Oblivion: Surrender by Cristina Salinas

Author:Cristina Salinas
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781301106417
Published: 2013-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

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I growl. Perhaps I spoke too soon. “Did that work?” Ferdinand asks over the phone. I turn the car key in the ignition of my 2005 Ford Focus…again…twice…three times. Nothing. “It won’t turn on. So much for being a mechanic’s daughter!” I admonish myself for not taking better care of my transportation. My dad would be ashamed. “Do you think the battery is corroded again?” he offers another possibility. I angrily run my fingers through my hair. “I don’t have time to check right now. I need to leave, or I’ll be late to work.” Who knows what Carter would do to me?

“Don’t worry about that peach. I’m in the area. I’ll be there in less than 10 minutes” he hangs up the phone and surely enough, a few moments later I’m in the Rover with him. “What would I do without my rock star pulled from The Rolling Stones Magazine?” I sing and kiss him on the cheek. “Invite me to dinner. I’ll chip in the wine” he says.

“We do have some of last night’s takeout.” I grin.

Ferdinand responds with a wry smile. “Nice try, but I know you’re cooking those signature fish tacos tonight” he pinches my cheek. “Busted” I chortle. He mimics an archaic laugh. “That’ll give you the chance to tell me who set your pants on fire this time.” He sounds disappointed. “Since when do you hide things from me?”

I shake my head and loop my fingers in his long black hair. “Fern, I wouldn’t dare keep anything from you, I love you. It just happened too quickly for me to process it. I needed time.” He frowns. As we drive away from the interstate we stop at a red light. An elderly woman is waiting in the opposite lane. Ferdinand’s gaze is still quizzical.

“When did it happen?” Sheesh. He won’t let any little detail go. “Yesterday morning” I conclude. Ferdinand gasps loud. “Dude you had an orgasm while dreaming of your boss!?”

“Fern!” I stare in crimson chagrin as the elderly woman’s windows roll up in horror. I’m petrified. “Sorry! She has a condition!” he has the audacity to wave at her. “Will you shut up?!” I yell. The mortified woman kills the gas pedal at the sight of the green light. I glare at him. “Can you be anymore indiscreet?!”

Ferdinand is wise not to respond when I’m fuming. We don’t look at each other for the next few minutes. “Relax peach.” His free hand squeezes mine. Warm comfort steadies my hectic nerves. It’s not possible to be mad at him for long. “You caught me off guard, Alyson. Sue me. I didn’t think CEO’s were your type of catch.”

“He’s a COO in this case. And he’s not a catch. He’s a controlling prick who happens to be my boss. I put out that fire last night, and there’s nothing else to say about it.” I look down at my hands. I’ve been making fists for so long, my knuckles are bloodless. Carter Stevenson is turning into a bigger deal than he deserves to be, and I’m fed up with it.

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