Meet Cute Club (Sweet Rose Book 1) by Harbon Jack

Author:Harbon, Jack [Harbon, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

On Saturday morning, Rex was at Jordan’s front door before the sun had even risen over the hills. At first, Jordan was confused why the man was waking him up so early, then it hit him. The garage sale. Embarrassed to look so bummy, he invited Rex in and hurried upstairs to get dressed for the day. When he returned, there was more color in his brown skin and not an eye crusty in sight.

“I kind of liked your Walking Dead extra look,” Rex said as they walked out to the car.

“I’m about to Hershel your ass if you don’t shut up,” Jordan grunted, climbing into the driver’s side of his car.

“Someone’s grumpy when they don’t get their morning coffee.”

“Yeah, no kidding.” Jordan hadn’t slept well at all the night before, but he wasn’t going to tell Rex that. By this point, he was well-versed in Rex-isms and knew that showing any kind of vulnerability opened him up to potential teasing. The last thing he was going to do was add fuel to the fire or paint a target on his head. That was why, rather than going into detail about his night spent tossing and turning, he headed directly to his favorite gas station.

“Fast Fill,” Rex said simply, looking up at the orange and cream-colored logo on the front of the building.

“You ever been here?”

“Nope. I’m a QuikTrip kinda man, myself.”

Jordan gave a conceding nod. “Fair enough, that’s better than Kum & Go, at least. Fast Fill is the convenience store.” He hopped out from the car once they were parked and pushed through the glass double doors.

“Jordan!”

He turned to the sound of the familiar voice and was greeted with a shock of pinky-peach hair on Valentin’s head. It made his skin look even more tan and was a stark contrast to the thick brown mustache above his lip. “Your hair!” he exclaimed.

“Lana convinced me to do it,” Valentin laughed, self-consciously running a hand through it.

“That girl will never not be a terror on all of Sweet Rose.”

Jordan had been friends with Valentin back in high school, before Jordan’s parents had passed away and he’d had to grow up within the span of a few months. Valentin had been the kind of guy that livened any room, never once shying away from the spotlight and all the pitfalls that came with it. He’d even been the reason Jordan decided to come out to his family—to mixed responses. Still, knowing that he wasn’t the only one in school had made him feel comfortable with himself.

Though they’d grown and gone their separate ways, Valentin was still a buddy and never hesitated to give him free coffee and snacks when he showed up. Jordan considered all the other gas stations passable, but none of them held a candle to Fast Fill for this reason alone.

Carrying their breakfast out to the car, Jordan waved at Turner, the other co-owner of Fast Fill as he headed into the building. As unassuming as Turner looked,

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