Lucky and the Drowned Debutante by Emmy Grace

Author:Emmy Grace [Grace, Emmy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EG Books
Published: 2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00

15

Hours later, I’m elated when I take my phone out of the bowl of rice and it actually turns on. Rice should now be labeled as miracle food.

The first thing I do is call Regina.

“Lucky?” she answers sleepily. “What time is it?”

“It’s after four. Get up and come over for breakfast, sleepyhead.”

“Four in the afternoon?” I can hear the alarm in her voice.

“No. Four in the morning, silly.”

“Four in the mor— What on earth has gotten into you?”

“Nothing. Why?”

“The last time you were up at four in the morning on purpose, you were driving the U-Haul from Louisiana to South Carolina. Before that, it was the seventh grade.”

“It was not,” I chide. “Now you’re just being crazy.”

“First day of school, seventh grade. You had new jeans and you were so excited to wear them you woke up early to wash and dry them and make sure they were good and tight for Todd Carter.”

I grin at the memory. “Todd Carter. He was awfully cute. Wonder what he’s up to now.”

“Focus, Lucky. Why are you awake and calling me at this hour?”

“Come on over to find out,” I tell her, ending the call with a maniacal laugh and a click.

I figure she’ll be on my doorstep in six minutes or less.

It’s just past five minutes later when I hear her lazy knock.

I open the door, smile brightly, and step back so she can come in. Her hair is a mess and she’s wearing fuzzy pink pajamas and a green velour robe, which she pulls tighter around her.

“This had better be good.”

“Oh, it’s good,” I assure her. I finish cutting a green apple and dump it into the blender along with the other ingredients I’ve already prepped and added. “I’m making us a smoothie, by the way.”

Before I can put the lid on, another knock happens at the door. Regina and I look at each other, puzzled.

“That doesn’t sound like Liam’s angry knock,” I say in a hushed tone.

“But who else would be at your door at this hour?”

I shrug. “Mrs. Stephanopoulos? Maybe she saw my lights on and wants a smoothie, too.”

Regina rolls her eyes. “Yes. I’m sure that’s exactly what’s going on.”

I walk back to the door. When I see who it is, my stomach jumps up into my chest, does a triple somersault with a twist, and then lands back in its original position with a spectacular splash of pure delight.

Great balls of fire, Liam Dunning is on my doorstep and he’s looking better than he ever has.

That or it’s just that now I have a hunger for him that rivals that of a Hungry Hungry Hippo, and that seeing him is like seeing the world’s biggest banana split with extra cherries and whipped cream on top.

Also, I’m hungry for real.

“What are you doing here?” I ask, feeling every bit like I’m sixteen and being visited by my biggest crush.

One side of his mouth tips up into the sexiest grin known to womankind. “I saw your lights on. Thought I’d stop.

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