Relent by Rachel Schurig

Author:Rachel Schurig [Schurig, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, New Adult & College
Amazon: B0122DDOVO
Goodreads: 25943300
Published: 2015-07-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Karen

It’s a hell of a lot easier to have a pretend relationship than I thought. Paige took care of telling everyone for us—in fact, I’m pretty sure if there’s a record for gossip sharing, Paige broke it. It seems like the entire band, crew, and opening band knew within an hour of Paige learning that we are a couple.

Levi’s prediction that not much would change turned out to be pretty accurate. We spend about the same amount of time together as we did before, but now, I’m not seeing so many questioning glances from the others. As far as the physical stuff goes, none of the other couples on the bus are super into PDA, so our lack of overt romantic interaction doesn’t seem to stand out too much. Sometimes, he puts his arm around me, and I do my best not to roll my eyes—which I’m pretty sure would be my reaction even if we were for real dating, and not just fake dating.

All in all, what began as a whim is, so far, resulting in pretty positive results for both of us. Dan has backed off, which I couldn’t be happier about. Daisy and Paige are no longer shooting Levi pitying little looks. Even Daltrey seems more chill around him. If I had known it would be like this, I would have suggested it from the beginning.

It’s a full twenty-four hours after the news breaks before Paige finally gets me alone. In all honesty, I’ve been avoiding her, afraid the guilt might kick in.

“Okay, spill it,” she says once she’s cornered me on the bus. I can barely manage to get the words out. She stares at me with those wide, innocent eyes of hers as I explain that Levi and I are giving it a shot, but taking it slow. I suppose it’s not technically a lie. We are giving something a shot—I just don’t mention the effort is for a farce.

“Oh. My. God.” She finally whispers. “This is amazing!”

“Paige.” I hold up a hand in warning. “You need to not make this a huge deal. It’s brand new, and we don’t—”

“It’s perfect!” she squeals, throwing her arms around me. “Perfect! I am so totally Team Kevi.”

“Team Kevi?”

“Karen and Levi,” she says, like it’s the most obvious thing in the world.

“Oh God,” I mutter, but she carries on as if I never said a word. “He’s so cute, Karen. And so sweet! Oh my God, this is exactly what you need.”

I carefully extract her arms from around my neck. “Are you not listening to me? We’re just giving it a shot. We’re having fun together—it’s not some serious thing. Okay?”

She waves away my rationale. “It doesn’t have to be totally serious. You should take it slow. But that doesn’t stop me from thinking this is totally perfect. You always date such big jerks—”

“Hey!”

“I’m sorry, but you do. You need a guy like Levi.”

I scowl at her. “I’m not really in the mood for a critique of my dating history, Paige.

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