerd, nerdy, geeky, romance, contemporary romance, matchmaker, matchmaking, E.J. Russell
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-08-26T00:20:37+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Geekronym: ABEND

Translation: ABnormal END

Definition: An abnormal termination of software; a program crash. (Not to be confused with the more severe hardware system crash).

The next day at work, Daniel interspersed his mind-numbing archive duty with bouts of internet surfing to brush up on Doctor Who and all series with the word “star” in the title. He justified it by calling it research for a story he planned to pitch to Nelson on the translation of science fiction technology to current IT trends—human interest feel-good-fuzzy only, nothing sensational about it.

But he didn’t kid himself. He stuffed his brain with techno-minutiae for one reason only—Charlie. After last night, after seeing her in her natural geek habitat, after the kiss, he had no doubt. He was finally ready to pursue a relationship. He wished he had a better handle on whether she felt the same.

With Trisha, although she’d made it seem like the path of their affair was totally his idea, in reality, he’d never had to work for a thing. She’d handed it all to him on a silver platter with a French lingerie chaser.

At the mental vision of Charlie in one or two select pieces of that lingerie, Daniel’s dick made an effort to stand up and cheer. Unfortunately, he wasn’t sure Charlie was ready to get with that particular program.

Well, it would be his pleasure and privilege to get her there, and if downloading SF trivia into his brain was the way to do it, he was on board, 110 percent.

As the afternoon wore on, he kept checking the internal clock on his computer, convinced it had stopped working, because no day had ever seemed so long. When the icon finally ticked over to six o’clock, his skin prickled as if he’d spent the day in a champagne sauna. He shut down the computer and shrugged into his sport coat, wondering how he’d manage to kill time between now and eight, when he was due to meet Charlie.

Maybe he’d head over early. Maybe he’d drop by her place and they’d walk over. Slowly. With frequent stops behind convenient bushes. Maybe—

His cell phone chimed with the double-blip of an urgent email. He checked the screen, half afraid that Charlie was about to cancel. But no. The sender was rosserx, his primary informant on the Argonne story.

Heart thumping in overdrive, he opened the message.

Breaking news. Online chatter points to an Argonne outbreak. More later. —r

His grin grew, creeping across his face until he probably resembled the Joker. Yes. He’d known all he had to do was wait it out and he’d find a way back into his old life. This could be it, a shot at redemption.

He could resurrect his career, be worthy of someone like Charlie, with her four degrees, giant brain, and determination to make the world a better place through geek power.

He could make the world better, too, damn it. By ensuring that no man ever got victimized by Argonne or his ilk again.

But that was for later. Tonight

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